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ArticleNeuroradiology2021

Accelerated 3D whole-brain T1, T2, and proton density mapping: feasibility for clinical glioma MR imaging.

Carolin M Pirkl, Laura Nunez-Gonzalez, Florian Kofler, Sebastian Endt, Lioba Grundl, Mohammad Golbabaee, Pedro A Gómez, Matteo Cencini, Guido Buonincontri, Rolf F Schulte and 5 more

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Article in Neuroradiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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15 authors.

Carolin M PirklDepartment of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany. carolin.pirkl@tum.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5759-5290
Laura Nunez-GonzalezRadiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Florian KoflerDepartment of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Sebastian EndtDepartment of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Lioba GrundlDepartment of Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.
Mohammad GolbabaeeDepartment of Computer Science, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
Pedro A GómezDepartment of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Matteo CenciniFondazione Imago7, Pisa, Italy.
Guido BuonincontriFondazione Imago7, Pisa, Italy.
Rolf F SchulteGE Healthcare, Munich, Germany.
Marion SmitsRadiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Benedikt WiestlerDepartment of Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.
Bjoern H Menze *Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Marion I Menzel *GE Healthcare, Munich, Germany.
Juan A Hernandez-Tamames *Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Training Group GRK 2274Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Training Group GRK 2274 + GSC 81GE Healthcare work statement B-GEHC-05Horizon 2020 952172
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAdvanced MRI-based biomarkers offer comprehensive and quantitative information for the evaluation and characterization of brain tumors. In this study, we report initial clinical experience in routine glioma imaging with a novel, fully 3D multiparametric quantitative transient-state imaging (QTI) method for tissue characterization based on T1 and T2 values.

methodsTo demonstrate the viability of the proposed 3D QTI technique, nine glioma patients (grade II-IV), with a variety of disease states and treatment histories, were included in this study. First, we investigated the feasibility of 3D QTI (6:25 min scan time) for its use in clinical routine imaging, focusing on image reconstruction, parameter estimation, and contrast-weighted image synthesis. Second, for an initial assessment of 3D QTI-based quantitative MR biomarkers, we performed a ROI-based analysis to characterize T1 and T2 components in tumor and peritumoral tissue.

resultsThe 3D acquisition combined with a compressed sensing reconstruction and neural network-based parameter inference produced parametric maps with high isotropic resolution (1.125 × 1.125 × 1.125 mm

conclusion3D QTI demonstrated comprehensive tissue assessment of tumor substructures captured in T1 and T2 parameters. Aiming for fast acquisition of quantitative MR biomarkers, 3D QTI has potential to improve disease characterization in brain tumor patients under tight clinical time-constraints.

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GliomaProtonsBrainFeasibility StudiesHumansImaging, Three-DimensionalMagnetic Resonance ImagingProtonsGlioma imagingImage-based biomarkersMRIMultiparametric imagingNeural networks

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PMCPMC8528802

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