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ArticleCancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society2020

Gallbladder carcinoma: an initial clinical experience of reduced field-of-view diffusion-weighted MRI.

Sisi Wu, Xianlun Zou, Qiuxia Wang, Daoyu Hu, Zhen Li, Chuou Xu

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Article in Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sisi WuDepartment of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Qiaokou district, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Xianlun ZouDepartment of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Qiaokou district, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Qiuxia WangDepartment of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Qiaokou district, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Daoyu HuDepartment of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Qiaokou district, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Zhen LiDepartment of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Qiaokou district, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China.
Chuou XuDepartment of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jiefang Avenue, Qiaokou district, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, China. xchuou@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2346-3150
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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81571642National Natural Science Foundation of China 81701657National Natural Science Foundation of China 81771801National Natural Science Foundation of China 81801695
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe purpose of this study is to compare the diagnostic value, imaging quality and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value of reduced field-of-view diffusion-weight imaging (r-FOV DWI) and full field-of-view diffusion-weight imaging (f-FOV DWI) in patients with gallbladder carcinoma and other lesions of gallbladder.

methodsTwo hundred ninety-six patients with gallbladder diseases underwent both r-FOV DWI and f-FOV DWI on a 3.0 T MRI scanner. Two radiologists assessed subjective image quality parameters independently. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare subjective qualitative image score. Objective quality values and the mean ADC values were analyzed by paired t-test. The correlation between pathological results and mean ADC value were estimated using Spearman rank correlation analysis.

resultsThe CNR value (10.23 ± 2.92) and image quality score (13.84 ± 1.07) of r-FOV DWI were significantly higher than those of f-FOV DWI (5.24 ± 1.29 P<0.001; 10.41 ± 1.11 P<0.001). There was no significant difference between mean ADC values of the two DWI sequences for all three groups (Group 1, chronic cholecystitis; Group 2, benign lesions of gallbladder; Group 3, gallbladder carcinoma. P = 0.239, 0.974 and 0.226 respectively). For both DWI sequences, the mean ADC values were the highest in the group of cholecystitis and the lowest in the group of gallbladder carcinoma (2.49 ± 0.14 vs 1.49 ± 0.12; 2.50 ± 0.14 vs 1.50 ± 0.13, for f-FOV and r-FOV respectively), the differences among groups were statistically significant (P<0.01). The mean ADC values for both DWI sequences were negatively correlated with the group number, which increased with the malignant tendency of lesions (r = - 0.892, P<0.01; r = - 0.913, P<0.01 for f-FOV and r-FOV respectively).

conclusionReduced Field-of-view Diffusion-weighted MRI is a good tool to diagnosis the gallbladder carcinoma, with better image quality and without affecting ADC values.

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AdultAgedCarcinomaDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingFemaleGallbladder NeoplasmsHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsDiffusion-weighted imagingFull field-of-viewGallbladder carcinomaImage qualityReduced field-of-view

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