Perfusion of hepatocellular carcinomas measured by diffusion-derived vessel density biomarker : Higher hepatocellular carcinoma perfusion than earlier intravoxel incoherent motion reports

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Diffusion-derived vessel density (DVDD) is a physiological surrogate of the area of microvessels per unit tissue area. DDVD is calculated according to DDVD(b0b2) = Sb0/ROIarea0 - Sb2/ROIarea2, where Sb0 and Sb2 refer to the liver signal when b is 0 or 2 s/mm2 . Pathohistological studies and contrast-enhanced CT/MRI data showed higher blood volume in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) relative to native liver tissue. With intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging, most authors paradoxically reported a decreased perfusion fraction of HCC relative to the adjacent liver. This study applied DDVD to assess the perfusion of HCC. MRI was performed with a 3.0-T magnet. Diffusion-weighted images with b-values of 0 and 2 s/mm2 were acquired in 72 HCC patients. Thirty-two patients had microvascular invasion (MVI(+)) and 40 patients did not have microvascular invasion (MVI(-)). Fifty-eight patients had Edmondson-Steiner grade I or II HCC, and 14 patients had Edmondson-Steiner grade III or IV HCC. DDVD measurement was conducted on the axial slice that showed the largest HCC size. DDVD(b0b2) T/L = HCC DDVD(b0b2)/liver DDVD(b0b2). DDVD(b0b2) T/L median (95% confidence interval) of all HCCs was 2.942 (2.419-3.522), of MVI(-) HCCs was 2.699 (2.030-3.522), of MVI(+) HCCs was 2.988 (2.423-3.990), of Edmondson-Steiner grade I/II HCCs was 2.873 (2.277-3.465), and of Edmondson-Steiner grade III/IV HCCs was 3.403 (2.008-4.485). DDVD(b0b2) T/L approximately agrees with contrast agent dynamically enhanced CT/MRI literature data, whereas it differs from earlier IVIM study results, where HCC perfusion fraction was paradoxically lower relative to native liver tissue. A weak trend was noted with MIV(+) HCCs had a higher DDVD(b0b2) T/L than that of MVI(-) HCCs, and a weak trend was noted with the poorly differentiated group of HCCs (Edmondson-Steiner grade III and IV) had a higher DDVD(b0b2) T/L than that of the better differentiated group of HCCs (Edmondson-Steiner grade I and II).

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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NMR in biomedicine - (2024) vom: 15. Feb., Seite e5125

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Englisch

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Li, Xin-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Dian-Qi [VerfasserIn]
Quan, Xian-Yue [VerfasserIn]
Li, Min [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Weibo [VerfasserIn]
Wáng, Yì Xiáng J [VerfasserIn]

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Diffusion-weighted imaging
Hepatocellular carcinomas
Journal Article
Liver, perfusion

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Date Revised 20.02.2024

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10.1002/nbm.5125

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NLM368514145