The effect of low b-values on the intravoxel incoherent motion derived pseudodiffusion parameter in liver

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 306-311

  Cohen, Alexander D ^a   Schieke, Moira C ^a   Hohenwalter, Mark D ^a   Schmainda, Kathleen M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

B value; Diffusion; Liver; Pseudodiffusion

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; LIVER;

B VALUE; CONTROL SUBJECT; IN-VIVO IMAGING; INTRAVOXEL INCOHERENT MOTIONS; PSEUDO DIFFUSIONS;

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC);

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAVOXEL INCOHERENT MOTION; LIVER; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919844948     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25109     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Koh DM, Collins DJ. Diffusion-weighted MRI in the body: applications and challenges in oncology. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2007;188:1622-1635.
2. Wang QB, Zhu H, Liu HL, Zhang B. Performance of magnetic resonance elastography and diffusion-weighted imaging for the staging of hepatic fibrosis: a meta-Analysis. Hepatology 2012;56:239-247.
3. Patel J, Sigmund EE, Rusinek H, Oei M, Babb JS, Taouli B. Diagnosis of cirrhosis with intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion MRI and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI alone and in combination: preliminary experience. J Magn Reson Imaging 2010;31:589-600.
4. Luciani A, Vignaud A, Cavet M, Nhieu JT, Mallat A, Ruel L, Laurent A, Deux JF, Brugieres P, Rahmouni A. Liver cirrhosis: intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging-pilot study. Radiology 2008;249:891-899.
5. Chow AM, Gao DS, Fan SJ, Qiao Z, Lee FY, Yang J, Man K, Wu EX. Liver fibrosis: an intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) study. J Magn Reson Imaging 2012;36:159-167.
6. Dyvorne HA, Galea N, Nevers T, et al. Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver with multiple b values: effect of diffusion gradient polarity and breathing acquisition on image quality and intravoxel incoherent motion parameters-A pilot study. Radiology 2013;266:920-929.
7. Le Bihan D, Turner R, MacFall JR. Effects of intravoxel incoherent motions (IVIM) in steady-state free precession (SSFP) imaging: application to molecular diffusion imaging. Magn Reson Med 1989;10:324-337.
8. Le Bihan D, Breton E, Lallemand D, Aubin ML, Vignaud J, Laval-Jeantet M. Separation of diffusion and perfusion in intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging. Radiology 1988;168:497-505.
9. Le Bihan D. Intravoxel incoherent motion perfusion MR imaging: a wake-up call. Radiology 2008;249:748-752.
10. Lemke A, Laun FB, Klauss M, Re TJ, Simon D, Delorme S, Schad LR, Stieltjes B. Differentiation of pancreas carcinoma from healthy pancreatic tissue using multiple b-values: comparison of apparent diffusion coefficient and intravoxel incoherent motion derived parameters. Invest Radiol 2009;44:769-775.
11. Ichikawa S, Motosugi U, Ichikawa T, Sano K, Morisaka H, Araki T. Intravoxel incoherent motion imaging of the kidney: alterations in diffusion and perfusion in patients with renal dysfunction. Magn Reson Imaging 2013;31:414-417.
12. Wirestam R, Borg M, Brockstedt S, Lindgren A, Holtas S, Stahlberg F. Perfusion-related parameters in intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging compared with CBV and CBF measured by dynamic susceptibility-contrast MR technique. Acta Radiol 2001;42:123-128.
13. Federau C, Maeder P, O'Brien K, Browaeys P, Meuli R, Hagmann P. Quantitative measurement of brain perfusion with intravoxel incoherent motion MR imaging. Radiology 2012;265:874-881.
14. Andreou A, Orton M, Collins DJ, Leach MO, Koh D-M. Short term measurement reproducibility of perfusion fraction (f), pseudodiffusion coefficient (D∗) and diffusion coefficient (D) in colorectal liver metastases derived by intravoxel incoherent motion analysis of respiratory-triggered diffusion-weighted MR imaging. In Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Montreal, Canada, 2011. p. 255.
15. Yamada I, Aung W, Himeno Y, Nakagawa T, Shibuya H. Diffusion coefficients in abdominal organs and hepatic lesions: evaluation with intravoxel incoherent motion echo-planar MR imaging. Radiology 1999;210:617-623.
16. Andreou A, Koh DM, Collins DJ, Blackledge M, Wallace T, Leach MO, Orton MR. Measurement reproducibility of perfusion fraction and pseudodiffusion coefficient derived by intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted MR imaging in normal liver and metastases. Eur Radiol 2013;23:428-434.
17. MATLAB. R2010a. Natick, MA: The MathWorks, Inc.
18. Lemke A, Stieltjes B, Schad LR, Laun FB. Toward an optimal distribution of b values for intravoxel incoherent motion imaging. Magn Reson Imaging 2011;29:766-776.
19. Choi JS, Kim MJ, Choi JY, Park MS, Lim JS, Kim KW. Diffusionweighted MR imaging of liver on 3.0-Tesla system: effect of intravenous administration of gadoxetic acid disodium. Eur Radiol 2010;20:1052-1060.
20. Naganawa S, Sato C, Nakamura T, Kumada H, Ishigaki T, Miura S, Maruyama K, Takizawa O. Diffusion-weighted images of the liver: comparison of tumor detection before and after contrast enhancement with superparamagnetic iron oxide. J Magn Reson Imaging 2005;21:836-840.
21. Taouli B, Sandberg A, Stemmer A, Parikh T, Wong S, Xu J, Lee VS. Diffusion-weighted imaging of the liver: comparison of navigator triggered and breathhold acquisitions. J Magn Reson Imaging 2009;30:561-568.
22. Gudbjartsson H, Patz S. The Rician distribution of noisy MRI data. Magn Reson Med 1995;34:910-914.
23. Orton MR, Collins DJ, Koh DM, Leach MO. Improved intravoxel incoherent motion analysis of diffusion-weighted imaging by data driven Bayesian modeling. Magn Reson Med 2014;71:411-420.