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ArticleKorean journal of radiology2019

Combination of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and ¹¹C-Methionine Positron Emission Tomography for the Accurate Diagnosis of Non-Enhancing Supratentorial Glioma.

Nijiati Kudulaiti, Tianming Qiu, Junfeng Lu, Huiwei Zhang, Zhengwei Zhang, Yihui Guan, Dongxiao Zhuang, Jinsong Wu

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Article in Korean journal of radiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Nijiati Kudulaiti *Department of Neurologic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8771-0288
Tianming Qiu *Department of Neurologic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Junfeng LuDepartment of Neurologic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Huiwei ZhangPET Center, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zhengwei ZhangPET Center, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yihui GuanPET Center, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Dongxiao ZhuangDepartment of Neurologic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. ernestzdx@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4964-6529
Jinsong WuDepartment of Neurologic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate whether the combination of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and ¹¹C-methionine positron emission tomography (¹¹C-MET PET) could increase accurate diagnostic sensitivity for non-enhancing supratentorial gliomas. MATERIALS AND

methodsBetween February 2012 and December 2017, 109 patients with non-enhanced supratentorial lesions on contrast-enhanced MRI were enrolled. Each patient underwent MRS and ¹¹C-MET PET before treatment. A lesion was considered to be a glioma when either the MRS or ¹¹C-MET PET results reached the diagnostic threshold. The radiological diagnosis was compared with the pathological diagnosis or medical diagnostic criteria.

resultsThe sensitivity and specificity were 60.0% and 50.0% for MRS and 75.8% and 50.0% for ¹¹C-MET PET, respectively. Upon combining the two modalities, the sensitivity and specificity of the imaging-based diagnosis prior to surgery reached 89.5% and 42.9%, respectively. Statistically significant differences in the sensitivities were observed between the combined and individual approaches (MRS alone, 89.5% vs. 60.0%,

conclusionThe combination of MRS and ¹¹C-MET PET findings significantly increases accurate diagnostic sensitivity for non-enhancing supratentorial gliomas without significantly lowering the specificity. This finding suggests the potential of the combined MRS and ¹¹C-MET PET approach in clinical applications.

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PMCPMC6536785

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