| Title: | Advanced diffusion models in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients : Goodness of fit, relationships among diffusion parameters and comparison with dynamic contrast-enhanced perfusion |
| Authors: | Fujima, Noriyuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Sakashita, Tomohiro Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Homma, Akihiro Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Shimizu, Yukie Browse this author |
| Yoshida, Atsushi Browse this author |
| Harada, Taisuke Browse this author |
| Tha, Khin Khin Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Kudo, Kohsuke Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Shirato, Hiroki Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Diffusion weighted imaging |
| Advanced fitting models |
| Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| Dynamic contrast-enhanced perfusion |
| Issue Date: | Feb-2017 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Journal Title: | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Volume: | 36 |
| Start Page: | 16 |
| End Page: | 23 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1016/j.mri.2016.10.024 |
| PMID: | 27989906 |
| Abstract: | Purpose: We assessed advanced fitting models of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) in head/neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients to determine the best goodness of fit and correlations among diffusion parameters. We compared these results with those of dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) perfusion parameters. Materials and methods: We retrospectively evaluated 32 HNSCC patients (12 sinonasal, 20 pharynx/oral cavity). The DWI acquisition used single-shot spin-echo echo-planar imaging (EPI) with 12 b-values (0 - 2000). We calculated 14 DWI parameters using mono-exponential, bi-exponential, and tri-exponential models, stretched exponential model (SEM) and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) models. We compared each model's goodness of fit using the residual sum of squares (RSS), Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) and Bayesian information criterion (BIC) value. We determined the correlation between each pair of DWI parameters and between each DWI parameter and DCE perfusion parameter. Results: The tri-exponential fit's RSS, AIC and BIC values were significantly smaller than those for bi-exponential fit. The RSS, AIC and BIC values of the SEM fit and DKI fit were significantly smaller than mono-exponential model. Significant correlations were observed in 30 pairs (sinonasal cavity) and 31 (sinonasal cavity group) among 91 DWI parameter combinations. Significant correlations were also observed in nine pairs (both sinonasal cavity and pharynx/oral cavity group) among 64 DWI/DCE perfusion parameter pairs, in particular, high positive correlations between the tri-exponential model's intermediate diffusion fraction (f2) and the volume of the extracellular extravascular space per unit volume of tissue (ve) were observed in both patient groups. Conclusion: We identified several correlations between DWI parameters by advanced fitting models and correlations between DWI and DCE parameters. These will help determine HNSCC patients' detailed tissue structures. |
| Rights: | © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/68258 |
| Appears in Collections: | 北海道大学病院 (Hokkaido University Hospital) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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