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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Assessment of Solid Pulmonary Nodules or Masses Using Zero Echo Time MR Lung Imaging: A Prospective Head-to-Head Comparison With CT.

Qianyun Liu, Zhichao Feng, Weiyin Vivian Liu, Weidong Fu, Lei He, Xiaosan Cheng, Zhongliang Mao, Wenming Zhou

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Qianyun LiuDepartment of Medical Imaging, Yueyang Central Hospital, Yueyang, China.
Zhichao FengDepartment of Radiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Weiyin Vivian LiuMagnetic Resonance (MR) Research, General Electric (GE) Healthcare, Beijing, China.
Weidong FuDepartment of Medical Imaging, Yueyang Central Hospital, Yueyang, China.
Lei HeDepartment of Medical Imaging, Yueyang Central Hospital, Yueyang, China.
Xiaosan ChengDepartment of Medical Imaging, Yueyang Central Hospital, Yueyang, China.
Zhongliang MaoDepartment of Medical Imaging, Yueyang Central Hospital, Yueyang, China.
Wenming ZhouDepartment of Medical Imaging, Yueyang Central Hospital, Yueyang, China.
Yueyang Hospital · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNCentral South University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the potential of zero echo time (ZTE) MR lung imaging in the assessment of solid pulmonary nodules or masses and diagnostic consistency to CT in terms of morphologic characterization. Methods: Our Institutional Review Board approved this prospective study. Seventy-one patients with solid pulmonary nodules or masses larger than 1 cm in diameter confirmed by chest CT were enrolled and underwent further lung ZTE-MRI scans within 7 days. ZTE-MRI and CT images were compared in terms of image quality and imaging features. Unidimensional diameter and three-dimensional volume measurements on both modalities were manually measured and compared using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), Pearson's correlation analysis, and Bland-Altman analysis. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify the factors associated with significant inter-modality variation of volume. Results: Fifty-four of 71 (76.1%) patients were diagnosed with lung cancer. Subjective image quality was superior in CT compared with ZTE-MRI ( Conclusion: ZTE lung imaging is feasible as a part of chest MRI in the assessment and surveillance for solid pulmonary nodules or masses larger than 1 cm, presenting perfect agreement with CT in terms of morphologic characterization.

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comparisoncomputed tomographymagnetic resonance imagingpulmonary nodulezero echo time sequence

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