Intravoxel incoherent motion magnetic resonance imaging for differentiating metastatic and non-metastatic lymph nodes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Abstract
Objectives
To evaluate the diagnostic potential of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) DWI for differentiating metastatic and non-metastatic lymph node stations (LNS) in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).
Methods
59 LNS histologically diagnosed following surgical resection from 15 patients were included. IVIM DWI with 12 b values was added to the standard MRI protocol. Evaluation of parameters was performed pre-operatively and included the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), pure diffusion coefficient (D), pseudo-diffusion coefficient (D*) and perfusion fraction (f). Diagnostic performance of ADC, D, D* and f for differentiating between metastatic and non-metastatic LNS was evaluated using ROC analysis.
Results
Metastatic LNS had significantly lower D, D*, f and ADC values than the non-metastatic LNS (p< 0.01). The best diagnostic performance was found in D, with an area under the ROC curve of 0.979, while the area under the ROC curve values of D*, f and ADC were 0.867, 0.855 and 0.940, respectively. The optimal cut-off values for distinguishing metastatic and non-metastatic lymph nodes were D = 1.180 × 10−3 mm2/s; D* = 14.750 × 10−3 mm2/s, f = 20.65 %, and ADC = 1.390 × 10−3 mm2/s.
Conclusion
IVIM DWI is useful for differentiating between metastatic and non-metastatic LNS in PDAC.
Key Points
• IVIM DWI is feasible for diagnosing LN metastasis in PDAC.
• Metastatic LNS has lower D, D*, f, ADC values than non-metastatic LNS.
• D-value from IVIM model has best diagnostic performance, followed by ADC value.
• D* has the lowest AUC value.
Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00330-017-5259-0
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-017-5259-0
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