Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 616-621Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24386
Keywords
MRI; diffusion weighted imaging; apparent diffusion coefficients; gadolinium contrast; brain tumor
Funding
- International Cooperation Project of Henan Science and Technology Supporting Programs of China [114300510016]
- Henan Health Science and Technology Innovation Talent Project [201004057]
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Purpose: To determine the effect of intravenous administration of gadolinium (Gd) contrast medium (Gd-DTPA) on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for the evaluation of normal brain parenchyma vs. brain tumor following a short temporal interval. Materials and Methods: Forty-four DWI studies using b values of 0 and 1000 s/mm(2) were performed before, immediately after, 1 min after, 3 min after, and 5 min after the administration of Gd-DTPA on 62 separate lesions including 15 meningioma, 17 glioma and 30 metastatic lesions. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), contrast-tonoise ratio (CNR) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values of the brain tumor lesions and normal brain tissues were measured on pre-and postcontrast images. Statistical analysis using paired t-test between precontrast and postcontrast data were obtained on three brain tumors and normal brain tissue. Results: The SNR and CNR of brain tumors and the SNR of normal brain tissue showed no statistical differences between pre-and postcontrast (P > 0.05). The ADC values on the three cases of brain tumors demonstrated significant initial increase on the immediate time point (P < 0.01) and decrease on following the 1 min time point (P < 0.01) after contrast. Significant decrease of ADC value was still found at 3min and 5min time point in the meningioma group (P < 0.01) with gradual normalization over time. The ADC values of normal brain tissues demonstrated significant initial elevation on the immediately postcontrast DWI sequence (P < 0.01). Conclusion: Contrast medium can cause a slight but statistically significant change on the ADC value within a short temporal interval after the contrast administration. The effect is both time and lesion-type dependent.
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