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Integrated slice-specific dynamic shimming diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) for rectal Cancer detection and characterization.

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Purpose

To compare integrated slice-specific dynamic shimming (iShim) diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and single-shot echo-planar imaging (SS-EPI) DWI in image quality and pathological characterization of rectal cancer.

Materials and methods

A total of 193 consecutive rectal tumor patients were enrolled for retrospective analysis. Among them, 101 patients underwent iShim-DWI (b = 0, 800, and 1600 s/mm²) and 92 patients underwent SS-EPI-DWI (b = 0, and 1000 s/mm²). Qualitative analyses of both DWI techniques was performed by two independent readers; including adequate fat suppression, the presence of artifacts and image quality. Quantitative analysis was performed by calculating standard deviation (SD) of the gluteus maximus, signal intensity (SI) of lesion and residual normal rectal wall, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values (generated by b values of 0, 800 and 1600 s/mm² for iShim-DWI, and by b values of 0 and 1000 s/mm² for SS-EPI-DWI) and image quality parameters, such as signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of primary rectal tumor. For the primary rectal cancer, two pathological groups were divided according to pathological results: Group 1 (well-differentiated) and Group 2 (poorly differentiated). Statistical analyses were performed with p < 0.05 as significant difference.

Results

Compared with SS-EPI-DWI, significantly higher scores of image quality were obtained in iShim-DWI cases (P < 0.001). The SD_background was significantly reduced on b = 1600 s/mm² images and ADC maps of iShim-DWI. Both SNR and CNR of b = 800 s/mm² and b = 1600 s/mm² images in iShim-DWI were higher than those of b = 1000 s/mm² images in SS-EPI-DWI. In primary rectal cancer of iShim-DWI cohort, SI_lesion was significantly higher than SI_rectum in both b = 800 and 1600 s/mm² images. ADC values were significantly lower in Group 2 (0.732 ± 0.08) × 10^- 3 mm²/s) than those in Group 1 ((0.912 ± 0.21) × 10^- 3 mm²/s). ROC analyses showed significance of ADC values and SI_lesion between the two groups.

Conclusion

iShim-DWI with b values of 0, 800 and 1600 s/mm² is a promising technique of high image quality in rectal tumor imaging, and has potential ability to differentiate rectal cancer from normal wall and predicting pathological characterization.

SUBMITTER: Qiu J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8028796 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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