Journal Article DKFZ-2024-00015

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The Potential of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Enhanced MRI at 7 T Compared With 3 T for Detecting Small Suspicious Lymph Nodes in Patients With Prostate Cancer.

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2024
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Investigative radiology 59(7), 519-525 () [10.1097/RLI.0000000000001056]
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Abstract: Accurate detection of lymph node (LN) metastases in prostate cancer (PCa) is a challenging but crucial step for disease staging. Ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables distinction between healthy LNs and nodes suspicious for harboring metastases. When combined with MRI at an ultra-high magnetic field, an unprecedented spatial resolution can be exploited to visualize these LNs.The aim of this study was to explore USPIO-enhanced MRI at 7 T in comparison to 3 T for the detection of small suspicious LNs in the same cohort of patients with PCa.Twenty PCa patients with high-risk primary or recurrent disease were referred to our hospital for an investigational USPIO-enhanced 3 T MRI examination with ferumoxtran-10. With consent, they underwent a 7 T MRI on the same day. Three-dimensional anatomical and T2*-weighted images of both examinations were evaluated blinded, with an interval, by 2 readers who annotated LNs suspicious for metastases. Number, size, and level of suspicion (LoS) of LNs were paired within patients and compared between field strengths.At 7 T, both readers annotated significantly more LNs compared with 3 T (474 and 284 vs 344 and 162), with 116 suspicious LNs on 7 T (range, 1-34 per patient) and 79 suspicious LNs on 3 T (range, 1-14 per patient) in 17 patients. For suspicious LNs, the median short axis diameter was 2.6 mm on 7 T (1.3-9.5 mm) and 2.8 mm for 3 T (1.7-10.4 mm, P = 0.05), with large overlap in short axis of annotated LNs between LoS groups. At 7 T, significantly more suspicious LNs had a short axis <2.5 mm compared with 3 T (44% vs 27%). Magnetic resonance imaging at 7 T provided better image quality and structure delineation and a higher LoS score for suspicious nodes.In the same cohort of patients with PCa, more and more small LNs were detected on 7 T USPIO-enhanced MRI compared with 3 T MRI. Suspicious LNs are generally very small, and increased nodal size was not a good indication of suspicion for the presence of metastases. The high spatial resolution of USPIO-enhanced MRI at 7 T improves structure delineation and the visibility of very small suspicious LNs, potentially expanding the in vivo detection limits of pelvic LN metastases in PCa patients.

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Note: 2024 Jul 1;59(7):519-525

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  1. E020 Med. Physik in der Radiologie (E020)
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  1. 315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315) (POF4-315)

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