Influence of diffusion weighted imaging and contrast enhanced T1 sequences on the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance enterography for Crohn's disease

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the additional diagnostic benefit of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and contrast enhanced (CE) images during MR enterography (MRE) of Crohn's disease.

METHODS: Datasets from 73 patients (mean age 32; 40 male) (28 new-diagnosis, 45 relapsed) were read independently by two radiologists selected from a pool of 13. Radiologists interpreted datasets using three sequential sequence blocks: (1) T2 weighted and steady state free precession gradient echo (SSFP) images alone (T2^); (2) T2 weighted and SSFP images with DWI (T2 + DWI^) and; (3) T2 weighted images, SSFP, DWI and post-contrast enhanced (CE) T1 images (T2 + DWI + CE^), documenting presence, location, and activity of small bowel disease. For each sequence block, sensitivity and specificity (readers combined) was calculated against an outcome-based construct reference standard.

RESULTS: 59/73 patients had small bowel disease. Per-patient sensitivity for disease detection was essentially identical (80 % [95 % CI 72, 86], 81 % [73,87], and 79 % [71,86] for T2^, T2 + DWI^and T2 + DWI + CE^respectively). Specificity was identical (82 % [64 to 92]). Per patient sensitivity for disease extent was 56 % (47,65), 56 % (47,65) and 52 % (43 to 61) respectively, and specificity was 82 % (64 to 92) for all blocks. Sensitivity for active disease was 97 % (90,99), 97 % (90,99) and 98 % (92,99), and specificity was also comparable between all sequence combination reads. Results were consistent across segments and newly diagnosed/relapse patients.

CONCLUSION: There is no additional diagnostic benefit of adding either DWI or CE to T2 FSE and SSFP sequences for evaluating small bowel Crohn's disease, suggesting MRE protocols can be simplified safely.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:175

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European journal of radiology - 175(2024) vom: 05. Apr., Seite 111454

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bhatnagar, Gauraang [VerfasserIn]
Mallett, Sue [VerfasserIn]
Beable, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Greenhalgh, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Ilangovan, Rajapandian [VerfasserIn]
Lambie, Hannah [VerfasserIn]
Mainta, Evgenia [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Uday [VerfasserIn]
Porté, François [VerfasserIn]
Sidhu, Harbir [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Arun [VerfasserIn]
Higginson, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Slater, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Tolan, Damian [VerfasserIn]
Zealley, Ian [VerfasserIn]
Halligan, Steve [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Stuart A [VerfasserIn]
METRIC study investigators [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Crohn Disease
Diagnosis
Journal Article
Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Date Revised 10.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.ejrad.2024.111454

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NLM370882911