Background Detection rate of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma （NPC） needs to be improved. The purpose of this study was to compare three magnetic resonance （MR） seque...Background Detection rate of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma （NPC） needs to be improved. The purpose of this study was to compare three magnetic resonance （MR） sequences for detecting lymph nodes in patients with NPC. Methods Between July 2007 and March 2008, MR staging of pre-treated tumor was conducted on 120 patients with pathologically confirmed NPC. The outcome of three different sequences for MR NPC staging were compared： coronal short T1 inversion recovery （STIR）, axial proton density fat-suppressed （PDWI fs）, and coronal contrast enhanced fast spin echo T1 weighted fat-suppressed （CE FSE TlWl fs）. Nodal classification method （1999） was applied to count the number of retropharyngeal and cervical lymph nodes discovered by each MR sequence. Paired t tests were used for statistical analysis. Results A total of 2575 lymph nodes were found using coronal STIR sequence; 1816 lymph nodes for coronal CE FSE TIWI fs sequence and 2638 lymph nodes for axial PDWl fs sequence. Significant differences existed in the number of lymph nodes detected by axial PDWI fs and coronal CE FSE T1WI fs sequence （paired t test, P 〈0.05）, with the former sequence getting higher numbers. Statistical differences also existed between coronal STIR and coronal CE FSE TlWl fs sequence （paired ttest, P 〈0.05）, with the former sequence getting higher numbers. No significant difference was found between coronal STIR sequence and axial PDWI fs sequence （paired ttest, P 〉0.05）. Conclusions For the detection of retropharyngeal and cervical lymph nodes, coronal STIR sequence and axial PDWI fs sequence have similar performance and both sequences showed better detection than CE FSE TIWI fs sequence. Furthermore, by combining coronal STIR sequence and axial PDWI fs sequence, we can improve the detection of lymph nodes in NPC N-staging before treatment, especially for lymph nodes located in the thoracic entrance.展开更多
目的比较三组MRI优化序列在肝细胞性肝癌高风险人群中对小肝癌的筛查能力。材料与方法收集2017年1月至2020年10月于河南省人民医院行全序列钆塞酸二钠增强MRI检查且有病理结果的121例患者图像,从全序列中提取三组优化序列让两位放射科...目的比较三组MRI优化序列在肝细胞性肝癌高风险人群中对小肝癌的筛查能力。材料与方法收集2017年1月至2020年10月于河南省人民医院行全序列钆塞酸二钠增强MRI检查且有病理结果的121例患者图像,从全序列中提取三组优化序列让两位放射科医师独立评估:(1)平扫组,包括T2WI和DWI序列;(2)增强组,包括蒙片和钆塞酸二钠四期增强图像(动脉早期、动脉期、门静脉期、平衡期);(3)肝胆期组,包括T2WI、DWI和20 min T1-HBP序列。根据病理结果将患者分为肝癌阳性或阴性,计算三组优化序列诊断效能。结果三组优化序列扫描和准备时间(min:s)分别为12:52、13:04、14:06。三组优化序列诊断小肝癌的敏感度及相应95%置信区间为0.855(0.750、0.928)、0.913(0.820、0.967)、0.942(0.858、0.984);特异度为0.731(0.590、0.844)、0.904(0.790、0.968)、0.885(0.766、0.956);符合率0.802(0.719、0.869)、0.909(0.843、0.954)、0.917(0.853、0.960)。三组阳性似然比为3.18、9.51、8.19,阴性似然比为0.19、0.09、0.06,约登指数为0.586、0.817、0.827。结论平扫组敏感度较高,为小肝癌筛查提供一定的帮助;增强组和肝胆期组特异度和符合率高,用于筛查小肝癌的诊断效能更好。展开更多
基金This study was supported by a grant from the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province （No. 2004Y008）.
文摘Background Detection rate of retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma （NPC） needs to be improved. The purpose of this study was to compare three magnetic resonance （MR） sequences for detecting lymph nodes in patients with NPC. Methods Between July 2007 and March 2008, MR staging of pre-treated tumor was conducted on 120 patients with pathologically confirmed NPC. The outcome of three different sequences for MR NPC staging were compared： coronal short T1 inversion recovery （STIR）, axial proton density fat-suppressed （PDWI fs）, and coronal contrast enhanced fast spin echo T1 weighted fat-suppressed （CE FSE TlWl fs）. Nodal classification method （1999） was applied to count the number of retropharyngeal and cervical lymph nodes discovered by each MR sequence. Paired t tests were used for statistical analysis. Results A total of 2575 lymph nodes were found using coronal STIR sequence; 1816 lymph nodes for coronal CE FSE TIWI fs sequence and 2638 lymph nodes for axial PDWl fs sequence. Significant differences existed in the number of lymph nodes detected by axial PDWI fs and coronal CE FSE T1WI fs sequence （paired t test, P 〈0.05）, with the former sequence getting higher numbers. Statistical differences also existed between coronal STIR and coronal CE FSE TlWl fs sequence （paired ttest, P 〈0.05）, with the former sequence getting higher numbers. No significant difference was found between coronal STIR sequence and axial PDWI fs sequence （paired ttest, P 〉0.05）. Conclusions For the detection of retropharyngeal and cervical lymph nodes, coronal STIR sequence and axial PDWI fs sequence have similar performance and both sequences showed better detection than CE FSE TIWI fs sequence. Furthermore, by combining coronal STIR sequence and axial PDWI fs sequence, we can improve the detection of lymph nodes in NPC N-staging before treatment, especially for lymph nodes located in the thoracic entrance.
文摘目的通过比较软骨信号噪声比(SNR)和对比噪声比(CNR),分析临床三维MR序列显示软骨的效果。资料与方法选取25名健康志愿者进行软骨MRI(年龄21～29岁,平均24岁),使用Siemens Magnetom Trio Tim3.0T超导型磁共振成像仪和膝关节专用线圈。应用:(1)脂肪抑制快速小角度激发(fast low angle shot,FLASH)序列;(2)FLASH序列+水激发(water-excitation,WE);(3)双回波稳态进动(dualecho steady state,DESS)序列;(4)真稳态进动快速成像(true fast imaging with steady-state precession,True-FISP)序列;(5)三维质子加权快速自旋回波(sampling perfection with application-optimized contrast using different flip angle evolutions,SPACE)序列;(6)二维脂肪抑制快速自旋回波质子密度加权成像(fat-suppressed-2D-fast spine cho-proton density weight image,2D-FS-FSE-PD-WI)序列。在股骨髁间凹中央层面分别测量股骨髁软骨、股骨干骺端骨髓、腓肠肌和背景噪声信号强度(SI),计算软骨SNR和软骨-关节液、软骨-骨髓、软骨-肌肉CNR,同时对不同序列显示软骨的能力进行评价。结果3D-FLASH-WE和SPACE序列软骨SNR和软骨/关节液、软骨/脊髓CNR最高(P<0.05),软骨可视度较高。结论在所有三维软骨成像序列中,FLASH和SPACE均能有效显示软骨。而3D-SPACE序列是一种新的MR软骨成像序列,能进行不同加权图像的扫描,对于关节软骨病变的诊断有潜在应用价值。
文摘目的比较三组MRI优化序列在肝细胞性肝癌高风险人群中对小肝癌的筛查能力。材料与方法收集2017年1月至2020年10月于河南省人民医院行全序列钆塞酸二钠增强MRI检查且有病理结果的121例患者图像,从全序列中提取三组优化序列让两位放射科医师独立评估:(1)平扫组,包括T2WI和DWI序列;(2)增强组,包括蒙片和钆塞酸二钠四期增强图像(动脉早期、动脉期、门静脉期、平衡期);(3)肝胆期组,包括T2WI、DWI和20 min T1-HBP序列。根据病理结果将患者分为肝癌阳性或阴性,计算三组优化序列诊断效能。结果三组优化序列扫描和准备时间(min:s)分别为12:52、13:04、14:06。三组优化序列诊断小肝癌的敏感度及相应95%置信区间为0.855(0.750、0.928)、0.913(0.820、0.967)、0.942(0.858、0.984);特异度为0.731(0.590、0.844)、0.904(0.790、0.968)、0.885(0.766、0.956);符合率0.802(0.719、0.869)、0.909(0.843、0.954)、0.917(0.853、0.960)。三组阳性似然比为3.18、9.51、8.19,阴性似然比为0.19、0.09、0.06,约登指数为0.586、0.817、0.827。结论平扫组敏感度较高,为小肝癌筛查提供一定的帮助;增强组和肝胆期组特异度和符合率高,用于筛查小肝癌的诊断效能更好。
