Identification of lymph node metastases by use of whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging in non-small cell lung cancer patients
2013
Objective
To prospectively and directly compare the capability of whole-body DWI,MRI and/or CT (MRI-CT),and whole-body DWI with MRI-CT for assessment of lymphatic metastases in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
Methods
The institutional review board approved this study; informed consent was obtained from patients.A total of 56 NSCLC patients underwent whole-body DWI and thoracic CT scan prospectively.Conventional MRI was performed in suspicious lymphatic metastases parts within one week after inspection.Final diagnosis of the lymphatic metastases in each patient was determined on the basis of results of all radiologic and follow-up examinations.Two chest radiologists independently assessed all examination results and used a five-point visual scoring system to evaluate the probability of metastases.Final diagnosis based on each of the methods was made by consensus of two readers.Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to compare the capability for lymphatic metastases assessment among whole-body DWI,MRI-CT and whole-body DWI with MRI-CT.The detection abilities of lymph nodes with different size were compared withχ2test.Value of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant lymph nodes was compared with the variance
Key words:
Lymphatic metastasis; Carcinoma,non-small-cell lung; Magnetic resonance imaging
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