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Schlaeger S, Weidlich D, Zoffl A, Becherucci EA, Kottmaier E, Montagnese F, Deschauer M, Schoser B, Zimmer C, Baum T, Karampinos DC, Kirschke JS. Beyond mean value analysis - a voxel-based analysis of the quantitative MR biomarker water T 2 in the presence of fatty infiltration in skeletal muscle tissue of patients with neuromuscular diseases. NMR Biomed 2022; 35:e4805. [PMID: 35892264 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
The main pathologies in the muscles of patients with neuromuscular diseases (NMD) are fatty infiltration and edema. Recently, quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for determination of the MR biomarkers proton density fat fraction (PDFF) and water T2 (T2w ) has been advanced. Biophysical effects or pathology can have different effects on MR biomarkers. Thus, for heterogeneously affected muscles, the routinely performed mean or median value analyses of MR biomarkers are questionable. Our work presents a voxel-based histogram analysis of PDFF and T2w images to point out potential quantification errors. In 12 patients with NMD, chemical-shift encoding-based water-fat imaging for PDFF and T2 mapping with spectral adiabatic inversion recovery (SPAIR) for T2w determination was performed. Segmentation of nine thigh muscles was performed bilaterally (n = 216). PDFF and T2 maps were coregistered. A voxel-based comparison of PDFF and T2w showed a decreased T2w with increasing PDFF. Mean T2w and mean T2w without fatty voxels (PDFF < 10%) show good agreement, whereas standard deviation (σ) T2w and σ T2w without fatty voxels show increasing difference with increasing values of σ. Thereby two subgroups can be observed, referring to muscles in which the exclusion of fatty voxels has a negligible influence versus muscles in which a strong dependency of the T2w value distribution on the exclusion of fatty voxels is present. Because of the two opposite effects that influence T2w in a voxel, namely, (i) a pathophysiologically increased water mobility leading to T2w elevation, and (ii) a dependency of T2w on the PDFF leading to decreased T2w , the T2w distribution within a muscle might be heterogenous and the routine mean or median analysis can lead to a misinterpretation of the muscle health. It was concluded that muscle T2w mean values can wrongly suggest healthy muscle tissue. A deeper analysis of the underlying value distribution is necessary. Therefore, a quantitative analysis of T2w histograms is a potential alternative.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sarah Schlaeger
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Reyngoudt H, Marty B, Caldas de Almeida Araújo E, Baudin PY, Le Louër J, Boisserie JM, Béhin A, Servais L, Gidaro T, Carlier PG. Relationship between markers of disease activity and progression in skeletal muscle of GNE myopathy patients using quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2020; 10:1450-1464. [PMID: 32676364 DOI: 10.21037/qims-20-39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Background Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI) is an objective and precise outcome measure for evaluating disease progression in neuromuscular disorders. We aimed to investigate predictive 'disease activity' NMR indices, including water T2 and 31P NMR spectroscopy (NMRS), and its relation to NMR markers of 'disease progression', such as the changes in fat fraction (ΔFat%) and contractile cross-sectional area (ΔcCSA), in GNE myopathy (GNEM) patients. Methods NMR was performed on a 3T clinical scanner, at baseline and at a 1-year interval, in 10 GNEM patients and 29 age-matched controls. Dixon-based fat-water imaging and water T2 mapping were acquired in legs and thighs, and in the dominant forearm. 31P NMRS was performed at the level of quadriceps and hamstring. Water T2 and 31P NMRS indices were determined for all muscle groups and visits. Correlations were performed with 'disease progression' indices ΔFat%, ΔcCSA and the muscle fat transformation rate (Rmuscle_transf). Results In quadriceps, known to be relatively preserved in GNEM, water T2 at baseline was significantly higher compared to controls, and correlated strongly with the one-year evolution of Fat% and cCSA and Rmuscle_transf. Various 31P NMRS indices showed significant differences in quadriceps and hamstring compared to controls and correlations existed between these indices and ΔFat%, ΔcCSA and Rmuscle_transf. Conclusions This study demonstrates that disease activity indices such as water T2 and 31P NMRS may predict disease progression in skeletal muscles of GNEM patients, and suggests that these measures may be considered to be valuable surrogate endpoints in the assessment of GNEM disease progression.
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- Harmen Reyngoudt
- NMR Laboratory, Neuromuscular Investigation Center, Institute of Myology, Paris, France.,NMR Laboratory, CEA, DRF, IBFJ, MIRCen, Paris, France
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- NMR Laboratory, Neuromuscular Investigation Center, Institute of Myology, Paris, France.,NMR Laboratory, CEA, DRF, IBFJ, MIRCen, Paris, France
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- NMR Laboratory, Neuromuscular Investigation Center, Institute of Myology, Paris, France.,NMR Laboratory, CEA, DRF, IBFJ, MIRCen, Paris, France
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- Consultants for Research in Imaging and Spectroscopy (C.R.I.S.), Tournai, Belgium
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- NMR Laboratory, Neuromuscular Investigation Center, Institute of Myology, Paris, France.,NMR Laboratory, CEA, DRF, IBFJ, MIRCen, Paris, France
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- NMR Laboratory, Neuromuscular Investigation Center, Institute of Myology, Paris, France.,NMR Laboratory, CEA, DRF, IBFJ, MIRCen, Paris, France
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- Neuromuscular Reference Center, Institute of Myology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- Institute of Myology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France.,I-Motion-Pediatric Clinical Trials Department, Trousseau Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France.,Centre de référence des maladies Neuromusculaires, CHU, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.,MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Myology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France.,I-Motion-Pediatric Clinical Trials Department, Trousseau Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France
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- NMR Laboratory, Neuromuscular Investigation Center, Institute of Myology, Paris, France.,NMR Laboratory, CEA, DRF, IBFJ, MIRCen, Paris, France
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Marty B, Baudin PY, Reyngoudt H, Azzabou N, Araujo ECA, Carlier PG, de Sousa PL. Simultaneous muscle water T2 and fat fraction mapping using transverse relaxometry with stimulated echo compensation. NMR Biomed 2016; 29:431-43. [PMID: 26814454 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.3459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 10/20/2015] [Accepted: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Skeletal muscle inflammation/necrosis and fat infiltration are strong indicators of disease activity and progression in many neuromuscular disorders. They can be assessed by muscle T2 relaxometry and water-fat separation techniques, respectively. In the present work, we exploited differences between water and fat T1 and T2 relaxivities by applying a bi-component extended phase graph (EPG) fitting approach to simultaneously quantify the muscle water T2 and fat fraction from standard multi-slice multi-echo (MSME) acquisitions in the presence of stimulated echoes. Experimental decay curves were adjusted to the theoretical model using either an iterative non-negative least-squares (NNLS) procedure or a pattern recognition approach. Twenty-two patients (age, 49 ± 18 years) were selected to cover a large range of muscle fat infiltration. Four cases of chronic or subchronic juvenile dermatomyositis (age, 8 ± 3 years) were investigated before and 3 months following steroid treatment. For control, five healthy volunteers (age, 25 ± 2 years) were recruited. All subjects underwent the MSME sequence and EPG fitting procedure. The EPG fitting algorithm allowed a precise estimation of water T2 and fat fraction in diseased muscle, even in the presence of large B1(+) inhomogeneities. In the whole cohort of patients, there was no overall correlation between water T2 values obtained with the proposed method and the fat fraction estimated inside muscle tissues (R(2) = 0.02). In the patients with dermatomyositis, there was a significant decrease in water T2 (-4.09 ± 3.7 ms) consequent to steroid treatment. The pattern recognition approach resulted in a 20-fold decrease in processing time relative to the iterative NNLS procedure. The fat fraction derived from the EPG fitting approach correlated well with the fat fraction derived from a standard three-point Dixon method (≈1.5% bias). The bi-component EPG fitting analysis is a precise tool to monitor muscle tissue disease activity and is able to handle bias introduced by fat infiltration and B1(+) inhomogeneities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Benjamin Marty
- Institute of Myology, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
- CEA, DSV, I2BM, MIRCen, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Institute of Myology, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
- CEA, DSV, I2BM, MIRCen, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Institute of Myology, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
- CEA, DSV, I2BM, MIRCen, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Institute of Myology, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
- CEA, DSV, I2BM, MIRCen, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Institute of Myology, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
- CEA, DSV, I2BM, MIRCen, NMR Laboratory, Paris, France
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