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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 208-213Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00310-8
Keywords
diffusion weighted imaging; apparent diffusion coefficient; tumor necrosis; microstructural changes
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Purpose: The purpose of the this study was to evaluate the potential of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) to distinguish different tissue compartments in early, intermediate and advanced tumor stages. Materials and methods: Twenty-two male mice were induced with squamous cell tumor (SCCVII) and scanned with a clinical 1.5 T scanner. T1-SE, T2-FSE, diffusion weighted Line-Scan-MRI and contrast enhanced T1-SE were obtained from mice with early (tumor volume 10-100 mm(3)), intermediate (200-600 mm(3)), advanced tumors (600-1000 mm(3)) and tumor necrosis ( > 1500 mm(3)). The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of different tumor compartments was calculated offline with a pixel-by-pixel method. The animals were sacrificed immediately after scanning and histopathologic correlation was performed. Results: In early stages of tumor development, tumors appeared homogeneous on diffusion weighted images with an ADC of 0.64+/-0.06 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s. With tumor progression the ADC in the rim areas of tumor increased significantly (intermediate stage: 0.70+/-0.11 X 10(-3) mm(2)/s; advanced stage: 0.88+/-0.11 X 10(-3) mm(2)/s; tumor necrosis 1.03+/-0.06 x 10(-3) mm(2)/s), whereas the ADC in viable tumor remained constant. Histologically the areas with an increased ADC correlated well with areas of necrosis (reduced cell density). Conclusion: The ADC is a non-invasive technique to monitor changes in the biological structure of tumor tissue during tumor progression. Thus, DWI is a potential diagnostic tool for in-vivo tissue characterization. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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