Rationale And Objectives: Intratumoral heterogeneity means single site tumor biopsy might not be representative. Here we develop and optimize an MRI-informed robotic multiregional 'smart' biopsy technique in retroperitoneal and pelvic sarcomas (RPS). We also explore the relationship between imaging and histological biomarkers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: MR fingerprinting (MRF) has the potential to quantify treatment response. This study evaluated the repeatability of MRF-derived T and T relaxation times in bone metastasis, bone, and muscle in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.
Materials And Methods: This prospective single-centre study included same-day repeated MRF acquisitions from 20 patients (August 2019-October 2020).
(1) Background: We assessed the test-re-test repeatability of radiomics in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCPRC) bone disease on whole-body diffusion-weighted (DWI) and T1-weighted Dixon MRI. (2) Methods: In 10 mCRPC patients, 1.5 T MRI, including DWI and T1-weighted gradient-echo Dixon sequences, was performed twice on the same day.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiol Artif Intell
July 2024
As the management of gastrointestinal malignancy has evolved, tumor response assessment has expanded from size-based assessments to those that include tumor enhancement, in addition to functional data such as those derived from PET and diffusion-weighted imaging. Accurate interpretation of tumor response therefore requires knowledge of imaging modalities used in gastrointestinal malignancy, anticancer therapies, and tumor biology. Targeted therapies such as immunotherapy pose additional considerations due to unique imaging response patterns and drug toxicity; as a consequence, immunotherapy response criteria have been developed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImage quality in whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) may be degraded by faulty radiofrequency (RF) coil elements or mispositioning of the coil arrays. Phantom-based quality control (QC) is used to identify broken RF coil elements but the frequency of these acquisitions is limited by scanner and staff availability. This work aimed to develop a scan-specific QC acquisition and processing pipeline to detect broken RF coil elements, which is sufficiently rapid to be added to the clinical WB-MRI protocol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To evaluate intra-patient and interobserver agreement in patients who underwent liver MRI with gadoxetic acid using two different multi-arterial phase (AP) techniques.
Methods: A total of 154 prospectively enrolled patients underwent clinical gadoxetic acid-enhanced liver MRI twice within 12 months, using two different multi-arterial algorithms: CAIPIRINHA-VIBE and TWIST-VIBE. For every patient, breath-holding time, body mass index, sex, age were recorded.
Background: Whole-Body Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (WBDWI) is an established technique for staging and evaluating treatment response in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and advanced prostate cancer (APC). However, WBDWI scans show inter- and intra-patient intensity signal variability. This variability poses challenges in accurately quantifying bone disease, tracking changes over follow-up scans, and developing automated tools for bone lesion delineation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRectal tumors extending beyond the total mesorectal excision (TME) plane (beyond-TME) require particular multidisciplinary expertise and oncologic considerations when planning treatment. Imaging is used at all stages of the pathway, such as local tumor staging/restaging, creating an imaging-based "roadmap" to plan surgery for optimal tumor clearance, identifying treatment-related complications, which may be suitable for radiology-guided intervention, and to detect recurrent or metastatic disease, which may be suitable for radiology-guided ablative therapies. Beyond-TME and exenterative surgery have gained acceptance as potentially curative procedures for advanced tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: MAchine Learning In MyelomA Response (MALIMAR) is an observational clinical study combining "real-world" and clinical trial data, both retrospective and prospective. Images were acquired on three MRI scanners over a 10-year window at two institutions, leading to a need for extensive curation.
Methods: Curation involved image aggregation, pseudonymisation, allocation between project phases, data cleaning, upload to an XNAT repository visible from multiple sites, annotation, incorporation of machine learning research outputs and quality assurance using programmatic methods.
ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci
January 2024
Gender is an important risk factor for adverse drug reactions. Women report significantly more adverse drug reactions than men. There is a growing consensus that gender differences in drug PK is a main contributor to higher drug toxicity in women.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To propose a new quality scoring tool, METhodological RadiomICs Score (METRICS), to assess and improve research quality of radiomics studies.
Methods: We conducted an online modified Delphi study with a group of international experts. It was performed in three consecutive stages: Stage#1, item preparation; Stage#2, panel discussion among EuSoMII Auditing Group members to identify the items to be voted; and Stage#3, four rounds of the modified Delphi exercise by panelists to determine the items eligible for the METRICS and their weights.
Background: Bone biopsies in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients can be challenging. This study's objective was to prospectively validate a multiparametric bone MRI (mpBMRI) algorithm to facilitate target lesion selection in mCRPC patients with sclerotic bone disease for subsequent CT-guided bone biopsies.
Methods: 20 CT-guided bone biopsies were prospectively performed between 02/2021 and 11/2021 in 17 mCRPC patients with only sclerotic bone disease.
T-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) are essential components of cervical cancer diagnosis. However, combining these channels for the training of deep learning models is challenging due to image misalignment. Here, we propose a novel multi-head framework that uses dilated convolutions and shared residual connections for the separate encoding of multiparametric MRI images.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Myeloma Response Assessment and Diagnosis System (MY-RADS) guidelines establish a standardised acquisition and analysis pipeline for whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) in patients with myeloma. This is the first study to assess image quality in a multi-centre prospective trial using MY-RADS.
Methods: The cohort consisted of 121 examinations acquired across ten sites with a range of prior WB-MRI experience, three scanner manufacturers and two field strengths.
Background: Radium-223 is a bone-seeking, ɑ-emitting radionuclide used to treat men with bone metastases from castration-resistant prostate cancer. Sclerotic bone lesions cannot be evaluated using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors. Therefore, imaging response biomarkers are needed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) with simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) acquisition and advanced processing can accelerate acquisition time and improve MR image quality. This study evaluated the image quality and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements of free-breathing DWI acquired from patients with liver metastases using a prototype SMS-DWI acquisition (with/without an advanced processing option) and conventional DWI.
Methods: Four DWI schemes were compared in a pilot 5-patient cohort; three DWI schemes were further assessed in a 24-patient cohort.
Objectives: To compare relative fat fraction (rFF) of active bone lesions from breast, prostate and myeloma malignancies and normal bone marrow; to assess its inter-reader agreement.
Methods: Patients with breast ( = 26), myeloma ( = 32) and prostate cancer ( = 52) were retrospectively evaluated. 110 baseline rFF maps from whole-body MRI were reviewed by two radiologists.
Objectives: To assess the repeatability of quantitative multiparametric whole-body MRI (mpWB-MRI) parameters in advanced prostate cancer (APC) bone metastases.
Methods: 1.5T MRI was performed twice on the same day in 10 APC patients.