Quantification of cross-vendor variation in ADC measurements in vendor-specific prostate MRI-protocols
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Quantification of cross-vendor variation in ADC measurements in vendor-specific prostate MRI-protocols. / Møller, Jakob M.; Boesen, Lars; Hansen, Adam Espe; Kettles, Karen; Løgager, Vibeke.
In: European Journal of Radiology, Vol. 165, 110942, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Quantification of cross-vendor variation in ADC measurements in vendor-specific prostate MRI-protocols
AU - Møller, Jakob M.
AU - Boesen, Lars
AU - Hansen, Adam Espe
AU - Kettles, Karen
AU - Løgager, Vibeke
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to quantify the variability of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) and test if there were statistically significant differences in ADC between MRI systems and sequences. Method: With a two-chamber cylindrical ADC phantom with fixed ADC values (1,000 and 1,600x10−6 mm2/s) a single-shot (ss) Echo Planar Imaging (EPI), a multi-shot EPI, a reduced field of view DWI (zoom) and a Turbo Spin Echo DWI sequence were tested in six MRI systems from three vendors at 1.5 T and 3 T. Technical parameters were according to Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Version 2.1. ADC maps were calculated by vendor specific algorithms. Absolute and relative differences in ADC from the phantom-ADC were calculated and differences between sequences were tested. Results: At 3 T absolute differences from phantom given ADC (∼1,000 and ∼ 1,600x10−6 mm2/s) were −83 – 42x10−6 mm2/s (-8.3%-4.2%) and −48 – 15x10−6 mm2/s (-3%-0.9%), respectively and at 1.5 T absolute differences were −81 – 26x10−6 mm2/s (-2.6%-8.1%) and −74 – 67x10−6 mm2/s (-4.6%-4.2%), respectively. Significant statistical differences in ADC measurements were identified between vendors in all sequences except for ssEPI and zoom at 3 T in the 1,600x10−6 mm2/s phantom chamber. Significant differences were also identified between ADC measurements at 1.5 T and 3 T in some of the sequences and vendors, but not all. Conclusion: The variation of ADC between different MRI systems and prostate specific DWI sequences is limited in this phantom study and without apparent clinical relevance. However, prospective multicenter studies of prostate cancer patients are needed for further investigation.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to quantify the variability of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) and test if there were statistically significant differences in ADC between MRI systems and sequences. Method: With a two-chamber cylindrical ADC phantom with fixed ADC values (1,000 and 1,600x10−6 mm2/s) a single-shot (ss) Echo Planar Imaging (EPI), a multi-shot EPI, a reduced field of view DWI (zoom) and a Turbo Spin Echo DWI sequence were tested in six MRI systems from three vendors at 1.5 T and 3 T. Technical parameters were according to Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System Version 2.1. ADC maps were calculated by vendor specific algorithms. Absolute and relative differences in ADC from the phantom-ADC were calculated and differences between sequences were tested. Results: At 3 T absolute differences from phantom given ADC (∼1,000 and ∼ 1,600x10−6 mm2/s) were −83 – 42x10−6 mm2/s (-8.3%-4.2%) and −48 – 15x10−6 mm2/s (-3%-0.9%), respectively and at 1.5 T absolute differences were −81 – 26x10−6 mm2/s (-2.6%-8.1%) and −74 – 67x10−6 mm2/s (-4.6%-4.2%), respectively. Significant statistical differences in ADC measurements were identified between vendors in all sequences except for ssEPI and zoom at 3 T in the 1,600x10−6 mm2/s phantom chamber. Significant differences were also identified between ADC measurements at 1.5 T and 3 T in some of the sequences and vendors, but not all. Conclusion: The variation of ADC between different MRI systems and prostate specific DWI sequences is limited in this phantom study and without apparent clinical relevance. However, prospective multicenter studies of prostate cancer patients are needed for further investigation.
KW - ADC
KW - MRI
KW - Phantom study
KW - PI-RADS
KW - Prostate cancer
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejrad.2023.110942
DO - 10.1016/j.ejrad.2023.110942
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37364483
AN - SCOPUS:85162934488
VL - 165
JO - European Journal of Radiology
JF - European Journal of Radiology
SN - 0720-048X
M1 - 110942
ER -
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