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Diffusion-Weighted Imaging to Assess HPV-Positive versus HPV-Negative Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: The Importance of b-Values
Controversy exists as to whether ADC histograms are capable to distinguish human papillomavirus-positive (HPV+) from human papillomavirus-negative (HPV-) oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. We investigated how the choice of b-values influences the capability of ADC histograms to distinguish betwe...
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Published in: | American journal of neuroradiology : AJNR 2022-06, Vol.43 (6), p.905-912 |
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Summary: | Controversy exists as to whether ADC histograms are capable to distinguish human papillomavirus-positive (HPV+) from human papillomavirus-negative (HPV-) oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. We investigated how the choice of b-values influences the capability of ADC histograms to distinguish between the two tumor types.
Thirty-four consecutive patients with histologically proved primary oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (11 HPV+ and 23 HPV-) underwent 3T MR imaging with a single-shot EPI DWI sequence with 6 b-values (0, 50, 100, 500, 750, 1000 s/mm
). Monoexponentially calculated perfusion-sensitive (including
=0 s/mm
) and perfusion-insensitive/true diffusion ADC maps (with b ≥ 100 s/mm
as the lowest b-value) were generated using Matlab. The choice of b-values included 2 b-values (ADC
, ADC
, ADC
, ADC
) and 3-6 b-values (ADC
, ADC
, ADC
, ADC
, ADC
). Readers blinded to the HPV- status contoured all tumors. ROIs were then copied onto ADC maps, and their histograms were compared.
ADC histogram metrics in HPV+ and HPV- oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma changed significantly depending on the b-values. The mean ADC was lower, and skewness was higher in HPV+ than in HPV- oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma only for ADC
ADC
, and ADC
(
< .05), allowing distinction between the 2 tumor types. Kurtosis was significantly higher in HPV+ versus HPV- oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma for all b-value combinations except 2 perfusion-insensitive maps (ADC
and ADC
). Among all b-value combinations, kurtosis on ADC
had the highest diagnostic performance to distinguish HPV+ from HPV- oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (area under the curve = 0.893; sensitivity = 100%, specificity = 82.6%). Acquiring multiple b-values for ADC calculation did not improve the distinction between HPV+ and HPV- oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
The choice of b-values significantly affects ADC histogram metrics in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Distinguishing HPV+ from HPV- oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma is best possible on the ADC
map. |
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ISSN: | 0195-6108 1936-959X |
DOI: | 10.3174/ajnr.A7521 |