Background <p>Unlike whole-tumor summary metrics, voxel-wise metrics in positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) capture tumor heterogeneity. This study aimed to determine the voxel-wise repeatability of the standardized uptake value (SUV), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), and SUV/ADC ratio, compared with whole-tumor summary metrics, on 2-deoxy-2-[<sup>18</sup>F]fluoro-D-glucose ([<sup>18</sup>F]FDG) PET/MRI.</p> Methods <p>Ten patients with newly diagnosed cervical cancer underwent two [<sup>18</sup>F]FDG-PET/MRIs 1–7 days apart. In MIM version 6.7, cervical tumor volumes of interest (VOIs) were manually delineated on PET images and ADC maps for both sessions. A deformable registration algorithm was run, using either the first session PET (PET1) or ADC (ADC1) VOI as the deformation target for the other three VOIs. SUV, ADC, and SUV/ADC values were extracted for each voxel. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and Bland-Altman statistics were calculated. Statistical significance was assessed via the Wilcoxon signed rank test.</p> Results <p>SUV had better voxel-wise relative repeatability coefficients (RC-rel) for the ADC1 versus PET1 target (50.2% vs. 56.7% [<i>P</i> = 0.04]). Similarly, ADC had better voxel-wise RC-rel for the PET1 versus ADC1 target (30.9% vs. 36.6% [<i>P</i> = 0.01]). SUV/ADC had no significant target-related difference. For SUV, subject-level voxel-wise ICC interquartile ranges (0.72–0.91) were similar to cohort-level ICCs for SUV<sub>mean</sub> (0.81–0.83). In contrast, for ADC, subject-level ICC interquartile ranges (0.48–0.72) were substantially lower than cohort-level ICCs for ADC<sub>mean</sub> (0.84–0.86).</p> Conclusion <p>On [<sup>18</sup>F]FDG-PET/MRI, deformation targets have small but significant effects on voxel-wise repeatability. For SUV and ADC, whole-tumor metrics had better repeatability than voxel-wise metrics.</p>

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Voxel-wise Repeatability of [18F]FDG PET/MRI Quantitative Metrics in Cervical Cancer

  • Tyler J. Fraum,
  • Prithvi Nagarajan,
  • Richard L. Wahl

摘要

Background

Unlike whole-tumor summary metrics, voxel-wise metrics in positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) capture tumor heterogeneity. This study aimed to determine the voxel-wise repeatability of the standardized uptake value (SUV), apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), and SUV/ADC ratio, compared with whole-tumor summary metrics, on 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) PET/MRI.

Methods

Ten patients with newly diagnosed cervical cancer underwent two [18F]FDG-PET/MRIs 1–7 days apart. In MIM version 6.7, cervical tumor volumes of interest (VOIs) were manually delineated on PET images and ADC maps for both sessions. A deformable registration algorithm was run, using either the first session PET (PET1) or ADC (ADC1) VOI as the deformation target for the other three VOIs. SUV, ADC, and SUV/ADC values were extracted for each voxel. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and Bland-Altman statistics were calculated. Statistical significance was assessed via the Wilcoxon signed rank test.

Results

SUV had better voxel-wise relative repeatability coefficients (RC-rel) for the ADC1 versus PET1 target (50.2% vs. 56.7% [P = 0.04]). Similarly, ADC had better voxel-wise RC-rel for the PET1 versus ADC1 target (30.9% vs. 36.6% [P = 0.01]). SUV/ADC had no significant target-related difference. For SUV, subject-level voxel-wise ICC interquartile ranges (0.72–0.91) were similar to cohort-level ICCs for SUVmean (0.81–0.83). In contrast, for ADC, subject-level ICC interquartile ranges (0.48–0.72) were substantially lower than cohort-level ICCs for ADCmean (0.84–0.86).

Conclusion

On [18F]FDG-PET/MRI, deformation targets have small but significant effects on voxel-wise repeatability. For SUV and ADC, whole-tumor metrics had better repeatability than voxel-wise metrics.