Purpose: To compare repeatability and reproducibility of four different methods of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) evaluation of liver parenchyma. In fact, repeatability and reproducibility assessment is mandatory in quantitative evaluations, however, these have not been accurately investigated in liver MR-diffusion-weighted studies. Materials and Methods: Diffusion-weighted sequences, b-value ¼ 0–1000 s/mm2, were acquired on 30 healthy volunteers by a 1.5T scanner whose reliability has been validated by a phantom study. Four sampling methods, evaluating various parenchyma percentages by differentsized region-of-interests (ROIs), were compared by two observers: 70% and 30% of the volume, 4%-one-ROI-persegment, and 4%-one-ROI-per-slice in the right-lobe. Ninety-five percent limits of agreement and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were calculated. Results: Complete measurements on the left lobe could be obtained in less than half of patients. The 4%-one- ROI-per-slice and 4%-one-ROI-per-segment yielded lower mean values compared with 30–70% volume methods (1343–1373 versus 1463–1560106 mm2/s, respectively). Repeatability was acceptable (ICCs 0.80) whereas reproducibility was low (ICCs 0.45) for all methods. Averaging at least 3 measurements in middle-lower sections of the right lobe improved both repeatability (ICCs to 0.87) and reproducibility (ICCs to 0.82) for 30–70% V methods. Conclusion: ADC measurements were repeatable but not reproducible in our study. Reproducibility could be improved by taking averages on the right lobe with large ROI methods. Studies on procedures that standardize ADC measurements using more than two observers are needed. Key Words: apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); diffusion weighted imaging (DwI); intra–inter-observer agreement; liver imaging; repeatability; reproducibility J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2010;31:912–920. VC 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

MR-diffusion weighted imaging of healthy liver parenchyma: repeatability and reproducibility of apparent diffusion coefficient measurement / S. Colagrande;F. Pasquinelli;L. N. Mazzoni;G. Belli;G. Virgili. - In: JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. - ISSN 1053-1807. - STAMPA. - 31:(2010), pp. 912-920. [10.1002/jmri.22117]

MR-diffusion weighted imaging of healthy liver parenchyma: repeatability and reproducibility of apparent diffusion coefficient measurement.

COLAGRANDE, STEFANO;PASQUINELLI, FILIPPO;VIRGILI, GIANNI
2010

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Purpose: To compare repeatability and reproducibility of four different methods of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) evaluation of liver parenchyma. In fact, repeatability and reproducibility assessment is mandatory in quantitative evaluations, however, these have not been accurately investigated in liver MR-diffusion-weighted studies. Materials and Methods: Diffusion-weighted sequences, b-value ¼ 0–1000 s/mm2, were acquired on 30 healthy volunteers by a 1.5T scanner whose reliability has been validated by a phantom study. Four sampling methods, evaluating various parenchyma percentages by differentsized region-of-interests (ROIs), were compared by two observers: 70% and 30% of the volume, 4%-one-ROI-persegment, and 4%-one-ROI-per-slice in the right-lobe. Ninety-five percent limits of agreement and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were calculated. Results: Complete measurements on the left lobe could be obtained in less than half of patients. The 4%-one- ROI-per-slice and 4%-one-ROI-per-segment yielded lower mean values compared with 30–70% volume methods (1343–1373 versus 1463–1560106 mm2/s, respectively). Repeatability was acceptable (ICCs 0.80) whereas reproducibility was low (ICCs 0.45) for all methods. Averaging at least 3 measurements in middle-lower sections of the right lobe improved both repeatability (ICCs to 0.87) and reproducibility (ICCs to 0.82) for 30–70% V methods. Conclusion: ADC measurements were repeatable but not reproducible in our study. Reproducibility could be improved by taking averages on the right lobe with large ROI methods. Studies on procedures that standardize ADC measurements using more than two observers are needed. Key Words: apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC); diffusion weighted imaging (DwI); intra–inter-observer agreement; liver imaging; repeatability; reproducibility J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2010;31:912–920. VC 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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