TY - JOUR
T1 - Complex confounder-corrected R2* mapping for liver iron quantification with MRI
AU - Hernando, Diego
AU - Cook, Rachel J.
AU - Qazi, Naila
AU - Longhurst, Colin A.
AU - Diamond, Carol A.
AU - Reeder, Scott B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study has received funding from the WARF Accelerator Program, from the NIH (R01 DK100651, K24 DK102595, R01 DK083380, R01 DK117354), as well as from GE Healthcare who provides research support to UW-Madison. Furthermore, Dr. Reeder is a Romnes Faculty Fellow and has received an award provided from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Research and Graduate Education with funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, European Society of Radiology.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - Objectives: MRI-based R2* mapping may enable reliable and rapid quantification of liver iron concentration (LIC). However, the performance and reproducibility of R2* across acquisition protocols remain unknown. Therefore, the objective of this work was to evaluate the performance and reproducibility of complex confounder-corrected R2* across acquisition protocols, at both 1.5 T and 3.0 T. Methods: In this prospective study, 40 patients with suspected iron overload and 10 healthy controls were recruited with IRB approval and informed written consent and imaged at both 1.5 T and 3.0 T. For each subject, acquisitions included four different R2* mapping protocols at each field strength, and an FDA-approved R2-based method performed at 1.5 T as a reference for LIC. R2* maps were reconstructed from the complex data acquisitions including correction for noise effects and fat signal. For each subject, field strength, and R2* acquisition, R2* measurements were performed in each of the nine liver Couinaud segments and the spleen. R2* measurements were compared across protocols and field strength (1.5 T and 3.0 T), and R2* was calibrated to LIC for each acquisition and field strength. Results: R2* demonstrated high reproducibility across acquisition protocols (p > 0.05 for 96/108 pairwise comparisons across 2 field strengths and 9 liver segments, ICC > 0.91 for each field strength/segment combination) and high predictive ability (AUC > 0.95 for four clinically relevant LIC thresholds). Calibration of R2* to LIC was LIC = − 0.04 + 2.62 × 10−2 R2* at 1.5 T and LIC = 0.00 + 1.41 × 10−2 R2* at 3.0 T. Conclusions: Complex confounder-corrected R2* mapping enables LIC quantification with high reproducibility across acquisition protocols, at both 1.5 T and 3.0 T. Key Points: • Confounder-corrected R2* of the liver provides reproducible R2* across acquisition protocols, including different spatial resolutions, echo times, and slice orientations, at both 1.5 T and 3.0 T. • For all acquisition protocols, high correlation with R2-based liver iron concentration (LIC) quantification was observed. • The calibration between confounder-corrected R2* and LIC, at both 1.5 T and 3.0 T, is determined in this study.
AB - Objectives: MRI-based R2* mapping may enable reliable and rapid quantification of liver iron concentration (LIC). However, the performance and reproducibility of R2* across acquisition protocols remain unknown. Therefore, the objective of this work was to evaluate the performance and reproducibility of complex confounder-corrected R2* across acquisition protocols, at both 1.5 T and 3.0 T. Methods: In this prospective study, 40 patients with suspected iron overload and 10 healthy controls were recruited with IRB approval and informed written consent and imaged at both 1.5 T and 3.0 T. For each subject, acquisitions included four different R2* mapping protocols at each field strength, and an FDA-approved R2-based method performed at 1.5 T as a reference for LIC. R2* maps were reconstructed from the complex data acquisitions including correction for noise effects and fat signal. For each subject, field strength, and R2* acquisition, R2* measurements were performed in each of the nine liver Couinaud segments and the spleen. R2* measurements were compared across protocols and field strength (1.5 T and 3.0 T), and R2* was calibrated to LIC for each acquisition and field strength. Results: R2* demonstrated high reproducibility across acquisition protocols (p > 0.05 for 96/108 pairwise comparisons across 2 field strengths and 9 liver segments, ICC > 0.91 for each field strength/segment combination) and high predictive ability (AUC > 0.95 for four clinically relevant LIC thresholds). Calibration of R2* to LIC was LIC = − 0.04 + 2.62 × 10−2 R2* at 1.5 T and LIC = 0.00 + 1.41 × 10−2 R2* at 3.0 T. Conclusions: Complex confounder-corrected R2* mapping enables LIC quantification with high reproducibility across acquisition protocols, at both 1.5 T and 3.0 T. Key Points: • Confounder-corrected R2* of the liver provides reproducible R2* across acquisition protocols, including different spatial resolutions, echo times, and slice orientations, at both 1.5 T and 3.0 T. • For all acquisition protocols, high correlation with R2-based liver iron concentration (LIC) quantification was observed. • The calibration between confounder-corrected R2* and LIC, at both 1.5 T and 3.0 T, is determined in this study.
KW - Biomarkers
KW - Iron overload
KW - Liver
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
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U2 - 10.1007/s00330-020-07123-x
DO - 10.1007/s00330-020-07123-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 32785766
AN - SCOPUS:85089358318
SN - 0938-7994
VL - 31
SP - 264
EP - 275
JO - European Radiology
JF - European Radiology
IS - 1
ER -