Affiliation:
1. Department of Medical Biophysics University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
2. Translational Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Ontario Canada
3. Center for Pulmonary Imaging Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Cincinnati Ohio USA
4. Division of Respirology The Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Ontario Canada
Abstract
BackgroundMultiple‐breath washout (MBW) 129Xe MRI (MBW Xe‐MRI) is a promising technique for following pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease progression. However, its repeatability in stable CF needs to be established to use it as an outcome measure for novel therapies.PurposeTo assess intravisit and intervisit repeatability of MBW Xe‐MRI in healthy and CF children.Study TypeProspective, longitudinal cohort study.SubjectsA total of 18 pediatric subjects (7 healthy, 11 CF).Field Strength/SequenceA 3 T/2D coronal hyperpolarized (HP) 129Xe images using GRE sequence.AssessmentAll subjects completed MBW Xe‐MRI, pulmonary function tests (PFTs) (spirometry, nitrogen [N2] MBW for lung clearance index [LCI]) and ventilation defect percent (VDP) at baseline (visit 1) and 1‐month after. Fractional ventilation (FV), coefficient of variation (CoVFV) maps were calculated from MBW Xe‐MRI data acquired between intervening air washout breaths performed after an initial xenon breath‐hold. Skewness of FV and CoVFV map distributions was also assessed.Statistical TestsRepeatability: intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), within‐subject coefficient of variation (CV%), repeatability coefficient (CR). Agreement: Bland–Altman. For correlations between MBW Xe‐MRI, VDP and PFTs: Spearman's correlation. Significance threshold: P < 0.05.ResultsFor FV, intravisit median [IQR] ICC was high in both healthy (0.94 [0.48, 0.99]) and CF (0.83 [0.04, 0.97]) subjects. CoVFV also had good intravisit ICC in healthy (0.92 [0.42, 0.99]) and CF (0.79 [0.02, 0.96]) subjects. Similarly, for FV, intervisit ICC was high in health (0.94 [0.68, 0.99]) and CF (0.89 [0.61, 0.97]). CoVFV also had good intervisit ICC in health (0.92 [0.42, 0.99]) and CF (0.78 [0.26, 0.94]). FV had better intervisit repeatability than VDP. CoVFV correlated significantly with LCI (R = 0.56). Skewness of FV distributions significantly distinguished between cohorts at baseline.Data ConclusionMBW Xe‐MRI had high intravisit and intervisit repeatability in healthy and stable CF subjects. CoVFV correlated with LCI, suggesting the importance of ventilation heterogeneity to early CF.Evidence Level1.Technical EfficacyStage 2.
Funder
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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