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de Jong CMM, Kroft LJM, van Mens TE, Huisman MV, Stöger JL, Klok FA. Modern imaging of acute pulmonary embolism. Thromb Res 2024; 238:105-116. [PMID: 38703584 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2024.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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The first-choice imaging test for visualization of thromboemboli in the pulmonary vasculature in patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is multidetector computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) - a readily available and widely used imaging technique. Through technological advancements over the past years, alternative imaging techniques for the diagnosis of PE have become available, whilst others are still under investigation. In particular, the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to enable further innovation in diagnostic management of PE. In this narrative review, current CTPA techniques and the emerging technology photon-counting CT (PCCT), as well as other modern imaging techniques of acute PE are discussed, including CTPA with iodine maps based on subtraction or dual-energy acquisition, single-photon emission CT (SPECT), magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), and magnetic resonance direct thrombus imaging (MRDTI). Furthermore, potential applications of AI are discussed.
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- C M M de Jong
- Department of Medicine - Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine - Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine - Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine - Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Ozawa Y, Nagata H, Ueda T, Oshima Y, Hamabuchi N, Yoshikawa T, Takenaka D, Ohno Y. Chest Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Advances and Clinical Care. Clin Chest Med 2024; 45:505-529. [PMID: 38816103 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2024.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Many promising study results as well as technical advances for chest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have demonstrated its academic and clinical potentials during the last few decades, although chest MRI has been used for relatively few clinical situations in routine clinical practice. However, the Fleischner Society as well as the Japanese Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine have published a few white papers to promote chest MRI in routine clinical practice. In this review, we present clinical evidence of the efficacy of chest MRI for 1) thoracic oncology and 2) pulmonary vascular diseases.
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- Yoshiyuki Ozawa
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan; Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
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Ohno Y, Ozawa Y, Nagata H, Ueda T, Yoshikawa T, Takenaka D, Koyama H. Lung Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Technical Advancements and Clinical Applications. Invest Radiol 2024; 59:38-52. [PMID: 37707840 DOI: 10.1097/rli.0000000000001017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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ABSTRACT Since lung magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) became clinically available, limited clinical utility has been suggested for applying MRI to lung diseases. Moreover, clinical applications of MRI for patients with lung diseases or thoracic oncology may vary from country to country due to clinical indications, type of health insurance, or number of MR units available. Because of this situation, members of the Fleischner Society and of the Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine have published new reports to provide appropriate clinical indications for lung MRI. This review article presents a brief history of lung MRI in terms of its technical aspects and major clinical indications, such as (1) what is currently available, (2) what is promising but requires further validation or evaluation, and (3) which developments warrant research-based evaluations in preclinical or patient studies. We hope this article will provide Investigative Radiology readers with further knowledge of the current status of lung MRI and will assist them with the application of appropriate protocols in routine clinical practice.
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- Yoshiharu Ohno
- From the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y. Ohno); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y. Ohno and H.N.); Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y. Ozawa and T.U.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan (T.Y., D.T.); and Department of Radiology, Advanced Diagnostic Medical Imaging, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (H.K.)
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Pediatric magnetic resonance angiography: to contrast or not to contrast. Pediatr Radiol 2022:10.1007/s00247-022-05467-8. [PMID: 35953543 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-022-05467-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Magnetic resonance (MR) angiography and MR venography imaging with contrast and non-contrast techniques are widely used for pediatric vascular imaging. However, as with any MRI examination, imaging the pediatric population can be challenging because of patient motion, which sometimes requires sedation. There are multiple benefits of non-contrast MR angiographic techniques, including the ability to repeat sequences if motion is present, the decreased need for sedation, and avoidance of potential risks associated with gadolinium administration and radiation exposure. Thus, MR angiography is an attractive alternative to CT or conventional catheter-based angiography in pediatric populations. Contrast-enhanced MR angiographic techniques have the advantage of increased signal to noise. Blood pool imaging allows long imaging times that result in high-spatial-resolution imaging, and thus high-quality diagnostic images. This article outlines the technique details, indications, benefits and downsides of non-contrast-enhanced and contrast-enhanced MR angiographic techniques to assist in protocol decision-making.
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Saunders LC, Hughes PJC, Alabed S, Capener DJ, Marshall H, Vogel-Claussen J, van Beek EJR, Kiely DG, Swift AJ, Wild JM. Integrated Cardiopulmonary MRI Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension. J Magn Reson Imaging 2022; 55:633-652. [PMID: 34350655 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a heterogeneous condition that can affect the lung parenchyma, pulmonary vasculature, and cardiac chambers. Accurate diagnosis often requires multiple complex assessments of the cardiac and pulmonary systems. MRI is able to comprehensively assess cardiac structure and function, as well as lung parenchymal, pulmonary vascular, and functional lung changes. Therefore, MRI has the potential to provide an integrated functional and structural assessment of the cardiopulmonary system in a single exam. Cardiac MRI is used in the assessment of PH in most large PH centers, whereas lung MRI is an emerging technique in patients with PH. This article reviews the current literature on cardiopulmonary MRI in PH, including cine MRI, black-blood imaging, late gadolinium enhancement, T1 mapping, myocardial strain analysis, contrast-enhanced perfusion imaging and contrast-enhanced MR angiography, and hyperpolarized gas functional lung imaging. This article also highlights recent developments in this field and areas of interest for future research including cardiac MRI-based diagnostic models, machine learning in cardiac MRI, oxygen-enhanced 1 H imaging, contrast-free 1 H perfusion and ventilation imaging, contrast-free angiography and UTE imaging. EVIDENCE LEVEL: 5 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 3.
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- Laura C Saunders
- Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,Imaging, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK
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- Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Bak SH, Kim C, Kim CH, Ohno Y, Lee HY. Magnetic resonance imaging for lung cancer: a state-of-the-art review. PRECISION AND FUTURE MEDICINE 2022. [DOI: 10.23838/pfm.2021.00170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Albano D, Bruno F, Agostini A, Angileri SA, Benenati M, Bicchierai G, Cellina M, Chianca V, Cozzi D, Danti G, De Muzio F, Di Meglio L, Gentili F, Giacobbe G, Grazzini G, Grazzini I, Guerriero P, Messina C, Micci G, Palumbo P, Rocco MP, Grassi R, Miele V, Barile A. Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging: state of the art and applications in whole-body imaging. Jpn J Radiol 2021; 40:341-366. [PMID: 34951000 DOI: 10.1007/s11604-021-01223-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging is a non-invasive technique used for the evaluation of tissue vascularity features through imaging series acquisition after contrast medium administration. Over the years, the study technique and protocols have evolved, seeing a growing application of this method across different imaging modalities for the study of almost all body districts. The main and most consolidated current applications concern MRI imaging for the study of tumors, but an increasing number of studies are evaluating the use of this technique also for inflammatory pathologies and functional studies. Furthermore, the recent advent of artificial intelligence techniques is opening up a vast scenario for the analysis of quantitative information deriving from DCE. The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive update on the techniques, protocols, and clinical applications - both established and emerging - of DCE in whole-body imaging.
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- Domenico Albano
- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
- Dipartimento Di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze E Diagnostica Avanzata, Sezione Di Scienze Radiologiche, Università Degli Studi Di Palermo, via Vetoio 1L'Aquila, 67100, Palermo, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy.
- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Department of Clinical, Special and Dental Sciences, Department of Radiology, University Politecnica delle Marche, University Hospital "Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I - G.M. Lancisi - G. Salesi", Ancona, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Radiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Oncologia ed Ematologia, RadioterapiaRome, Italy
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- Diagnostic Senology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Ospedale Fatebenefratelli, Milan, Italy
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- Ospedale Evangelico Betania, Naples, Italy
- Clinica Di Radiologia, Istituto Imaging Della Svizzera Italiana - Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Department of Emergency Radiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Emergency Radiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Postgraduation School in Radiodiagnostics, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Section of Neuroradiology, San Donato Hospital, Arezzo, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Dipartimento Di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze E Diagnostica Avanzata, Sezione Di Scienze Radiologiche, Università Degli Studi Di Palermo, via Vetoio 1L'Aquila, 67100, Palermo, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Abruzzo Health Unit 1, Department of diagnostic Imaging, Area of Cardiovascular and Interventional Imaging, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Department of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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Sharma M, Burns AT, Yap K, Prior DL. The role of imaging in pulmonary hypertension. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 2021; 11:859-880. [PMID: 34295710 DOI: 10.21037/cdt-20-295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a debilitating and potentially life threatening condition in which increased pressure in the pulmonary arteries may result from a variety of pathological processes. These can include disease primarily involving the pulmonary vasculature, but more commonly PH may result from left-sided heart disease, including valvular heart disease. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is an important disease to identify because it may be amenable to surgical pulmonary artery endarterectomy or balloon pulmonary angioplasty. Parenchymal lung diseases are also widespread in the community. Any of these disease processes may result in adverse remodeling of the right ventricle and progressive right heart (RH) failure as a common final pathway. Because of the breadth of pathological processes which cause PH, multiple imaging modalities play vital roles in ensuring accurate diagnosis and classification, which will lead to application of the most appropriate therapy. Multimodality imaging may also provide important prognostic information and has a role in the assessment of response to therapies which ultimately dictate clinical outcomes. This review provides an overview of the wide variety of established imaging techniques currently in use, but also examines many of the novel imaging techniques which may be increasingly utilized in the future to guide comprehensive care of patients with PH.
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- Meenal Sharma
- Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia.,Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne at St Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne), Melbourne, Australia
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Tanaka Y, Ohno Y, Hanamatsu S, Obama Y, Ueda T, Ikeda H, Iwase A, Fukuba T, Hattori H, Murayama K, Yoshikawa T, Takenaka D, Koyama H, Toyama H. State-of-the-art MR Imaging for Thoracic Diseases. Magn Reson Med Sci 2021; 21:212-234. [PMID: 33952785 PMCID: PMC9199970 DOI: 10.2463/mrms.rev.2020-0184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Since thoracic MR imaging was first used in a clinical setting, it has been suggested that MR imaging has limited clinical utility for thoracic diseases, especially lung diseases, in comparison with x-ray CT and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT. However, in many countries and states and for specific indications, MR imaging has recently become practicable. In addition, recently developed pulmonary MR imaging with ultra-short TE (UTE) and zero TE (ZTE) has enhanced the utility of MR imaging for thoracic diseases in routine clinical practice. Furthermore, MR imaging has been introduced as being capable of assessing pulmonary function. It should be borne in mind, however, that these applications have so far been academically and clinically used only for healthy volunteers, but not for patients with various pulmonary diseases in Japan or other countries. In 2020, the Fleischner Society published a new report, which provides consensus expert opinions regarding appropriate clinical indications of pulmonary MR imaging for not only oncologic but also pulmonary diseases. This review article presents a brief history of MR imaging for thoracic diseases regarding its technical aspects and major clinical indications in Japan 1) in terms of what is currently available, 2) promising but requiring further validation or evaluation, and 3) developments warranting research investigations in preclinical or patient studies. State-of-the-art MR imaging can non-invasively visualize lung structural and functional abnormalities without ionizing radiation and thus provide an alternative to CT. MR imaging is considered as a tool for providing unique information. Moreover, prospective, randomized, and multi-center trials should be conducted to directly compare MR imaging with conventional methods to determine whether the former has equal or superior clinical relevance. The results of these trials together with continued improvements are expected to update or modify recommendations for the use of MRI in near future.
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- Yumi Tanaka
- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine.,Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University Hospital
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University Hospital
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
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- Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
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Ohno Y, Seo JB, Parraga G, Lee KS, Gefter WB, Fain SB, Schiebler ML, Hatabu H. Pulmonary Functional Imaging: Part 1-State-of-the-Art Technical and Physiologic Underpinnings. Radiology 2021; 299:508-523. [PMID: 33825513 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2021203711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Over the past few decades, pulmonary imaging technologies have advanced from chest radiography and nuclear medicine methods to high-spatial-resolution or low-dose chest CT and MRI. It is currently possible to identify and measure pulmonary pathologic changes before these are obvious even to patients or depicted on conventional morphologic images. Here, key technological advances are described, including multiparametric CT image processing methods, inhaled hyperpolarized and fluorinated gas MRI, and four-dimensional free-breathing CT and MRI methods to measure regional ventilation, perfusion, gas exchange, and biomechanics. The basic anatomic and physiologic underpinnings of these pulmonary functional imaging techniques are explained. In addition, advances in image analysis and computational and artificial intelligence (machine learning) methods pertinent to functional lung imaging are discussed. The clinical applications of pulmonary functional imaging, including both the opportunities and challenges for clinical translation and deployment, will be discussed in part 2 of this review. Given the technical advances in these sophisticated imaging methods and the wealth of information they can provide, it is anticipated that pulmonary functional imaging will be increasingly used in the care of patients with lung disease. © RSNA, 2021 Online supplemental material is available for this article.
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- Yoshiharu Ohno
- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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- From the Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan (Y.O.); Division of Functional and Diagnostic Imaging Research, Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (J.B.S.); Department of Medicine, Robarts Research Institute, and Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Canada (G.P.); Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (SKKU-SOM), Seoul, Korea (K.S.L.); Department of Radiology, Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa (W.B.G.); Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology (S.B.F., M.L.S.), UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis; and Center for Pulmonary Functional Imaging, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02215 (H.H.)
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Ohno Y, Hanamatsu S, Obama Y, Ueda T, Ikeda H, Hattori H, Murayama K, Toyama H. Overview of MRI for pulmonary functional imaging. Br J Radiol 2021; 95:20201053. [PMID: 33529053 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20201053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Morphological evaluation of the lung is important in the clinical evaluation of pulmonary diseases. However, the disease process, especially in its early phases, may primarily result in changes in pulmonary function without changing the pulmonary structure. In such cases, the traditional imaging approaches to pulmonary morphology may not provide sufficient insight into the underlying pathophysiology. Pulmonary imaging community has therefore tried to assess pulmonary diseases and functions utilizing not only nuclear medicine, but also CT and MR imaging with various technical approaches. In this review, we overview state-of-the art MR methods and the future direction of: (1) ventilation imaging, (2) perfusion imaging and (3) biomechanical evaluation for pulmonary functional imaging.
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- Yoshiharu Ohno
- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.,Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Joint Research Laboratory of Advanced Medical Imaging, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan
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Fu Q, Cheng Q, Kong X, Ma H, Lei Z. Diagnostic accuracy of true fast imaging with steady-state precession, MR pulmonary angiography and volume-interpolated body examination for pulmonary embolism compared with CT pulmonary angiography. Exp Ther Med 2020; 21:42. [PMID: 33273972 PMCID: PMC7706389 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2020.9474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance (MR) sequences for displaying different levels of pulmonary artery involvement in pulmonary embolism (PE) has rarely been reported but is essential for critically ill and emergency patients. The aim of the present study was to analyze the diagnostic accuracy of true fast imaging with steady-state precession (true FISP), MR pulmonary angiography (MRPA) and volume-interpolated body examination (VIBE) for PE detection in comparison to CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA), which is the reference standard. A total of 21 patients with confirmed deep venous thrombosis suspected of having PE were enrolled. Emboli were evaluated on per-patient and per-vessel bases. The evidence of PE on a per-vessel basis was classified into central, lobar and segmental levels, and 27 vessel segments per patient were analyzed for a total of 567 vessel segments in all patients. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated. Receiver operating characteristic curves were drawn to compare differences in sequences. A total of 158 pulmonary vessels were involved with emboli on CTPA, 58 of which were identified by true FISP, 63 by MRPA and 94 by VIBE. On per-patient and per-vessel bases, the sensitivity was 81.3 and 36.7%, respectively, for true FISP, 82.4 and 56.3%, respectively, for MRPA, and 94.4 and 68.1%, respectively, for VIBE; the specificity was 80.0 and 99.8%, respectively, for true FISP, 100 and 99.2%, respectively, for MRPA, and 100 and 99.2%, respectively, for VIBE. The respective PPV was 92.9 and 98.3% for true FISP, 100 and 95.5% for MRPA, 100 and 96.9% for VIBE. The NPV was 57.1 and 80.3%, respectively, for true FISP, 50.0 and 88.2%, respectively, for MRPA, and 75.0 and 89.8%, respectively, for VIBE. In conclusion, enhanced VIBE surpassed the other two sequences in revealing PE, particularly in segmental analysis, which is essential for emergency patients who have contraindications for receiving iodinated contrast and those who have concerns about the ionizing radiation.
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- Qing Fu
- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, Hubei 430022, P.R. China
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Salehi Ravesh M, Tesch K, Lebenatus A, Koktzoglou I, Edelman RR, Eden M, Langguth P, Graessner J, Jansen O, Both M. Clinical Value of Noncontrast-Enhanced Radial Quiescent-Interval Slice-Selective (QISS) Magnetic Resonance Angiography for the Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Compared to Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography and Cartesian Balanced Steady-State Free Precession. J Magn Reson Imaging 2020; 52:1510-1524. [PMID: 32537799 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Free-breathing noncontrast-enhanced (non-CE) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) techniques are of considerable interest for the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism (APE), due to the possibility for repeated examinations, avoidance of side effects from iodine-based contrast agents, and the absence of ionizing radiation exposure as compared to CE-computed tomographic angiography (CTA). PURPOSE To analyze the clinical performance of free-breathing and electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated radial quiescent-interval slice-selective (QISS)-MRA compared to CE-CTA and to Cartesian balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP)-MRA. STUDY TYPE Prospective. SUBJECTS Thirty patients with confirmed APE and 30 healthy volunteers (HVs). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE Radial QISS- and bSSFP-MRA at 1.5T. ASSESSMENT Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) were computed to compare the pulmonary imaging quality between MRA methods. The pulmonary arterial tree was divided into 25 branches and an ordinal scoring system was used to assess the image quality of each pulmonary branch. The clinical performance of the two MRA techniques in accurately assessing APE was evaluated with respect to CE-CTA as the clinical reference standard. STATISTICAL TESTS Wilcoxon signed-rank and Spearman's correlation tests were performed. Sensitivity and specificity of the MRA techniques were determined using CE-CTA as the clinical reference standard. RESULTS Thrombus-mimicking artifacts appeared more frequently in lobar and peripheral arteries of patients with Cartesian bSSFP than with radial QISS-MRA (pulmonary trunk: 12.2% vs. 14.0%, P = 0.64; lobar arteries: 35.6% vs. 22.0%, P = 0.005, peripheral arteries: 74.4% vs. 49.0%, P < 0.001). The relative increases in SNR and of CNR provided by radial QISS-MRA with respect to Cartesian bSSFP-MRA were 30-35% (P-values of SNR/CNR, HVs: 0.09/0.09, patients: 0.03/0.02). The image quality of pulmonary arterial branches was considered good to excellent in 77.2% of patients with radial QISS-MRA and in 43.2% with Cartesian bSSFP-MRA (P < 0.0001). The clinical performance of radial QISS-MRA was higher than Cartesian bSSFP-MRA for grading embolism, with a total sensitivity of 86.0% vs. 80.6% and a specificity of 93.3% vs. 84.0%, respectively. DATA CONCLUSION Radial QISS-MRA is a reliable and safe non-CE angiographic technique with promising clinical potential compared to Cartesian bSSFP-MRA and as an alternative technique to CE-CTA for the diagnosis of APE. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 1 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE: 3.
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- Mona Salehi Ravesh
- Section Biomedical Imaging, Molecular Imaging North Competence Center (MOIN CC), Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University, Kiel, Germany.,Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA.,Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Radiology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA.,Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department for Internal Medicine III, Molecular Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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Allen BD, Schiebler ML, François CJ. Pulmonary Vascular Disease Evaluation with Magnetic Resonance Angiography. Radiol Clin North Am 2020; 58:707-719. [PMID: 32471539 DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2020.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Pulmonary vascular assessment commonly relies on computed tomography angiography (CTA), but continued advances in magnetic resonance angiography have allowed pulmonary magnetic resonance angiography (pMRA) to become a reasonable alternative to CTA without exposing patients to ionizing radiation. pMRA allows the evaluation of pulmonary vascular anatomy, hemodynamic physiology, lung parenchymal perfusion, and (optionally) right and left ventricular function with a single examination. This article discusses pMRA techniques and artifacts; performance in commonly encountered pulmonary vascular diseases, specifically pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension; and recent advances in both contrast-enhanced and noncontrast pMRA.
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- Bradley D Allen
- Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 737 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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Fu Q, Liu DX, Kong XC, Lei ZQ. Combined MR Imaging for Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis by Contrast-enhanced MR Volume Interpolated Body Examination. Curr Med Sci 2020; 40:192-198. [PMID: 32166683 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-020-2164-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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MR pulmonary angiography (MRPA) combined with indirect MR venography (MRV) was attempted by using 3D contrast-enhanced MR volume interpolated body examination (VIBE) sequence. Agreement rate for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) detection between MRV and duplex sonography (DUS) was evaluated; the potential of this method for venous thromoembolism (VTE) was also investigated. Thirty-four patients with DUS-identified DVT were enrolled in this study. MRI was performed after a single administration of Gadopentetate dimeglumine. Fat-suppressed 3D VIBE was applied for visualizing pulmonary arteries, abdominal veins, pelvic and leg veins, ranging from lung apex to ankle level. Two radiologists observed the MR images in consensus, recorded the location and number of emboli. MRV images were assessed based on per-vein segment. The agreement rate between MRV and DUS for venous segment-to-segment comparison was analyzed by Wilcoxon rank sum test. All the patients were diagnosed as having DVT by MRV. MRV detected 55 more venous segments with thrombi than DUS based on per-vein segment analysis. Twenty-three patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) were detected by MRPA. Twenty-one patients underwent both pulmonary CT angiography and MRPA, and consistency for PE detection was 100%. Total examination time of the combined MR protocol was 7 min for each patient. The contrast-enhanced VIBE sequence proves to be a feasible and reliable method for VTE diagnosis in one-stop MR scanning procedure, and contrast-enhanced VIBE performs better to depict DVT than DUS on per-vein segment basis.
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- Qing Fu
- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. .,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, China
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Kaya F, Ufuk F, Karabulut N. Diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced and unenhanced combined pulmonary artery MRI and magnetic resonance venography techniques in the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism. Br J Radiol 2019; 92:20180695. [PMID: 30629460 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20180695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the diagnostic performance of the contrast-enhanced and unenhanced combined pulmonary arterial MRI and magnetic resonance venography techniques in the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE). METHODS: 44 patients who underwent CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for suspected PE constituted the study population. Patients underwent combined pulmonary and lower extremity MRI, and Doppler ultrasonography within 72 h after CTPA. Combined MRI included two sequences: unenhanced steady-state free precession (SSFP) and contrast-enhanced three-dimensional (3D) gradient echo (GRE). The presence of emboli in pulmonary arteries and thrombi in lower extremity veins on 3D-GRE and SSFP sequences was recorded. RESULTS: CTPA showed a total of 244 emboli in 33 (75%) patients whereas contrast-enhanced 3D-GRE MRI showed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in 34 (77%) subjects. Sensitivities for SSFP vs 3D-GRE MRI respectively in PE detection were 87.9 vs 100% on a per-patient basis, and 53.7 vs 73% on a per-embolus basis. Of 34 patients with established DVT, 31 (91%) were detected by Doppler ultrasound and 29 (85%) were detected by SSFP technique respectively. CONCLUSION: Both contrast-enhanced and unenhanced combined MRI of acute PE and DVT are feasible one-stop-shopping techniques in patients with suspected thromboembolism. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: Pulmonary VTE is a common disease with high mortality. Non-invasive techniques withhigh accuracy are required for the assessment of VTE. CT-related radiation and contrast material risks cause concerns. MRI is a radiation-free technique evaluating the vessels with and without contrast. Combined contrast enhancedor unenhanced pulmonary and lower extremity MRI is feasible in patients with suspected thromboembolism.
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- Furkan Kaya
- 1 Department of Radiology, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University , Afyonkarahisar , Turkey
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Pamukkale University School of Medicine, Kinikli , Denizli , Turkey
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Rahaghi FN, Minhas JK, Heresi GA. Diagnosis of Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism: New Imaging Tools and Modalities. Clin Chest Med 2018; 39:493-504. [PMID: 30122174 PMCID: PMC6317734 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2018.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Imaging continues to be the modality of choice for the diagnosis of venous thromboembolic disease, particularly when incorporated into diagnostic algorithms. Improvement in imaging techniques as well as new imaging modalities and processing methods have improved diagnostic accuracy and additionally are being leveraged in prognostication and decision making for choice of intervention. In this article, we review the role of imaging in diagnosis and prognostication of venous thromboembolism. We also discuss emerging imaging approaches that may in the near future find clinical usefulness in improving diagnosis and prognostication as well as differentiating disease phenotypes.
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- Farbod N. Rahaghi
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. 15 Francis Street, Boston MA 02115, ; Phone: 617-632-6770
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- Department of Medicine, North Shore Medical Center, 81 highland Ave Salem MA 10970, Phone: 978-354-4801
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- Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Mail code A90, 9500 Euclid Ave, OH 44195, Phone: 216-636-5327
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Vargas Paris R, Skorpil M, Westerlund E, Lindholm P, Nyrén S. Diffusion-weighted imaging in acute pulmonary embolism: a feasibility study. Acta Radiol Open 2018; 7:2058460118783013. [PMID: 30013795 PMCID: PMC6039903 DOI: 10.1177/2058460118783013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be an alternative method to computed tomography angiography (CTA) for pulmonary embolism. Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) detecting acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in free-breathing humans. Material and Methods Twenty patients with PE verified by CTA and 20 controls were investigated with MRI (1.5 Aera, Siemens Healthcare). All sequences were performed in the transversal plane using free-breathing without gating. The protocol consisted of a two-dimensional steady-state free precession (SSFP) and a single-shot DWI echo-planar imaging sequence with a voxel resolution of 2 × 2 × 5 mm. Three b values were used: 50, 400, and 800 s/mm2. Images were analyzed in two orders: an open source analysis (OSA); and a blinded only DWI analysis (BDA) simulating clinical work. Results OSA of corresponding images showed 370 findings on CTA (i.e. one elongated emboli could be represented in multiple images). SSFP identified 237 of those (64%). DWI with b values of 50, 400, and 800 identified 327 (88%), 245 (66%), and 138 (37%), respectively. In BDA we found 160 true emboli (according to CTA) on b50, 78 on b400, and 54 on b800. Fifty-two of these findings at the subsegmental level could be correlated to PE on CTA but were not visible on SSFP. Conclusions DWI has a high sensitivity for detecting PE but suffers from poor specificity. It could potentially be used as an eye catcher, i.e. where to look for PE in other MRI sequences.
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- Roberto Vargas Paris
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Abdominal Radiology, Imaging and Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Division of Medicine, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Thoracic Radiology, Imaging and Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.,Thoracic Radiology, Imaging and Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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