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Three-dimensional Isotropic Functional Imaging of Cystic Fibrosis Using Oxygen-enhanced MRI: Comparison with
Wei Zha1, Scott K Nagle1, Robert V Cadman1
1From the Departments of Medical Physics (W.Z., S.K.N., R.V.C., S.B.F.), Radiology (S.K.N., M.L.S., S.B.F.), Pediatrics (S.K.N.), and Biomedical Engineering (S.B.F.), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, 1111 Highland Ave, Room 2492, Madison, WI 53792.
Abstract:
Purpose To compare the performance of three-dimensional radial ultrashort echo time (UTE) oxygen-enhanced (OE) MRI with that of hyperpolarized helium 3 (3He) MRI with respect to quantitative ventilation measurements in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Materials and Methods In this prospective study conducted from June 2013 to May 2015, 25 participants with CF aged 10-55 years (14 male; age range, 13-55 years; 11 female; age range, 10-37 years) successfully underwent pulmonary function tests, hyperpolarized 3He MRI, and OE MRI. OE MRI used two sequential 3.5-minute normoxic and hyperoxic steady-state free-breathing UTE acquisitions. Seven participants underwent imaging at two separate examinations 1-2 weeks apart to assess repeatability. Regional ventilation was quantified as ventilation defect percentage (VDP) individually from OE MRI and hyperpolarized 3He MRI by using the same automated quantification tool. Bland-Altman analysis, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), Spearman correlation coefficient, and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used to evaluate repeatability. Results In all 24 participants, the global VDP measurements from either OE MRI (ρ = -0.66, P < .001) or hyperpolarized 3He MRI (ρ = -0.75, P < .001) were significantly correlated with the percentage predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second. VDP reported at OE MRI was 5.0% smaller than (P = .014) but highly correlated with (ρ = 0.78, P < .001) VDP reported at hyperpolarized 3He MRI. Both OE MRI-based VDP and hyperpolarized 3He MRI-based VDP demonstrated good repeatability (ICC = 0.91 and 0.95, respectively; P ≤ .001). Conclusion In lungs with cystic fibrosis, ultrashort echo time oxygen-enhanced MRI showed similar performance compared with hyperpolarized 3He MRI for quantitative measures of ventilation defects and their repeatability. © RSNA, 2018 Online supplemental material is available for this article.
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