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ArticleJapanese journal of radiology2024

Comparison of golden-angle radial sparse parallel (GRASP) and conventional cartesian sampling in 3D dynamic contrast-enhanced mri for bladder cancer: a preliminary study.

Yoshiko Ueno, Keitaro Sofue, Tsutomu Tamada, Mitsuru Takeuchi, Naoya Ebisu, Kentaro Nishiuchi, Takuto Hara, Toshiki Hyodo, Hideaki Miyake, Takamichi Murakami

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  1. Current Status and Future Perspective for Bladder Cancer MR Imaging and the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) in Japan: Challenges and Solutions.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2026
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  3. Motion Mitigation Techniques for Abdominal and Cardiac MR Imaging.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2026
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10 authors.

Yoshiko UenoDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan. yoshiu@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1785-1234
Keitaro SofueDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Tsutomu TamadaDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Mitsuru TakeuchiDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Naoya EbisuDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Kentaro NishiuchiDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Takuto HaraDepartment of Urology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Toshiki HyodoDepartment of Pathology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Hideaki MiyakeDepartment of Urology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
Takamichi MurakamiDepartment of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2, Kusunoki-Cho, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 21K15765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare the image quality, inter-reader agreement, and diagnostic capability for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) of the reconstructed images in sections orthogonal to the bladder tumor obtained by 3D Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI using the Golden-angle Radial Sparse Parallel (GRASP) technique with the images directly captured using the Cartesian sampling. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis study involved 68 initial cases of bladder cancer examined with DCE-MRI (GRASP: n = 34, Cartesian: n = 34) at 3 Tesla. Four radiologists conducted qualitative evaluations (overall image quality, absence of motion artifact, absence of streak artifact, and tumor conspicuity) using a five-point Likert scale (5 = Excellent/None) and quantitative signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) measurements. The areas under the receiver-operating characteristic curves (AUCs) for the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) DCE score for MIBC assessment were calculated. Inter-reader agreement was also assessed.

resultsGRASP notably enhanced overall image quality (pooled score: GRASP 4 vs. Cartesian 3, P < 0.0001), tumor conspicuity (5 vs. 3, P < 0.05), SNR (Median 38.2 vs. 19.0, P < 0.0001), and CNR (7.9 vs. 6.0, P = 0.005), with fewer motion artifacts (5 vs. 3, P < 0.0001) and minor streak artifacts (5 vs. 5, P > 0.05). Although no significant differences were observed, the GRASP group tended to have higher AUCs for MIBC (pooled AUCs: 0.92 vs. 0.88) and showed a trend toward higher inter-reader agreement (pooled kappa-value: 0.70 vs. 0.63) compared to the Cartesian group.

conclusionsUsing the GRASP for 3D DCE-MRI, the reconstructed images in sections orthogonal to the bladder tumor achieved higher image quality and improve the clinical work flow, compared to the images directly captured using the Cartesian. GRASP tended to have higher diagnostic ability for MIBC and showed a trend toward higher inter-reader agreement compared to the Cartesian.

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Contrast MediaImaging, Three-DimensionalMagnetic Resonance ImagingUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overArtifactsFemaleHumansImage EnhancementImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesContrast MediaAngle radial sparse parallel (GRASP)Bladder cancerDynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE MRI)GoldenVesical imaging reporting and data system (VIRADS)

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PMID39088010
PMCPMC11588826

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