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Targeted Biopsy Validation of Peripheral Zone Prostate Cancer Characterization with MR Fingerprinting and Diffusion Mapping
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Targeted Biopsy Validation of Peripheral Zone Prostate Cancer Characterization with MR Fingerprinting and Diffusion Mapping

Ananya Panda, Gregory O’Connor, Wei-Ching Lo, Yun Jiang, Seunghee Margevicius, Mark Schluchter, Lee E. Ponsky and Vikas Gulani
Investigative radiology, Vol.54(8), pp.485-493
08/01/2019
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000569
PMCID: PMC6602844
PMID: 30985480
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/6602844View
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<p>Objective This study aims for targeted biopsy validation of magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) and diffusion mapping for characterizing peripheral zone (PZ) prostate cancer and noncancers. Materials and Methods One hundred four PZ lesions in 85 patients who underwent magnetic resonance imaging were retrospectively analyzed with apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) mapping, MRF, and targeted biopsy (cognitive or in-gantry). A radiologist blinded to pathology drew regions of interest on targeted lesions and visually normal peripheral zone on MRF and ADC maps. Mean T1, T2, and ADC were analyzed using linear mixed models. Generalized estimating equations logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate T1 and T2 relaxometry combined with ADC in differentiating pathologic groups. Results Targeted biopsy revealed 63 cancers (low-grade cancer/Gleason score 6 = 10, clinically significant cancer/Gleason score >= 7 = 53), 15 prostatitis, and 26 negative biopsies. Prostate cancer T1, T2, and ADC (mean +/- SD, 1660 +/- 270 milliseconds, 56 +/- 20 milliseconds, 0.70 x 10(-3) +/- 0.24 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s) were significantly lower than prostatitis (mean +/- SD, 1730 +/- 350 milliseconds, 77 +/- 36 milliseconds, 1.00 x 10(-3) +/- 0.30 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s) and negative biopsies (mean +/- SD, 1810 +/- 250 milliseconds, 71 +/- 37 milliseconds, 1.00 x 10(-3) +/- 0.33 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s). For cancer versus prostatitis, ADC was sensitive and T2 specific with comparable area under curve (AUC; (AUC(T2) = 0.71, AUC(ADC) = 0.79, difference between AUCs not significant P = 0.37). T1 + ADC (AUC(T1 + ADC) = 0.83) provided the best separation between cancer and negative biopsies. Low-grade cancer T2 and ADC (mean +/- SD, 75 +/- 29 milliseconds, 0.96 x 10(-3) +/- 0.34 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s) were significantly higher than clinically significant cancers (mean +/- SD, 52 +/- 16 milliseconds, 0.65 +/- 0.18 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s), and T2 + ADC (AUC(T2 + ADC) = 0.91) provided the best separation. Conclusions T1 and T2 relaxometry combined with ADC mapping may be useful for quantitative characterization of prostate cancer grades and differentiating cancer from noncancers for PZ lesions seen on T2-weighted images.</p>
Prostate Cancer magnetic resonance fingerprinting peripheral zone relaxometry quantitative MRI

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