Radiology · 2010
Uterine tumors: comparison of 3D versus 2D T2-weighted turbo spin-echo MR imaging at 3.0 T--initial experience.
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Hori Masatoshi, Kim Tonsok, Onishi Hiromitsu, Ueguchi Takashi, Tatsumi Mitsuaki, Nakamoto Atsushi, Tsuboyama Takahiro, Tomoda Kaname, Tomiyama Noriyuki
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PURPOSE: To compare a three-dimensional (3D) T2-weighted turbo spin-echo (TSE) magnetic resonance (MR) sequence (VISTA; Philips Medical Systems, Best, the Netherlands) with a two-dimensional (2D) T2-weighted TSE sequence in terms of image quality, signal intensity (SI) difference ratios, conspicuity, and staging of uterine tumors.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board, and informed consent was waived. Sixty-one women (mean age, 53.0 years ± 13.7 [standard deviation]; range, 30-87 years) with cervical carcinoma (n = 28), endometrial carcinoma (n = 21), or leiomyoma (n = 30) of the uterus were included. Patients underwent T2-weighted MR imaging at 3 T with both 1-mm-thick 3D and 5-mm-thick 2D T2-weighted TSE sequences. Three-dimensional T2-weighted TSE images were reconstructed at 5-mm thickness with the aid of a workstation. Quantitative analyses of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and SI difference ratios between tumors and other tissues and qualitative analyses of image quality and tissue conspicuity were performed. Two radiologists independently assessed local-regional staging for carcinomas. Quantitative values, qualitative scores, and tumor staging were analyzed by using the paired t test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, and McNemar test, respectively.
RESULTS: Mean myometrial SNR was higher on 3D than 2D images (14.3 vs 9.8; P < .0001). Mean SI difference ratios between cervical (0.45 vs 0.34; P < .0001) or endometrial (0.46 vs 0.40; P = .044) carcinomas and gluteal muscle were higher on 3D images, but those between leiomyoma and myometrium (0.33 vs 0.43; P < .0001) were lower than those on 2D images. Image quality (P = .0004) and carcinoma conspicuity (P < .0005) were superior with the 3D T2-weighted TSE sequence. Although multiplanar reconstruction of 3D T2-weighted TSE images was useful for staging in one case, there were no significant differences between 3D and 2D T2-weighted TSE imaging in accuracy of staging for the two readers for cervical or endometrial carcinoma.
CONCLUSION: The 3D T2-weighted TSE sequence showed certain advantages over the 2D T2-weighted TSE sequence, and it has the potential to improve the performance of MR imaging for the evaluation of uterine carcinoma.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board, and informed consent was waived. Sixty-one women (mean age, 53.0 years ± 13.7 [standard deviation]; range, 30-87 years) with cervical carcinoma (n = 28), endometrial carcinoma (n = 21), or leiomyoma (n = 30) of the uterus were included. Patients underwent T2-weighted MR imaging at 3 T with both 1-mm-thick 3D and 5-mm-thick 2D T2-weighted TSE sequences. Three-dimensional T2-weighted TSE images were reconstructed at 5-mm thickness with the aid of a workstation. Quantitative analyses of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and SI difference ratios between tumors and other tissues and qualitative analyses of image quality and tissue conspicuity were performed. Two radiologists independently assessed local-regional staging for carcinomas. Quantitative values, qualitative scores, and tumor staging were analyzed by using the paired t test, Wilcoxon signed rank test, and McNemar test, respectively.
RESULTS: Mean myometrial SNR was higher on 3D than 2D images (14.3 vs 9.8; P < .0001). Mean SI difference ratios between cervical (0.45 vs 0.34; P < .0001) or endometrial (0.46 vs 0.40; P = .044) carcinomas and gluteal muscle were higher on 3D images, but those between leiomyoma and myometrium (0.33 vs 0.43; P < .0001) were lower than those on 2D images. Image quality (P = .0004) and carcinoma conspicuity (P < .0005) were superior with the 3D T2-weighted TSE sequence. Although multiplanar reconstruction of 3D T2-weighted TSE images was useful for staging in one case, there were no significant differences between 3D and 2D T2-weighted TSE imaging in accuracy of staging for the two readers for cervical or endometrial carcinoma.
CONCLUSION: The 3D T2-weighted TSE sequence showed certain advantages over the 2D T2-weighted TSE sequence, and it has the potential to improve the performance of MR imaging for the evaluation of uterine carcinoma.