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ArticleClinical and experimental gastroenterology2020

Intraprocedural Transcatheter Intraarterial Perfusion (TRIP)-MRI for Evaluation of Irreversible Electroporation Therapy Response in a Rabbit Liver Tumor Model.

Anna J Shangguan, Kang Zhou, Jia Yang, Aydin Eresen, Bin Wang, Chong Sun, Liang Pan, Su Hu, Ali T Khan, Samdeep K Mouli and 2 more

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Article in Clinical and experimental gastroenterology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Anna J Shangguan *Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kang Zhou *Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Jia YangDepartment of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3992-4070
Aydin EresenDepartment of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9414-9986
Bin WangDepartment of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Chong SunDepartment of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
Liang PanDepartment of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Su HuDepartment of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Ali T KhanDepartment of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Samdeep K MouliDepartment of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Vahid YaghmaiDepartment of Radiological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Zhuoli ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Northwestern University · USChangzhou Third People's Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNNanfang Hospital · CNQingdao University · CNSoochow University · CNUniversity of California, Irvine · US

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Abstract

purposeIrreversible electroporation (IRE) is a promising new ablation method for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment with few side-effects; however, tissue perfusion and differentiation between treatment zones have not been sufficiently studied. In this project, we analyzed HCC tumor perfusion changes immediately after IRE treatment using transcatheter intraarterial perfusion (TRIP)-MRI to monitor treatment zone margins. MATERIALS AND

methodsAll protocols were approved by the institutional animal care and use committee. A total of 34 rabbits were used for this prospective study: tumor liver group (n=17), normal liver group (n=14), and 3 for growing VX2 tumors. All procedures and imaging were performed under anesthesia. VX2 tumors were grown by injection of VX2 cells into rabbit hindlimbs. Liver tumors were induced by percutaneous US-guided injection of VX2 tumor fragments into liver. For digital subtraction angiography (DSA), a 2F catheter was advanced through left hepatic artery via femoral artery access, followed by contrast injection. All rabbits underwent baseline anatomic MRI, then IRE procedure or IRE probe placement only, and lastly post-procedure anatomic and TRIP-MRI. Liver tissues were dissected immediately after imaging for histology. All statistical analyses were performed on GraphPad Prism, with P<0.05 considered significant.

resultsIRE generated central IRE zone and peripheral reversible electroporation (RE) zone on anatomic MRI for both normal liver and liver tumor tissues. The semiquantitative analysis showed that IRE zone had the lowest AUC, PE, WIS,

conclusionOur results demonstrated that intraprocedural TRIP-MRI can effectively differentiate IRE and RE zones after IRE ablation in normal liver and liver tumor tissues.

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hepatocellular carcinomairreversible electroporationliver cancerperfusiontranscatheter intraarterial perfusion magnetic resonance imaging

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