ArticleRadiology. Imaging cancer2023
MR Fingerprinting for Contrast Agent-free and Quantitative Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions.
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Shohei Fujita *From the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0003-4276-6226
Katsuhiro Sano *From the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0002-8388-3827
Gastao CruzFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).
Carlos VelascoFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0002-1226-3436
Hideo KawasakiFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0002-1942-9363
Yuki FukumuraFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).
Masami YoneyamaFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0003-3517-2120
Akiyoshi SuzukiFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).
Kotaro YamamotoFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).
Yuichi MoritaFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0002-7329-7496
Takashi AraiFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).
Issei FukunagaFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0003-2423-2685
Wataru UchidaFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).
Koji KamagataFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0001-5028-218X
Osamu AbeFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0002-1180-2629
Ryohei KuwatsuruFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0003-1960-6400
Akio SaiuraFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).
Kenichi IkejimaFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).
René BotnarFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0003-2811-2509
Claudia PrietoFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0003-4602-2523
Shigeki AokiFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.F., K.S., H.K., A. Suzuki, K.Y., Y.M., T.A., I.F., W.U., K.K., R.K., S.A.), Human Pathology (Y.F.), Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic Surgery (A. Saiura), and Gastroenterology (K.I.), Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1 Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Radiology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (S.F., Y.M., O.A.); Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, London, England (G.C., C.V., R.B., C.P.); Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (G.C.); Department of MR Clinical Science, Philips Japan, Tokyo, Japan (M.Y.); School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.); and Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering, Santiago, Chile (R.B., C.P.).ORCID 0000-0002-8491-0698
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Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of liver MR fingerprinting (MRF) for quantitative characterization and diagnosis of focal liver lesions. Materials and Methods This single-site, prospective study included 89 participants (mean age, 62 years ± 15 [SD]; 45 women, 44 men) with various focal liver lesions who underwent MRI between October 2021 and August 2022. The participants underwent routine clinical MRI, non-contrast-enhanced liver MRF, and reference quantitative MRI with a 1.5-T MRI scanner. The bias and repeatability of the MRF measurements were assessed using linear regression, Bland-Altman plots, and coefficients of variation. The diagnostic capability of MRF-derived T1, T2, T2*, proton density fat fraction (PDFF), and a combination of these metrics to distinguish benign from malignant lesions was analyzed according to the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Results Liver MRF measurements showed moderate to high agreement with reference measurements (intraclass correlation = 0.94, 0.77, 0.45, and 0.61 for T1, T2, T2*, and PDFF, respectively), with underestimation of T2 values (mean bias in lesion = -0.5%, -29%, 5.8%, and -8.2% for T1, T2, T2*, and PDFF, respectively). The median coefficients of variation for repeatability of T1, T2, and T2* values were 2.5% (IQR, 3.6%), 3.1% (IQR, 5.6%), and 6.6% (IQR, 13.9%), respectively. After considering multicollinearity, a combination of MRF measurements showed a high diagnostic performance in differentiating benign from malignant lesions (AUC = 0.92 [95% CI: 0.86, 0.98]). Conclusion Liver MRF enabled the quantitative characterization of various focal liver lesions in a single breath-hold acquisition.
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