Comparative study of 18F-FDG PET/MRI and 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma
Liu Xuanli1,2, Jiang Shuangshi1, Yao Yutong2, Zhou Ying1, Feng Hongyan1, Tu Ning1, Xie Xinli3, Bu Lihong1, Han Fang2
1Department of PET Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China; 2Department of PET/CT Medical Center, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian 116001, China; 3Department of Nuclear Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University/Henan Provincial Key Medical Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Zhengzhou 450052, China
Abstract:Objective This study aims to investigate the diagnostic value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in primary lesions and metastases of renal carcinoma by comparing the overall detection rate, lesion conspicuity, and reader confidence of 18F-FDG PET and computed tomography (CT) with hetero-computer fused 18F-FDG PET/MRI. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted by retrospectively analyzing 68 patients with renal carcinoma diagnosed by histological pathology at the People's Hospital of Wuhan University from March 2018 to April 2023. All patients underwent whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT and all-machine fusion 18F-FDG PET/MR examinations on the same day. Two readers observed PET-positive lesions, including primary and metastatic lesions, and evaluated and compared the clarity of PET-positive lesions on corresponding 18F-FDG PET/CT and PET/MRI images. The diagnostic confidence score was used to evaluate the diagnostic rate of 18F-FDG PET/CT or 18F-FDG PET/MRI in renal cell carcinoma. Results Sixty-eight patients with renal carcinoma, by combining early and delayed imaging, 18F-FDG PET/CT and 18F-FDG PET/MRI detected the same number of positive lesions, including 58 primary lesions, 44 lymph node metastasis, 28 liver metastases, and 20 bone metastases. The 18F-FDG PET/CT primary focal clarity score was [3.00 (2.00, 3.25) points], which was lower than those of 18F-FDG PET/MRI T1 weighted image (T1WI) [4.00 (3.00, 4.00) points], T2 weighted image (T2WI) [4.00 (4.00, 4.00) points] and diffusion weighted image (DWI) [4.00 (4.00, 4.00) points], and the differences were statistically significant (Z=4.91, 5.78, 5.97; all P values <0.001). The resolution scores of 18F-FDG PET/MRI T1WI, T2WI, and DWI for hepatic metastasis were [3.00 (3.00, 4.00)], [4.00 (3.00, 4.00)], and [4.00 (4.00, 4.00)], respectively. All of them were better than the 18F-FDG PET/CT resolution score of [2.50 (1.00, 3.00)], and the difference was statistically significant (Z=3.86, 3.76, 3.96; all P values < 0.05). For bone metastases, the articulation scores of 18F-FDG PET/MRI T1WI, T2WI and DWI were [3.00 (3.00, 4.00)], [4.00 (3.00, 4.00)], and [4.00 (4.00, 4.00)], which were better than that of 18F-FDG PET/CT [2.00 (1.00, 3.00)], and the difference was statistically significant (Z = 3.37, 3.32, 3.55; all P values < 0.05). For lymph node metastasis, the resolution score of 18F-FDG PET/MRI DWI [3.50 (3.00, 4.00)] was higher than that of 18F-FDG PET/CT[3.00 (3.00, 4.00)], and the difference was statistically significant (Z=2.44, P=0.014). Among the 68 patients, the diagnostic confidence score of 18F-FDG PET/MRI [2.00 (2.00, 2.00)] was significantly higher than that of 18F-FDG PET/CT [1.00 (1.00, 1.00)], and the difference was statistically significant (Z=4.47, P<0.001). Conclusion No difference was found in the detection rate of PET-positive lesions between 18F-FDG PET/CT and 18F-FDG PET/MRI, but the latter provided better focal clarity and higher diagnostic confidence scores. 18F-FDG PET/MRI is better than 18F-FDG PET/CT in displaying lymph node, liver, and bone metastases.
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