Comparison of superb microvascular imaging (SMI) quantified with ImageJ to quantified contrast-enhanced ultrasound (qCEUS) in liver metastases-a pilot study.
Doppler ultrasound
Liver
computer-assisted image analyses
contrast-enhanced ultrasound
metastasis
Journal
Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
ISSN: 2223-4292
Titre abrégé: Quant Imaging Med Surg
Pays: China
ID NLM: 101577942
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
Historique:
received:
07
04
2021
accepted:
12
10
2021
entrez:
14
3
2022
pubmed:
15
3
2022
medline:
15
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of the study was to compare methods for the assessment of vascularisation of liver metastases (LM) between superb microvascular imaging (SMI), contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and microvascular density (MVD). SMI results were quantified as the vascularisation quotient (VQ), based on a grey-scale analysis with ImageJ image software. Those results were compared to contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) values, calculated with VueBox This study included 13 patients with LM. The VQ showed a strong correlation with the quantified parameters of contrast-enhanced ultrasound. The parameters of quantified contrast-enhanced ultrasound compared with quantified SMI showed the following statistical correlations: peak enhancement (PE), in arbitrary unit (a.u.) (r=0.72104, P=0.0054), PE in Decibel (dB) (r=0.65918, P=0.00141), Wash-in- Area Under the Curve (WiAUC) in a.u. (r=0.63604, P=0.00194), Wash-in Perfusion-Index (WiPI) in a.u. (r=0.73337, P=0.0043), Wash-in Perfusion-Index (WiPI) in dB (r=0.65642, P=0.0194), Wash-in-Rate (WiR) in a.u. (r=0.7304, P=0.0036) and Wash-in-Rate (WiR) in dB (r=0.82897, P=0.0005). Comparison of the two methods, SMI and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), for quantitative assessment of vascularisation of LM showed good correlation. The contrast-independent Doppler technique SMI can qualitatively assess the vascularisation of LM.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
The aim of the study was to compare methods for the assessment of vascularisation of liver metastases (LM) between superb microvascular imaging (SMI), contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and microvascular density (MVD).
Methods
UNASSIGNED
SMI results were quantified as the vascularisation quotient (VQ), based on a grey-scale analysis with ImageJ image software. Those results were compared to contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) values, calculated with VueBox
Results
UNASSIGNED
This study included 13 patients with LM. The VQ showed a strong correlation with the quantified parameters of contrast-enhanced ultrasound. The parameters of quantified contrast-enhanced ultrasound compared with quantified SMI showed the following statistical correlations: peak enhancement (PE), in arbitrary unit (a.u.) (r=0.72104, P=0.0054), PE in Decibel (dB) (r=0.65918, P=0.00141), Wash-in- Area Under the Curve (WiAUC) in a.u. (r=0.63604, P=0.00194), Wash-in Perfusion-Index (WiPI) in a.u. (r=0.73337, P=0.0043), Wash-in Perfusion-Index (WiPI) in dB (r=0.65642, P=0.0194), Wash-in-Rate (WiR) in a.u. (r=0.7304, P=0.0036) and Wash-in-Rate (WiR) in dB (r=0.82897, P=0.0005).
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
Comparison of the two methods, SMI and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), for quantitative assessment of vascularisation of LM showed good correlation. The contrast-independent Doppler technique SMI can qualitatively assess the vascularisation of LM.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35284256
doi: 10.21037/qims-21-383
pii: qims-12-03-1762
pmc: PMC8899953
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1762-1774Informations de copyright
2022 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://dx.doi.org/10.21037/qims-21-383). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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