Meeting Banner
Abstract #0708

Histogram analysis of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM)-MRI and FDG-PET parameters in breast cancer patients

Eric Edward Sigmund 1 , Linda Moy 1 , Jin Ah Kim 1 , Sungheon Kim 1 , Akshat Pujara 1 , Alana Amarosa 1 , Komal Jhaveri 2 , James Babb 1 , Christian Geppert 3 , Christopher Glielmi 3 , Gene Young Cho 1 , Thorsten Feiweier 4 , Kimberly Jackson 1 , and Amy Melsaether 1

1 Radiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States, 2 Oncology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, United States, 3 Siemens Medical Solutions, New York, NY, United States, 4 Healthcare Sector, Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany

Histogram analysis of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM)-MRI and FDG-PET parameters in breast cancer patients Diffusion-weighted MRI, particularly its vascular-sensitive variant intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM), and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) are powerful individual probes of aggressiveness in breast cancer, with potential synergies on the simultaneous MR/PET platform. To investigate their complementarity, we studied the relationships between metrics from full lesion histogram analysis (mean, maximum, minimum, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis) of their respective parametric maps, as well as with clinical tumor markers. A cohort of 14 breast cancer patients with a dedicated breast coil were included. Results confirm canonical malignancy trends such the inverse relation between minimum ADC and maximum SUV (r=0.5), relations between markers heterogeneity metrics. Multiple regression models suggest combinations of mean, extremal, and variance metrics improve correlation with tumor markers, suggesting potential for imaging surrogates to tumor profile evaluation.

How to access this content:

For one year after publication, abstracts and videos are only open to registrants of this annual meeting. Registrants should use their existing login information. Non-registrant access can be purchased via the ISMRM E-Library.

After one year, current ISMRM & ISMRT members get free access to both the abstracts and videos. Non-members and non-registrants must purchase access via the ISMRM E-Library.

After two years, the meeting proceedings (abstracts) are opened to the public and require no login information. Videos remain behind password for access by members, registrants and E-Library customers.

Click here for more information on becoming a member.

Keywords