Influence of residual fat signal on diffusion kurtosis MRI of suspicious mammography findings

Mlynarska-Bujny A, Bickelhaupt S, Laun FB, König F, Lederer W, Daniel H, Ladd ME, Schlemmer HP, Delorme S, Kuder TA (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Scientific Reports Nature Publishing Group: Open Access Journals - Option B

Book Volume: 10

Article Number: 13286

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70154-3

Abstract

Recent studies showed the potential of diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) as a tool for improved classification of suspicious breast lesions. However, in diffusion-weighted imaging of the female breast, sufficient fat suppression is one of the main factors determining the success. In this study, the data of 198 patients examined in two study centres was analysed using standard diffusion and kurtosis evaluation methods and three DKI fitting approaches accounting phenomenologically for fat-related signal contamination of the lesions. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed the highest area under the curve (AUC) for the method including fat correction terms (AUC = 0.85, p < 0.015) in comparison to the values obtained with the standard diffusion (AUC = 0.77) and kurtosis approach (AUC = 0.79). Comparing the two study centres, the AUC value improved from 0.77 to 0.86 (p = 0.036) using a fat correction term for the first centre, while no significant difference with no adverse effects was observed for the second centre (AUC 0.89 vs. 0.90, p = 0.95). Contamination of the signal in breast lesions with unsuppressed fat causing a reduction of diagnostic performance of diffusion kurtosis imaging may potentially be counteracted by proposed adapted evaluation methods.

Authors with CRIS profile

Frederik Bernd Laun Professur für quantitative MR-Bildgebung (Heisenberg-Professur)

Involved external institutions

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ) DE Germany (DE) RadiologieZentrumMannheim DE Germany (DE)

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APA:

Mlynarska-Bujny, A., Bickelhaupt, S., Laun, F.B., König, F., Lederer, W., Daniel, H.,... Kuder, T.A. (2020). Influence of residual fat signal on diffusion kurtosis MRI of suspicious mammography findings. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70154-3

MLA:

Mlynarska-Bujny, Anna, et al. "Influence of residual fat signal on diffusion kurtosis MRI of suspicious mammography findings." Scientific Reports 10.1 (2020).

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