Application of synthetic MRI combined with MUSE-DWI to differentiate glioma progressive disease from treatment-related changes
Objective:To assess the utility of synthetic MRI quantitative parameters and multiplexed sensitivity encoding diffusion weighted imaging (MUSE-DWI) in combination to differentiate glioma progressive disease (PD) from treatment-related change (TRC). Materials and Methods:In this study,we collected 45 patients who exhibited new enhancing lesions after surgery followed by completion of chemoradiation therapy from September 2020 to November 2022. The scan sequences included synthetic MRI,MUSE-DWI and contrast enhanced T1-weighted imaging (CE_T1WI). The patients were classified into two groups:PD group (n=26) and TRC group (n=19). The ROI is placed on each image to measure apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC),pre-contrast T1,T2 value (T1pre,T2pre) and post-contrast T1,T2 value (T1post,T2post). Quantitative parameters (T1pre,T2pre and T1post,T2post) and ADC were evaluated using Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney U test. We generated receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for each parameter and their combinations. Finally,we used the area under the ROC curve (AUC) to assess the performance of each parameter and their combinations. Results:(1) The T1pre value in the PD group were significantly higher than the TRC group (P<0.05). The values of T1post and ADC in the PD group were significantly lower than the TRC group (all P<0.05). There was no statistical difference in T2pre,T2post value (P>0.05). (2) ADC diagnostic performance was highest when using single parameter analysis (AUC=0.878),followed by T1post and T1pre with AUC of 0.783 and 0.745,respectively. The combinations of two parameters (T1pre+T1post) improved the diagnostic performance (AUC=0.850) compared to the single parameter. A combined multi-parameter model (T1pre+T1post+ADC) was established with the highest diagnostic efficacy (AUC=0.901). Conclusions:The combinations of the two techniques to construct a multiparametric combined model of relaxation quantitative parameters (T1pre,T1post) combined with ADC values have a good diagnostic value in differentiating PD and TRC.
gliomasynthetic magnetic resonance imagingmagnetic resonance imagingmultiplexed sensitivity-encodingprogressive diseasetreatment-related change