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Nan Meng1,2, Ting Fang1,2, Pengyang Feng3
1Department of Medical Imaging, Zhengzhou University People's Hospital and Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China.
Background:
Endometrial carcinoma (EC) risk stratification is generally based on histological assessment. It would be beneficial to perform risk stratification noninvasively by MRI.
Purpose:
To investigate the application of amide proton transfer-weighted imaging (APTWI), monoexponential, biexponential, and stretched exponential intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM), and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) for the evaluation of risk stratification in early-stage EC.
Study Type:
Prospective.
Population:
Eighty patients with early-stage EC (47 classified as low risk, 20 as medium risk, and 13 as high risk by histological grade and International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage).
Field Strength/Sequence:
T1-weighted imaging, T2-weighted imaging, IVIM, APTWI, and DKI MRI at 3 T.
Assessment:
The magnetization transfer ratio asymmetry (MTRasym [3.5 ppm]), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), diffusion coefficient (D), pseudo diffusion coefficient (D*), perfusion fraction (f), distributed diffusion coefficient (DDC), water molecular diffusion heterogeneity index (α), mean kurtosis (MK), and mean diffusivity (MD) were calculated and compared between low-risk and non-low-risk groups.
Statistical Tests:
Individual sample t test, analysis of variance, and logistic regression. A P-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results:
The α, ADC, D, DDC, and MD were significantly higher and the f, MK, and MTRasym (3.5 ppm) were significantly lower in the low-risk group than in the non-low-risk group. The difference in D* between the two groups was not significant (P = 0.289). MTRasym (3.5 ppm), D, and MK were independent predictors of risk stratification. The combination of these three parameters was better able to identify low- and non-low-risk groups than each individual parameter.
Data Conclusion:
The IVIM, DKI, and APTWI parameters have potential as imaging markers for risk stratification in early-stage EC.
Level Of Evidence:
2 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 3.
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