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Relationship of temporal resolution to diagnostic performance for dynamic contrast enhanced MRI of the breast.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19856413     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between temporal resolution of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and classification of breast lesions as benign versus malignant.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients underwent T(1)-weighted DCE MRI with 15 s/acquisition temporal resolution using 1.5 Tesla (n = 48) and 3.0T (n = 33) MRI scanners. Seventy-nine patients had pathologically proven diagnosis and 2 had 2 years follow-up showing no change in lesion size. The temporal resolution of DCE MRI was systematically reduced as a postprocessing step from 15 to 30, 45, and 60 s/acquisition by eliminating intermediate time points. Average wash-in and wash-out slopes, wash-out percentage changes, and kinetic curve shape (persistently enhancing, plateau, or wash-out) were compared for each temporal resolution. Logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis were used to compare kinetic parameters and diagnostic accuracy.
RESULTS: Sixty patients (74%) had malignant lesions and 21 patients (26%) had benign lesions. All temporal-resolution parameters significantly predicted benign versus malignant diagnosis (P < 0.05). However, 45 s/acquisition and higher temporal-resolution datasets showed higher accuracy than the 60 s/acquisition dataset by ROC curve analysis (0.72 versus 0.69 for average wash-in slope; 0.85 versus 0.82, for average wash-out slope; and 0.88 versus 0.80 for kinetic curve shape assessment, for 45 s/acquisition versus 60 s/acquisition temporal-resolution datasets, respectively (P = 0.027).
CONCLUSION: DCE MRI data with at least 45-s temporal resolution maximized the agreement between the kinetic parameters and correct classification of benign versus malignant diagnosis.
Authors:
Riham H El Khouli; Katarzyna J Macura; Peter B Barker; Mohamed R Habba; Michael A Jacobs; David A Bluemke
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI     Volume:  30     ISSN:  1522-2586     ISO Abbreviation:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Publication Date:  2009 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-10-29     Completed Date:  2010-01-21     Revised Date:  2011-06-09    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9105850     Medline TA:  J Magn Reson Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  999-1004     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Area Under Curve
Breast / pathology*
Contrast Media / pharmacology*
Female
Humans
Image Enhancement / methods
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods
Kinetics
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
1R01CA100184/CA/NCI NIH HHS; P50CA103175/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA100184-01A2/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA100184-02/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA100184-04S3/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA125258-03/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01 CA125258-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS; R01CA125258/CA/NCI NIH HHS; ZIA EB000065-01/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Contrast Media

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