Diffusion and perfusion MRI quantification in ileal Crohn's disease

Autor: Sahar Semaan, Bachir Taouli, Stefanie J. Hectors, Octavia Bane, Xiaoyu Jia, Robert Hirten, Jean-Frederic Colombel, Sonja Gordic
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: European radiology. 29(2)
ISSN: 1432-1084
Popis: To quantify intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM)-DWI and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI parameters in normal and abnormal ileal segments in Crohn’s disease (CD) patients and to assess the association of these parameters with clinical and MRI-based measurements of CD activity. In this prospective study, 27 CD patients (M/F 18/9, mean age 42 years) underwent MR enterography, including IVIM-DWI and DCE-MRI. IVIM-DWI and DCE-MRI parameters were quantified in normal and abnormal small bowel segments, the latter identified by the presence of inflammatory changes. MRI parameter differences between normal and abnormal bowel were tested using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. IVIM-DWI and DCE-MRI parameters were correlated with clinical data (C-reactive protein, Harvey-Bradshaw Index), conventional MRI parameters (wall thickness, length of involvement) and MRI activity scores (MaRIA, Clermont). Diagnostic performance of (combined) parameters for differentiation between normal and abnormal bowel was determined using ROC analysis. The DCE-MRI parameters peak concentration Cpeak, upslope, area-under-the-curve at 60s (AUC60), Ktrans and ve were significantly increased (p 0.105). DCE-MRI parameters exhibited multiple significant correlations with wall thickness (Cpeak, upslope, AUC60, Ktrans; r range 0.431–0.664, p
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