Simplified perfusion fraction from diffusion-weighted imaging in preoperative prediction of IDH1 mutation in WHO grade II–III gliomas: comparison with dynamic contrast-enhanced and intravoxel incoherent motion MRI
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Jun 19, 2020
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Article Category: Research Article
Published Online: Jun 19, 2020
Page range: 301 - 310
Received: Mar 23, 2020
Accepted: May 13, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2020-0037
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© 2020 Xiaoqing Wang, Mengqiu Cao, Hongjin Chen, Jianwei Ge, Shiteng Suo, Yan Zhou, published by Sciendo
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![Images obtained in a 44-year-old man with astrocytoma (isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 [IDH1] mutant glioma). (A) Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) image shows a heterogeneous hyperintense lesion in the right frontal lobe. (B) Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)0,1000 map shows increased ADC value in the lesion. (C, D) Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) perfusion fraction (f) and simplified perfusion fraction (SPF) maps show no increased values in the corresponding area of the hyperintense lesion as shown in (A). (E) On contrast-enhanced T1-weighted image, the lesion is non-enhancing. (F–H) Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI parametric maps of volume transfer constant (Ktrans), extravascular extracellular volume fraction (ve) and vascular plasma volume fraction (vp) show no increased values in the lesion. Regions of interest are marked on parametric maps.](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/647355c34e662f30ba53aa2a/j_raon-2020-0037_fig_002.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250908%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250908T215323Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=4c028742154a1458f88ad9cf0132f170760621c376420d8252ab290ec07f80be&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
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![Images obtained in a 72-year-old woman with astrocytoma (isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 [IDH1] wildtype glioma). (A) FLAIR shows a heterogeneous hyperintense lesion in the right hemisphere. (B) Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)0,1000 map shows a mixed pattern of high and intermediate ADC values in the lesion. (C, D) Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) perfusion fraction (f) and simplified perfusion fraction (SPF) maps show markedly increased f and SPF values in the corresponding area of the contrast-enhanced lesion as shown in (E). (E) On contrast-enhanced T1-weighted image, the lesion is vividly enhanced. (F–H) Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI parametric maps of volume transfer constant (Ktrans), extravascular extracellular volume fraction (ve) and vascular plasma volume fraction (vp) show obviously increased values in the corresponding area of the contrast-enhanced lesion. Regions of interest are marked on parametric maps.](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/647355c34e662f30ba53aa2a/j_raon-2020-0037_fig_003.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250908%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250908T215323Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=5c6b124efcaf2d9c66acf709bdc07227954637cd2445dd219286daba24d194ad&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
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![Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and corresponding area under the curve values for (A) diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) parameters (simplified perfusion fraction [SPF], perfusion fraction [f], apparent diffusion coefficient [ADC]0,1000) and (B) dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI parameters (transfer constant [Ktrans], extravascular extracellular volume fraction [ve] and vascular plasma volume fraction [vp]) in the differentiation of isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutant and wildtype gliomas. SPF showed the highest diagnostic performance with the area under the curve value of 0.86.](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/647355c34e662f30ba53aa2a/j_raon-2020-0037_fig_004.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250908%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250908T215323Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=638e3ef140c97993aa774fecee5421fdfc5f1ca989d63dee5aeffd7f0f855f8c&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Diagnostic performance of parameters for differentiation between isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutant and wild-type gliomas
Parameter | AUC (95% CI) | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Cutoff value |
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0.773 (0.563–0.983) | 77.8 | 75.0 | > 0.062 | |
0.760 (0.569–0.951) | 94.4 | 58.3 | > 0.119 | |
0.680 (0.451–0.909) | 55.6 | 91.7 | > 0.029 | |
0.718 (0.531–0.904) | 83.3 | 75.0 | ≤ 1.002 | |
0.861 (0.686–0.959) | 94.4 | 75.0 | > 14.500 | |
0.727 (0.541–0.913) | 72.2 | 83.3 | > 1.065 | |
0.690 (0.493–0.886) | 44.4 | 91.4 | ≤ 5.959 | |
0.810 (0.658–0.963) | 72.2 | 83.3 | > 3.617 |
Parameters derived from dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) between WHO grade II and III gliomas
Parameter | Grade II | Grade III | |
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0.067 ± 0.048 | 0.116 ± 0.064 | 0.013 | |
0.071 ± 0.057 | 0.401 ± 0.344 | 0.018 | |
0.036 ± 0.020 | 0.051 ± 0.018 | 0.035 | |
1.093 ± 0.203 | 0.904 ± 0.184 | 0.028 | |
10.78 ± 4.378 | 16.391 ± 5.471 | 0.012 | |
1.194 ± 0.261 | 0.949 ± 0.169 | 0.021 | |
6.692 ± 1.564 | 8.618 ± 2.215 | 0.037 | |
3.315 ± 1.536 | 6.380 ± 3.419 | 0.020 |
Parameters derived from dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) between isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutant and wild-type gliomas
Parameter | |||
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0.054 ± 0.024 | 0.123 ± 0.073 | 0.007 | |
0.052 ± 0.035 | 0.121 ± 0.080 | 0.007 | |
0.032 ± 0.015 | 0.051 ± 0.022 | 0.015 | |
1.123 ± 0.185 | 0.923 ± 0.199 | 0.009 | |
9.572 ± 3.437 | 16.332 ± 4.925 | < 0.001 | |
1.108 ± 0.245 | 0.959 ± 0.146 | 0.047 | |
6.546 ± 1.757 | 8.196 ± 1.794 | 0.020 | |
3.080 ± 1.581 | 5.712 ± 2.924 | 0.005 |
Patient characteristics
Characteristic | ||
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42.8 (22–67) | 47.9 (19–78) | |
10/8 | 7/5 | |
15 | 7 | |
3 | 5 | |
12 | 5 | |
3 | 0 | |
0 | 1 | |
1 | 3 | |
1 | 2 | |
1 | 1 |