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  P2.19 - Poster Session 2 - Imaging (ID 180)

  • Event: WCLC 2013
  • Type: Poster Session
  • Track: Imaging, Staging & Screening
  • Presentations: 1
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  • Coordinates: 10/29/2013, 09:30 - 16:30, Exhibit Hall, Ground Level

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    P2.19-004 - Characterization of solitary pulmonary lesions combining visual perfusion and quantitative diffusion MR imaging (ID 1000)

    09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): E. Verbeken
    • Abstract

    Background
    To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE)magnetic resonance (MR) and diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) sequences for defining benign or malignant character of solitary pulmonary lesion (SPL) in a preoperative setting.

    Methods
    This study was approved by the local ethics committee; all patients provided written informed consent. First, 54 consecutive patients with SPL, clinically staged (CT and PET or integrated PET-CT) as N0M0, were included in this prospective study. An additional MR examination including DCE and DWI was performed one day before the surgical procedure. Histopathology of the surgical specimen served as standard of reference. Subsequently, this functional method for SPL characterization was validated with a second cohort of 54 patients.

    Results
    In the feasibility group, 11 benign and 43 malignant SPL were included with a maximal diameter that varied from 3 to 71 mm (mean 23.2 mm). Using the conventional MR sequences with visual interpretation of DCE-MR curves sensitivity, specificity, accuracy were respectively 100%, 55% and 91%. By additional interpretation of quantitative apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values (with a cutoff value of 1.52x10-3 mm2/sec for ADC calculated from high b-values (ADChigh) these results improved to 98%, 82% and 94% respectively. In the validation group, with 14 benign and 40 malignant SPL (diameter ranged between 7 mm and 10 cm - mean 26.5 mm), these results were confirmed with a sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 95%, 79%, and 91%, respectively.

    Conclusion
    Visual DCE-MR-based curve interpretation can be used for initial differentiation of benign from malignant SPL, while additional quantitative DWI-based interpretation can further improve the specificity.