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Correlation between tissue metabolism and cellularity assessed by standardized uptake value and apparent diffusion coefficient in peritoneal metastasis
Author(s) -
Yu Xue,
Lee Elaine Yuen Phin,
Lai Vincent,
Chan Queenie
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.24361
Subject(s) - medicine , effective diffusion coefficient , nuclear medicine , standardized uptake value , positron emission tomography , radiology , diffusion mri , cohen's kappa , fluorodeoxyglucose , magnetic resonance imaging , machine learning , computer science
Purpose To evaluate the correlation between standardized uptake value (SUV) (tissue metabolism) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) (water diffusivity) in peritoneal metastases. Materials and Methods Patients with peritoneal dissemination detected on 18 F‐fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (FDG‐PET/CT) were prospectively recruited for MRI examinations with informed consent and the study was approved by the local Institutional Review Board. FDG‐PET/CT, diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI), MRI, and DWI/MRI images were independently reviewed by two radiologists based on visual analysis. SUVmax/SUVmean and ADCmin/ADCmean were obtained manually by drawing ROIs over the peritoneal metastases on FDG‐PET/CT and DWI, respectively. Diagnostic characteristics of each technique were evaluated. Pearson's coefficient and McNemar and Kappa tests were used for statistical analysis. Results Eight patients were recruited for this prospective study and 34 peritoneal metastases were evaluated. ADCmean was significantly and negatively correlated with SUVmax (r = −0.528, P = 0.001) and SUVmean (r = −0.548, P = 0.001). ADCmin had similar correlation with SUVmax (r = −0.508, P = 0.002) and SUVmean (r = −0.513, P = 0.002). DWI/MRI had high diagnostic performance (accuracy = 98%) comparable to FDG‐PET/CT, in peritoneal metastasis detection. Kappa values were excellent for all techniques. Conclusion There was a significant inverse correlation between SUV and ADC. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2014;40:99–105 © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc .