1. Liver methylene fraction by dual- and triple-echo gradient-echo imaging at 3.0T: Correlation with proton MR spectroscopy and estimation of robustness after SPIO administration
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David Masson, Patrick Hillon, Isabelle Robin, Romaric Loffroy, Boris Guiu, Serge Aho, Jean-Michel Petit, Bruno Vergès, Jean-Pierre Cercueil, Douraied Ben Salem, Denis Krausé, Service de radiologie et d'Imagerie médicale diagnostique et thérapeutique (CHU de Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Animale (UGMA), Université de Limoges (UNILIM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Service d'Ophtalmologie (CHU de Dijon), Laboratoire Electronique, Informatique et Image [UMR6306] (Le2i), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe d'Etude de la Thrombose de Bretagne Occidentale (GETBO), Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière (IBSAM), Université de Brest (UBO), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer (U866) (LNC), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation de Dijon (ENSBANA), Service de Diabétologie, Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital du Bocage, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Animale (UMR GMA), Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Brest (UBO), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation de Dijon (ENSBANA)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabétologie et Maladies Métaboliques (CHU de Dijon), Service d'hépato-gastroentérologie et cancérologie digestive (CHU de Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand ( CHU Dijon ), Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Animale ( UGMA ), Université de Limoges ( UNILIM ) -Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique ( INRA ), Laboratoire Electronique, Informatique et Image ( Le2i ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Groupe d'Etude de la Thrombose de Bretagne Occidentale ( GETBO ), Université de Brest ( UBO ), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer (U866) ( LNC ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et à l'Alimentation de Dijon ( ENSBANA ), and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand ( CHU Dijon ) -Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand ( CHU Dijon )
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Male ,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,MESH : Fatty Liver ,MESH: Echo-Planar Imaging ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Carbon Compounds, Inorganic ,MESH : Statistics as Topic ,Statistics as Topic ,MESH : Aged ,Contrast Media ,MESH : Carbon Compounds, Inorganic ,MESH : Tissue Distribution ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Correlation ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,MESH : Dextrans ,Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ,MESH : Female ,Tissue Distribution ,MESH: Dextrans ,Methylene ,Magnetite Nanoparticles ,MESH: Fatty Liver ,MESH: Aged ,MESH: Middle Aged ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Echo-Planar Imaging ,Dextrans ,Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ,MESH : Adult ,Middle Aged ,MESH: Reproducibility of Results ,Adipose Tissue ,Liver ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,MESH : Sensitivity and Specificity ,Protons ,MESH: Adipose Tissue ,Adult ,Iron Overload ,MESH : Male ,MESH: Magnetite Nanoparticles ,MESH : Adipose Tissue ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,MESH: Iron Overload ,03 medical and health sciences ,Flip angle ,Robustness (computer science) ,MESH: Contrast Media ,Linear regression ,medicine ,MESH : Protons ,Humans ,MESH : Middle Aged ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,MESH: Tissue Distribution ,MESH: Statistics as Topic ,Aged ,MESH : Contrast Media ,MESH : Iron Overload ,MESH: Humans ,MESH : Echo-Planar Imaging ,[ SDV ] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,MESH: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,business.industry ,MESH : Reproducibility of Results ,MESH : Humans ,MESH: Biological Markers ,MESH: Carbon Compounds, Inorganic ,MESH : Liver ,MESH : Magnetite Nanoparticles ,Reproducibility of Results ,MESH: Adult ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,MESH: Male ,MESH: Sensitivity and Specificity ,Proton mr spectroscopy ,MESH : Biological Markers ,Fatty Liver ,chemistry ,MESH : Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,MESH: Protons ,Nuclear medicine ,business ,MESH: Female ,Biomarkers ,MESH: Liver - Abstract
Purpose To assess the systematic errors in liver methylene fraction (LMF) resulting from fat–fat interference effects with dual- and triple-echo gradient-recalled-echo Dual/Triple GRE) sequences and to test the robustness of these sequences after iron overloading. Materials and Methods Forty type-2 diabetic patients underwent LMF measurement by 3.0T 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (corrected for T1 and T2 decays) as the reference standard and liver fat fraction (%Fat) measurement by four Dual/Triple GRE sequences with 20° and 60° flip angle (α), corrected for T1 recovery. The same four sequences were repeated in eight patients after ferumoxide injection. Corrections for systematic errors were determined from the linear regressions (spectroscopy LMF values over Dual/Triple GRE %Fat values). Robustness was tested using Wilcoxon's signed-rank test. Results Fat–fat interference effects produced a ∼10% relative systematic error and T2* decay produced a 1.9%–4.2% absolute systematic error in LMF. When comparing before and after ferumoxide, dual-echo imaging with α = 20° and α = 60°, even when corrected, showed absolute differences of 7.23% [2.81%–10.25%] (P = 0.0117) and 5.65% [1.89%–8.216.8%] (P = 0.0117), respectively; compared to only 1.17% [0.08%–2.83%] (P = 0.0251) and 1.15% [0.37%–2.73%] (P = 0.2626) with triple-echo imaging and α = 20° and α = 60°, respectively. Conclusion Triple-echo imaging with α = 60° corrected for both T1 recovery and fat–fat interference effects is robust after superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) administration and can reliably quantify LMF. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2011;33:119–127. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- 2010