Comparative Performance of Susceptibility Map-Weighted MRI According to the Acquisition Planes in the Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Parkinsonism

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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of susceptibility map-weighted imaging (SMwI) taken in different acquisition planes for discriminating patients with neurodegenerative parkinsonism from those without.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective, observational, single-institution study enrolled consecutive patients who visited movement disorder clinics and underwent brain MRI and 18F-FP-CIT PET between September 2021 and December 2021. SMwI images were acquired in both the oblique (perpendicular to the midbrain) and the anterior commissure-posterior commissure (AC-PC) planes. Hyperintensity in the substantia nigra was determined by two neuroradiologists. 18F-FP-CIT PET was used as the reference standard. Inter-rater agreement was assessed using Cohen's kappa coefficient. The diagnostic performance of SMwI in the two planes was analyzed separately for the right and left substantia nigra. Multivariable logistic regression analysis with generalized estimating equations was applied to compare the diagnostic performance of the two planes.

RESULTS: In total, 194 patients were included, of whom 105 and 103 had positive results on 18F-FP-CIT PET in the left and right substantia nigra, respectively. Good inter-rater agreement in the oblique (κ = 0.772/0.658 for left/right) and AC-PC planes (0.730/0.741 for left/right) was confirmed. The pooled sensitivities for two readers were 86.4% (178/206, left) and 83.3% (175/210, right) in the oblique plane and 87.4% (180/206, left) and 87.6% (184/210, right) in the AC-PC plane. The pooled specificities for two readers were 83.5% (152/182, left) and 82.0% (146/178, right) in the oblique plane, and 83.5% (152/182, left) and 86.0% (153/178, right) in the AC-PC plane. There were no significant differences in the diagnostic performance between the two planes (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSION: There are no significant difference in the diagnostic performance of SMwI performed in the oblique and AC-PC plane in discriminating patients with parkinsonism from those without. This finding affirms that each institution may choose the imaging plane for SMwI according to their clinical settings.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Korean journal of radiology - 25(2024), 3 vom: 26. März, Seite 267-276

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Suiji [VerfasserIn]
Suh, Chong Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Jo, Sungyang [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Sun Ju [VerfasserIn]
Heo, Hwon [VerfasserIn]
Shim, Woo Hyun [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jongho [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Ho Sung [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Sang Joon [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Eung Yeop [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

155797-99-2
2-carbomethoxy-8-(3-fluoropropyl)-3-(4-iodophenyl)tropane
Comparative Study
Image plane
Journal Article
Magnetic resonance image
Observational Study
Primary parkinsonism
Susceptibility map-weighted imaging
Tropanes

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Date Completed 29.02.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3348/kjr.2023.0920

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369030362