Comparison between MRI-derived ADC maps and 18FLT-PET in pre-operative glioblastoma - 11/10/19
, Solène Collet b, Jean-Marc Constans b, c, Louisa Barré d, Jean-Michel Derlon a, b, Evelyne Emery a, e, Jean-Sébastien Guillamo b, f, Samuel Valable bBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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Graphical abstract |
Highlights |
• | Comparison of ADC map and 18FLT-PET, a proliferation tracer, in glioblastomas. |
• | Areas with low ADC don’t correlate with those of high FLT. |
• | Low ADC is not a reflection of cellular proliferation. |
Abstract |
Background and purpose |
Among principal MRI sequences used for a better pre-therapeutic characterization of glioblastoma (GBM), DWI-derived ADC is expected to be a good parameter for the evaluation of cellularity, due to restricted water diffusivity. We aimed here to compare ADC maps to 18FLT-PET, a proliferation tracer, in GBM cases.
Materials and methods |
Patients underwent 18FLT-PET, followed by multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) just prior to surgery. We analysed in this study twenty GBM confirmed patients. The 5th percentile (5p) of the ADC values were thresholded to define the ADCmin ROI, while the 95th percentile (95p) of the SUV FLT values were used to define the FLTmax ROI. The statistical and spatial correlations between these two groups of ROIs were analyzed.
Results |
We did not observe any significant correlations between ADCmin and FLTmax cut-off values (R2=0.0285), neither between ADCmin and FLTmax ROIs (mean Dice=0.09±0.12). Mean ADC values in the FLTmax defined ROI were significantly higher than the values in the ADCmin ROI (P<0.001). Mean FLT values in the FLTmax ROI were significantly higher than the values in the ADCmin ROI (P<0.001).
Conclusions |
When comparing ADC maps to 18FLT uptake, we did not observe significant anatomical overlap nor correlation, between the regions of low ADC and high FLT disabling to clearly link ADC values to cellular proliferation. The exact significance of ADC maps in GBM has yet to be elaborated.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Glioblastoma, MRI, ADC, 18FLT-PET, Cellularity
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Vol 46 - N° 6
P. 359-366 - novembre 2019 Retour au numéro
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