Journal
METABOLITES
Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/metabo12100901
Keywords
CEST; MRS; FET-PET; ultra-high field MRI; glioma
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Funding
- Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project [2018SHZDZX01]
- ZJLab, Shanghai Hospital Development Center [SHDC2020CR3073B]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81971583, 82272063, 82127801]
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In this study, the diagnostic accuracy of combined CEST and MRS in predicting glioma infiltration was evaluated. The results showed that CEST and MRS were correlated with FET-PET, but the correlation between CEST and MRS was weaker. The combination of CEST/MRS predicted tumor infiltration more accurately than using CEST or MRS alone.
For precise delineation of glioma extent, amino acid PET is superior to conventional MR imaging. Since metabolic MR sequences such as chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging and MR spectroscopy (MRS) were developed, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of combined CEST and MRS to predict glioma infiltration. Eighteen glioma patients of different tumor grades were enrolled in this study; F-18-fluoroethyltyrosine (FET)-PET, amide proton transfer CEST at 7 Tesla(T), MRS and conventional MR at 3T were conducted preoperatively. Multi modalities and their association were evaluated using Pearson correlation analysis patient-wise and voxel-wise. Both CEST (R = 0.736, p < 0.001) and MRS (R = 0.495, p = 0.037) correlated with FET-PET, while the correlation between CEST and MRS was weaker. In subgroup analysis, APT values were significantly higher in high grade glioma (3.923 +/- 1.239) and IDH wildtype group (3.932 +/- 1.264) than low grade glioma (3.317 +/- 0.868, p < 0.001) or IDH mutant group (3.358 +/- 0.847, p < 0.001). Using high FET uptake as the standard, the CEST/MRS combination (AUC, 95% CI: 0.910, 0.907-0.913) predicted tumor infiltration better than CEST (0.812, 0.808-0.815) or MRS (0.888, 0.885-0.891) alone, consistent with contrast-enhancing and T2-hyperintense areas. Probability maps of tumor presence constructed from the CEST/MRS combination were preliminarily verified by multi-region biopsies. The combination of 7T CEST/MRS might serve as a promising non-radioactive alternative to delineate glioma infiltration, thus reshaping the guidance for tumor resection and irradiation.
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