How to evaluate perfusion imaging in post-treatment glioma: a comparison of three different analysis methods
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Published:2024-05-08
Issue:8
Volume:66
Page:1279-1289
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ISSN:0028-3940
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Container-title:Neuroradiology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Neuroradiology
Author:
Herings Siem D. A.ORCID, van den Elshout Rik, de Wit Rebecca, Mannil Manoj, Ravesloot Cécile, Scheenen Tom W. J., Arens Anne, van der Kolk Anja, Meijer Frederick J. A., Henssen Dylan J. H. A.
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction
Dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) perfusion weighted (PW)-MRI can aid in differentiating treatment related abnormalities (TRA) from tumor progression (TP) in post-treatment glioma patients. Common methods, like the ‘hot spot’, or visual approach suffer from oversimplification and subjectivity. Using perfusion of the complete lesion potentially offers an objective and accurate alternative. This study aims to compare the diagnostic value and assess the subjectivity of these techniques.
Methods
50 Glioma patients with enhancing lesions post-surgery and chemo-radiotherapy were retrospectively included. Outcome was determined by clinical/radiological follow-up or biopsy. Imaging analysis used the ‘hot spot’, volume of interest (VOI) and visual approach. Diagnostic accuracy was compared using receiving operator characteristics (ROC) curves for the VOI and ‘hot spot’ approach, visual assessment was analysed with contingency tables. Inter-operator agreement was determined with Cohens kappa and intra-class coefficient (ICC).
Results
29 Patients suffered from TP, 21 had TRA. The visual assessment showed poor to substantial inter-operator agreement (κ = -0.72 – 0.68). Reliability of the ‘hot spot’ placement was excellent (ICC = 0.89), while reference placement was variable (ICC = 0.54). The area under the ROC (AUROC) of the mean- and maximum relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) (VOI-analysis) were 0.82 and 0.72, while the rCBV-ratio (‘hot spot’ analysis) was 0.69. The VOI-analysis had a more balanced sensitivity and specificity compared to visual assessment.
Conclusions
VOI analysis of DSC PW-MRI data holds greater diagnostic accuracy in single-moment differentiation of TP and TRA than ‘hot spot’ or visual analysis. This study underlines the subjectivity of visual placement and assessment.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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