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Shafi I, Ansari S, Din S, Ashraf I. Cancer detection and classification using a simplified binary state vector machine. Med Biol Eng Comput 2024; 62:1491-1501. [PMID: 38300437 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-023-03012-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
Abstract
Cancer is an invasive and malignant growth of cells and is known to be one of the most fatal diseases. Its early detection is essential for decreasing the mortality rate and increasing the probability of survival. This study presents an efficient machine learning approach based on the state vector machine (SVM) to diagnose and classify tumors into malignant or benign cancer using the online lymphographic data. Further, two types of neural network architectures are also implemented to evaluate the performance of the proposed SVM-based approach. The optimal structures of the classifiers are obtained by varying the architecture, topology, learning rate, and kernel function and recording the results' accuracy. The classifiers are trained with the preprocessed data examples after noise removal and tested on the unknown cases to diagnose each example as positive or negative. Further, the positive cases are classified into different stages including metastases, malign lymph, and fibrosis. The results are evaluated against the feed-forward and generalized regression neural networks. It is found that the proposed SVM-based approach significantly improves the early detection and classification accuracy in comparison to the experienced physicians and the other machine learning approaches. The proposed approach is robust and can perform sub-class divisions for multipurpose tasks. Experimental results demonstrate that the two-class SVM gives the best results and can effectively be used for the classification of cancer. It has outperformed all other classifiers with an average accuracy of 94.90%.
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- Imran Shafi
- College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Information & Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Korea.
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- Department of Information & Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Korea.
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Akin O, Lema-Dopico A, Paudyal R, Konar AS, Chenevert TL, Malyarenko D, Hadjiiski L, Al-Ahmadie H, Goh AC, Bochner B, Rosenberg J, Schwartz LH, Shukla-Dave A. Multiparametric MRI in Era of Artificial Intelligence for Bladder Cancer Therapies. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:5468. [PMID: 38001728 PMCID: PMC10670574 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15225468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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This review focuses on the principles, applications, and performance of mpMRI for bladder imaging. Quantitative imaging biomarkers (QIBs) derived from mpMRI are increasingly used in oncological applications, including tumor staging, prognosis, and assessment of treatment response. To standardize mpMRI acquisition and interpretation, an expert panel developed the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS). Many studies confirm the standardization and high degree of inter-reader agreement to discriminate muscle invasiveness in bladder cancer, supporting VI-RADS implementation in routine clinical practice. The standard MRI sequences for VI-RADS scoring are anatomical imaging, including T2w images, and physiological imaging with diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI). Physiological QIBs derived from analysis of DW- and DCE-MRI data and radiomic image features extracted from mpMRI images play an important role in bladder cancer. The current development of AI tools for analyzing mpMRI data and their potential impact on bladder imaging are surveyed. AI architectures are often implemented based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs), focusing on narrow/specific tasks. The application of AI can substantially impact bladder imaging clinical workflows; for example, manual tumor segmentation, which demands high time commitment and has inter-reader variability, can be replaced by an autosegmentation tool. The use of mpMRI and AI is projected to drive the field toward the personalized management of bladder cancer patients.
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- Oguz Akin
- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Martin MN, Jordanova KV, Kos AB, Russek SE, Keenan KE, Stupic KF. Relaxation measurements of an MRI system phantom at low magnetic field strengths. MAGMA 2023:10.1007/s10334-023-01086-y. [PMID: 37209233 PMCID: PMC10386925 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-023-01086-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Temperature controlled T1 and T2 relaxation times are measured on NiCl2 and MnCl2 solutions from the ISMRM/NIST system phantom at low magnetic field strengths of 6.5 mT, 64 mT and 550 mT. MATERIALS AND METHODS The T1 and T2 were measured of five samples with increasing concentrations of NiCl2 and five samples with increasing concentrations of MnCl2. All samples were scanned at 6.5 mT, 64 mT and 550 mT, at sample temperatures ranging from 10 °C to 37 °C. RESULTS The NiCl2 solutions showed little change in T1 and T2 with magnetic field strength, and both relaxation times decreased with increasing temperature. The MnCl2 solutions showed an increase in T1 and a decrease in T2 with increasing magnetic field strength, and both T1 and T2 increased with increasing temperature. DISCUSSION The low field relaxation rates of the NiCl2 and MnCl2 arrays in the ISMRM/NIST system phantom are investigated and compared to results from clinical field strengths of 1.5 T and 3.0 T. The measurements can be used as a benchmark for MRI system functionality and stability, especially when MRI systems are taken out of the radiology suite or laboratory and into less traditional environments.
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- Michele N Martin
- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA.
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- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA
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- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA
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- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA
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- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA
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- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305, USA
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Fritz V, Martirosian P, Machann J, Thorwarth D, Schick F. Soy lecithin: A beneficial substance for adjusting the ADC in aqueous solutions to the values of biological tissues. Magn Reson Med 2023; 89:1674-1683. [PMID: 36458695 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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PURPOSE To test soy lecithin as a substance added to water for the construction of MRI phantoms with tissue-like diffusion coefficients. The performance of soy lecithin was assessed for the useable range of adjustable ADC values, the degree of non-Gaussian diffusion, simultaneous effects on relaxation times, and spectral signal properties. METHODS Aqueous soy lecithin solutions of different concentrations (0%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3% …, 10%) and soy lecithin-agar gels were prepared and examined on a 3 Tesla clinical scanner at 18.5° ± 0.5°C. Echoplanar sequences (b values: 0-1000/3000 s/mm2 ) were applied for ADC measurements. Quantitative relaxometry and MRS were performed for assessment of T1 , T2 , and detectable spectral components. RESULTS The presence of soy lecithin significantly restricts the diffusion of water molecules and mimics the nearly Gaussian nature of diffusion observed in tissue (for b values <1000 s/mm2 ). ADC values ranged from 2.02 × 10-3 mm2 /s to 0.48 × 10-3 mm2 /s and cover the entire physiological range reported on biological tissue. Measured T1 /T2 values of pure lecithin solutions varied from 2685/2013 to 668/133 ms with increasing concentration. No characteristic signals of soy lecithin were observed in the MR spectrum. The addition of agar to the soy lecithin solutions allowed T2 values to be well adjusted to typical values found in parenchymal tissue without affecting the soy lecithin-controlled ADC value. CONCLUSION Soy lecithin is a promising substance for the construction of diffusion phantoms with tissue-like ADC values. It provides several advantages over previously proposed substances, in particular a wide range of adjustable ADC values, the lack of additional 1 H-signals, and the possibility to adjust ADC and T2 values (by adding agar) almost independently of each other.
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- Victor Fritz
- Section on Experimental Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section on Experimental Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section on Experimental Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Centre Munich at the University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Section for Biomedical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section on Experimental Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC 2180) "Image Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies", University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Solomon E, Lemberskiy G, Baete S, Hu K, Malyarenko D, Swanson S, Shukla-Dave A, Russek SE, Zan E, Kim SG. Time-dependent diffusivity and kurtosis in phantoms and patients with head and neck cancer. Magn Reson Med 2023; 89:522-535. [PMID: 36219464 PMCID: PMC9712275 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess the reliability of measuring diffusivity, diffusional kurtosis, and cellular-interstitial water exchange time with long diffusion times (100-800 ms) using stimulated-echo DWI. METHODS Time-dependent diffusion MRI was tested on two well-established diffusion phantoms and in 5 patients with head and neck cancer. Measurements were conducted using an in-house diffusion-weighted STEAM-EPI pulse sequence with multiple diffusion times at a fixed TE on three scanners. We used the weighted linear least-squares fit method to estimate time-dependent diffusivity,D ( t ) $$ D(t) $$ , and diffusional kurtosis,K ( t ) $$ K(t) $$ . Additionally, the Kärger model was used to estimate cellular-interstitial water exchange time (τ ex $$ {\tau}_{ex} $$ ) fromK ( t ) $$ K(t) $$ . RESULTS Diffusivity measured by time-dependent STEAM-EPI measurements and commercial SE-EPI showed comparable results with R2 above 0.98 and overall 5.4 ± 3.0% deviation across diffusion times. Diffusional kurtosis phantom data showed expected patterns: constantD $$ D $$ andK $$ K $$ = 0 for negative controls and slow varyingD $$ D $$ andK $$ K $$ for samples made of nanoscopic vesicles. Time-dependent diffusion MRI in patients with head and neck cancer found that the Kärger model could be considered valid in 72% ± 23% of the voxels in the metastatic lymph nodes. The median cellular-interstitial water exchange time estimated for lesions was between 58.5 ms and 70.6 ms. CONCLUSIONS Based on two well-established diffusion phantoms, we found that time-dependent diffusion MRI measurements can provide stable diffusion and kurtosis values over a wide range of diffusion times and across multiple MRI systems. Moreover, estimation of cellular-interstitial water exchange time can be achieved using the Kärger model for the metastatic lymph nodes in patients with head and neck cancer.
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- Eddy Solomon
- Department of Radiology, MRI Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, MRI Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, MRI Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, New York University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Department of Radiology, MRI Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, MRI Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States
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Spilling CA, Howe FA, Barrick TR. Optimization of quasi-diffusion magnetic resonance imaging for quantitative accuracy and time-efficient acquisition. Magn Reson Med 2022; 88:2532-2547. [PMID: 36054778 PMCID: PMC9804504 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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PURPOSE Quasi-diffusion MRI (QDI) is a novel quantitative technique based on the continuous time random walk model of diffusion dynamics. QDI provides estimates of the diffusion coefficient, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics><mml:mrow><mml:mspace/> <mml:msub><mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ {D}_{1,2} $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> in mm2 s-1 and a fractional exponent, <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics><mml:mrow><mml:mi>α</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ \upalpha $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> , defining the non-Gaussianity of the diffusion signal decay. Here, the b-value selection for rapid clinical acquisition of QDI tensor imaging (QDTI) data is optimized. METHODS Clinically appropriate QDTI acquisitions were optimized in healthy volunteers with respect to a multi-b-value reference (MbR) dataset comprising 29 diffusion-sensitized images arrayed between <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics><mml:mrow><mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ b=0 $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> and 5000 s mm-2 . The effects of varying maximum b-value ( <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mi>max</mml:mi></mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ {b}_{\mathrm{max}} $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> ), number of b-value shells, and the effects of Rician noise were investigated. RESULTS QDTI measures showed <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mi>max</mml:mi></mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ {b}_{\mathrm{max}} $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> dependence, most significantly for <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics><mml:mrow><mml:mi>α</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ \upalpha $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> in white matter, which monotonically decreased with higher <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mi>max</mml:mi></mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ {b}_{\mathrm{max}} $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> leading to improved tissue contrast. Optimized 2 b-value shell acquisitions showed small systematic differences in QDTI measures relative to MbR values, with overestimation of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics><mml:mrow><mml:mspace/> <mml:mspace/> <mml:msub><mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ \kern0.50em {D}_{1,2} $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> and underestimation of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics><mml:mrow><mml:mi>α</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ \upalpha $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> in white matter, and overestimation of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ {D}_{1,2} $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics><mml:mrow><mml:mi>α</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ \upalpha $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> anisotropies in gray and white matter. Additional shells improved the accuracy, precision, and reliability of QDTI estimates with 3 and 4 shells at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mi>max</mml:mi></mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>5000</mml:mn></mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ {b}_{\mathrm{max}}=5000 $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> s mm-2 , and 4 b-value shells at <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mi>max</mml:mi></mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>3960</mml:mn></mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ {b}_{\mathrm{max}}=3960 $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> s mm-2 , providing minimal bias in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mrow><mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ {D}_{1,2} $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:semantics><mml:mrow><mml:mi>α</mml:mi></mml:mrow> <mml:annotation>$$ \upalpha $$</mml:annotation></mml:semantics> </mml:math> compared to the MbR. CONCLUSION A highly detailed optimization of non-Gaussian dMRI for in vivo brain imaging was performed. QDI provided robust parameterization of non-Gaussian diffusion signal decay in clinically feasible imaging times with high reliability, accuracy, and precision of QDTI measures.
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- Catherine A. Spilling
- Neurosciences Research Section, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research InstituteSt George's University of London
LondonUnited Kingdom
- Centre for Affective Disorders, Department of Psychological Medicine, Division of Academic PsychiatryInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Neurosciences Research Section, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research InstituteSt George's University of London
LondonUnited Kingdom
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- Neurosciences Research Section, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Research InstituteSt George's University of London
LondonUnited Kingdom
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Amouzandeh G, Chenevert TL, Swanson SD, Ross BD, Malyarenko DI. Technical Note: Temperature and concentration dependence of water diffusion in polyvinylpyrrolidone solutions. Med Phys 2022; 49:3325-3332. [PMID: 35184316 PMCID: PMC9090959 DOI: 10.1002/mp.15556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Objective The goal of this work is to provide temperature and concentration calibration of water diffusivity in polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) solutions used in phantoms to assess system bias and linearity in apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements. Method ADC measurements were performed for 40 kDa (K40) PVP of six concentrations (0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% by weight) at three temperatures (19.5°C, 22.5°C, and 26.4°C), with internal phantom temperature monitored by optical thermometer (±0.2°C). To achieve ADC measurement and fit accuracy of better than 0.5%, three orthogonal diffusion gradients were calibrated using known water diffusivity at 0°C and system gradient nonlinearity maps. Noise‐floor fit bias was also controlled by limiting the maximum b‐value used for ADC calculation of each sample. The ADC temperature dependence was modeled by Arrhenius functions of each PVP concentration. The concentration dependence was modeled by quadratic function for ADC normalized by the theoretical water diffusion values. Calibration coefficients were obtained from linear regression model fits. Results Measured phantom ADC values increased with temperature and decreasing PVP concentration, [PVP]. The derived Arrhenius model parameters for [PVP] between 0% and 50%, are reported and can be used for K40 ADC temperature calibration with absolute ADC error within ±0.016 μm2/ms. Arrhenius model fit parameters normalized to water value scaled with [PVP] between 10% and 40%, and proportional change in activation energy increased faster than collision frequency. ADC normalization by water diffusivity, DW, from the Speedy–Angell relation accounted for the bulk of temperature dependence (±0.035 μm2/ms) and yielded quadratic calibration for ADCPVP/DW = (12.5 ± 0.7) ·10−5·[PVP]2 − (23.2 ± 0.3)·10−3·[PVP]+1, nearly independent of PVP molecular weight and temperature. Conclusion The study provides ground‐truth ADC values for K40 PVP solutions commonly used in diffusion phantoms for scanning at ambient room temperature. The described procedures and the reported calibration can be used for quality control and standardization of measured ADC values of PVP at different concentrations and temperatures.
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- Department of Radiology University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA
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Malyarenko DI, Swanson SD, McGarry SD, LaViolette PS, Chenevert TL. The impeded diffusion fraction quantitative imaging assay demonstrated in multi-exponential diffusion phantom and prostate cancer. Magn Reson Med 2021; 87:2053-2062. [PMID: 34775621 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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PURPOSE To demonstrate a method for quantification of impeded diffusion fraction (IDF) using conventional clinical DWI protocols. METHODS The IDF formalism is introduced to quantify contribution from water coordinated by macromolecules to DWI voxel signal based on fundamentally different diffusion constants in vascular capillary, bulk free, and coordinated water compartments. IDF accuracy was studied as a function of b-value set. The IDF scaling with restricted compartment size and polyvinylpirrolidone (PVP) macromolecule concentration was compared to conventional apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and isotropic kurtosis model parameters for a diffusion phantom. An in vivo application was demonstrated for six prostate cancer (PCa) cases with low and high grade lesions annotated from whole mount histopathology. RESULTS IDF linearly scaled with known restricted (vesicular) compartment size and PVP concentration in phantoms and increased with histopathologic score in PCa (from median 9% for atrophy up to 60% for Gleason 7). IDF via non-linear fit was independent of b-value subset selected between b = 0.1 and 2 ms/µm2 , including standard-of-care (SOC) PCa protocol. With maximum sensitivity for high grade PCa, the IDF threshold below 51% reduced false positive rate (FPR = 0/6) for low-grade PCa compared to apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC > 0.81 µm2 /ms) of PIRADS PCa scoring (FPR = 3/6). CONCLUSION The proposed method may provide quantitative imaging assays of cancer grading using common SOC DWI protocols.
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- Dariya I Malyarenko
- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Hernando D, Zhang Y, Pirasteh A. Quantitative diffusion MRI of the abdomen and pelvis. Med Phys 2021; 49:2774-2793. [PMID: 34554579 DOI: 10.1002/mp.15246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Diffusion MRI has enormous potential and utility in the evaluation of various abdominal and pelvic disease processes including cancer and noncancer imaging of the liver, prostate, and other organs. Quantitative diffusion MRI is based on acquisitions with multiple diffusion encodings followed by quantitative mapping of diffusion parameters that are sensitive to tissue microstructure. Compared to qualitative diffusion-weighted MRI, quantitative diffusion MRI can improve standardization of tissue characterization as needed for disease detection, staging, and treatment monitoring. However, similar to many other quantitative MRI methods, diffusion MRI faces multiple challenges including acquisition artifacts, signal modeling limitations, and biological variability. In abdominal and pelvic diffusion MRI, technical acquisition challenges include physiologic motion (respiratory, peristaltic, and pulsatile), image distortions, and low signal-to-noise ratio. If unaddressed, these challenges lead to poor technical performance (bias and precision) and clinical outcomes of quantitative diffusion MRI. Emerging and novel technical developments seek to address these challenges and may enable reliable quantitative diffusion MRI of the abdomen and pelvis. Through systematic validation in phantoms, volunteers, and patients, including multicenter studies to assess reproducibility, these emerging techniques may finally demonstrate the potential of quantitative diffusion MRI for abdominal and pelvic imaging applications.
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- Diego Hernando
- Departments of Radiology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Departments of Radiology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Departments of Radiology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Newitt DC, Amouzandeh G, Partridge SC, Marques HS, Herman BA, Ross BD, Hylton NM, Chenevert TL, Malyarenko DI. Repeatability and Reproducibility of ADC Histogram Metrics from the ACRIN 6698 Breast Cancer Therapy Response Trial. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 6:177-185. [PMID: 32548294 PMCID: PMC7289237 DOI: 10.18383/j.tom.2020.00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mean tumor apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of breast cancer showed excellent repeatability but only moderate predictive power for breast cancer therapy response in the ACRIN 6698 multicenter imaging trial. Previous single-center studies have shown improved predictive performance for alternative ADC histogram metrics related to low ADC dense tumor volume. Using test/retest (TT/RT) 4 b-value diffusion-weighted imaging acquisitions from pretreatment or early-treatment time-points on 71 ACRIN 6698 patients, we evaluated repeatability for ADC histogram metrics to establish confidence intervals and inform predictive models for future therapy response analysis. Histograms were generated using regions of interest (ROIs) defined separately for TT and RT diffusion-weighted imaging. TT/RT repeatability and intra- and inter-reader reproducibility (on a 20-patient subset) were evaluated using wCV and Bland–Altman limits of agreement for histogram percentiles, low-ADC dense tumor volumes, and fractional volumes (normalized to total histogram volume). Pearson correlation was used to reveal connections between metrics and ROI variability across the sample cohort. Low percentiles (15th and 25th) were highly repeatable and reproducible, wCV < 8.1%, comparable to mean ADC values previously reported. Volumetric metrics had higher wCV values in all cases, with fractional volumes somewhat better but at least 3 times higher than percentile wCVs. These metrics appear most sensitive to ADC changes around a threshold of 1.2 μm2/ms. Volumetric results were moderately to strongly correlated with ROI size. In conclusion, Lower histogram percentiles have comparable repeatability to mean ADC, while ADC-thresholded volumetric measures currently have poor repeatability but may benefit from improvements in ROI techniques.
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- David C Newitt
- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Brown University-Center for Statistical Sciences, ECOG-ACRIN Biostatistics Center, Providence, RI
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- Brown University-Center for Statistical Sciences, ECOG-ACRIN Biostatistics Center, Providence, RI
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- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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The National Cancer Institute's Quantitative Imaging Network (QIN) has thrived over the past 12 years with an emphasis on the development of image-based decision support software tools for improving measurements of imaging metrics. An overarching goal has been to develop advanced tools that could be translated into clinical trials to provide for improved prediction of response to therapeutic interventions. This article provides an overview of the successes in development and translation of new algorithms into the clinical workflow by the many research teams of the Quantitative Imaging Network.
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Brancato V, Cavaliere C, Salvatore M, Monti S. Non-Gaussian models of diffusion weighted imaging for detection and characterization of prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 2019; 9:16837. [PMID: 31728007 PMCID: PMC6856159 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53350-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The importance of Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) in prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis have been widely handled in literature. In the last decade, due to the mono-exponential model limitations, several studies investigated non-Gaussian DWI models and their utility in PCa diagnosis. Since their results were often inconsistent and conflicting, we performed a systematic review of studies from 2012 examining the most commonly used Non-Gaussian DWI models for PCa detection and characterization. A meta-analysis was conducted to assess the ability of each Non-Gaussian model to detect PCa lesions and distinguish between low and intermediate/high grade lesions. Weighted mean differences and 95% confidence intervals were calculated and the heterogeneity was estimated using the I2 statistic. 29 studies were selected for the systematic review, whose results showed inconsistence and an unclear idea about the actual usefulness and the added value of the Non-Gaussian model parameters. 12 studies were considered in the meta-analyses, which showed statistical significance for several non-Gaussian parameters for PCa detection, and to a lesser extent for PCa characterization. Our findings showed that Non-Gaussian model parameters may potentially play a role in the detection and characterization of PCa but further studies are required to identify a standardized DWI acquisition protocol for PCa diagnosis.
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