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Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) in the Periferic Prostate Cancer Detection and Stratification

Medical Oncology volume 34, Article number: 35 (2017) Cite this article

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) parameters between healthy Peripheral Zone (PZ), Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and Prostate Cancer (PCa) and compare them to assess whether there was correlation with Gleason Score (GS) grading system. Thirty-one patients with suspect of PCa underwent 1.5T Multi-Parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MP-MRI) with endorectal coil with a protocol including T2WI, DWI using 10 b values (0, 10, 20, 30, 50, 80, 100, 200, 400, 1000 s/mm2) and DCE. Monoexponential and IVIM model fits were used to calculate both apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and the following IVIM parameters: molecular diffusion coefficient (D), perfusion-related diffusion coefficient (D*) and perfusion fraction (f). The ADC and D values were significantly lower in the PCa (0.70 ± 0.16 × 10−3 mm2/s and 0.88 ± 0.31 × 10−3 mm2/s) compared to those found in the PZ (1.22 ± 0.20 × 10−3 mm2/s and 1.78 ± 0.34 × 10−3 mm2/s) and in the BPH (1.53 ± 0.23 × 10−3 mm2/s and 1.11 ± 0.28 × 10−3 mm2/s). The D* parameter was significantly increased in the PCa (5.35 ± 5.12 × 10−3 mm2/s) compare to the healthy PZ (3.02 ± 2.86 × 10−3 mm2/s), instead there was not significantly difference in the PCa compare to the BPH (5.61 ± 6.77 × 10−3 mm2/s). The f was statistically lower in the PCa (9.01 ± 5.20%) compared to PZ (10.57 ± 9.30%), but not significantly different between PCa and BPH (9.29 ± 7.29%). The specificity, sensitivity and accuracy of T2WI associated with DWI and IVIM were higher (100, 98 and 99%, respectively) than for T2WI/DWI and IVIM alone (89, 92 and 90%, respectively). Only for ADC was found a statistical difference between low- and intermediate-/high-grade tumors. Adding IVIM to the MP-MRI could increase the diagnostic performance to detect clinically relevant PCa. ADC values have been found to have a rule to discriminate PCa reliably from normal areas and differed significantly in low- and intermediate-/high-grade PCa. In contrast, IVIM parameters were unable to distinguish between the different GS.

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  1. Postgraduation School in Radiodiagnostics, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy

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Pesapane, F., Patella, F., Fumarola, E.M. et al. Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI) in the Periferic Prostate Cancer Detection and Stratification. Med Oncol 34, 35 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12032-017-0892-7

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Keywords

  • Prostate Cancer
  • Multi-parametric magnetic resonance
  • DWI
  • ADC
  • IVIM
  • Perfusion
  • Perfusion fraction