Towards differentiation of brain tumor from radiation necrosis using multi-parametric MRI: Preliminary results at 4.7 T using rodent models

ElsevierVolume 94, December 2022, Pages 144-150Magnetic Resonance ImagingAbstractBackground

It remains a clinical challenge to differentiate brain tumors from radiation-induced necrosis in the brain. Despite significant improvements, no single MRI method has been validated adequately in the clinical setting.

Methods

Multi-parametric MRI (mpMRI) was performed to differentiate 9L gliosarcoma from radiation necrosis in animal models. Five types of MRI methods probed complementary information on different scales i.e., T2 (relaxation), CEST based APT (probing mobile proteins/peptides) and rNOE (mobile macromolecules), qMT (macromolecules), diffusion based ADC (cell density) and SSIFT iAUC (cell size), and perfusion based DSC (blood volume and flow).

Results

For single MRI parameters, iAUC and ADC provide the best discrimination of radiation necrosis and brain tumor. For mpMRI, a combination of iAUC, ADC, and APT shows the best classification performance based on a two-step analysis with the Lasso and Ridge regressions.

Conclusion

A general mpMRI approach is introduced to choosing candidate multiple MRI methods, identifying the most effective parameters from all the mpMRI parameters, and finding the appropriate combination of chosen parameters to maximize the classification performance to differentiate tumors from radiation necrosis.

Keywords

MRI

Multi-parametric

mpMRI

Radiation necrosis

Brain tumor

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