Comparing diagnostic accuracy of luminal water imaging with diffusion‐weighted and dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI in prostate cancer: A quantitative MRI study. (21st December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sabouri, Shirin; Chang, Silvia D.; Goldenberg, S. Larry; Savdie, Richard; Jones, Edward C.; Black, Peter C.; Fazli, Ladan; Kozlowski, Piotr
• Is Part Of: NMR in biomedicine. Volume 32:Number 2(2019)
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• Publication Date: 2018-12-21
• Subjects: diffusion‐weighted imaging -- dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) -- multimodality imaging -- prostate cancer; Nuclear magnetic resonance -- Periodicals; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy -- Periodicals; 574
• DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4048
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0952-3480

Abstract

Abstract : Luminal water imaging (LWI) is a new MRI T 2 mapping technique that has been developed with the aim of diagnosis of prostate carcinoma (PCa). This technique measures the fractional amount of luminal water in prostate tissue, and has shown promising preliminary results in detection of PCa. To include LWI in clinical settings, further investigation on the accuracy of this technique is required. In this study, we compare the diagnostic accuracy of LWI with those of diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) and dynamic contrast‐enhanced (DCE) MRI in detection and grading of PCa. Fifteen patients with biopsy‐proven PCa consented to participate in this ethics‐board‐approved prospective study. Patients were examined with LWI, DWI, and DCE sequences at 3 T prior to radical prostatectomy. Maps of MRI parameters were generated and registered to whole‐mount histology. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of individual and combined MR parameters. Correlation with Gleason score (GS) was evaluated using Spearman's rank correlation test. The results show that area under the ROC curve (AUC) obtained from LWI was equal to or higher than the AUC obtained from DWI, DCE, or their combination, in peripheral zone (0.98 versus 0.90, 0.89, and 0.91 respectively), transition zone (0.99 versus 0.98, n/a, and 0.98), and the entire prostate (0.85 versus 0.81, 0.75, and 0.84). The strongest correlation with GS was achieved from LWI ( ρ = −0.81 ± 0.09, P < 0.001). Results of this pilot study show that LWI performs equally well as, or better than, DWI and DCE in detection of PCa. LWI provides significantly higher correlation with GS than DWI and DCE. This technique can potentially be included in clinical MRI protocols to improve characterization of tumors. However, considering the small size of the patient population in this study, a further study with a larger cohort of patients and broader range of GS is required to confirm the findings and draw a firm conclusion on the applicability of LWI in clinical settings. Abstract : Luminal water imaging (LWI) is a newly introduced MRI technique that has been developed for non‐invasive detection and grading of prostate carcinoma. This quantitative study evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of LWI directly compared with DWI and DCE‐MRI, which are often included in standard MP‐MRI protocols for screening of prostate cancer. The results show that LWI performs better than, or equally as well as, DWI and DCE in detection of tumors, and better than both techniques in correlation with Gleason score.