To compare the clinical value of quantitative parameters derived from intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) and arterial spin labeling (ASL) for staging nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and determine the correlation of these quantitative parameters.
Methods:
Fifty-six consecutive patients with pathological confirmed NPC were performed both ASL and IVIM imaging and were assigned into low- or high-tumor stage groups. The mean
minimum and maximum values of four parameters [TBF
slow ADC (
D
)、fast ADC (
D
*
)
perfusion fraction (
f
)] were calculated. The reliability was estimated with intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) and Bland-Altman plots. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was applied to determine diagnostic performance. Spearman analysis was used to analyze the correlation between ASL and IVIM parameters.
Results:
TBF
mean
and
f
mean
in the low T-stage and clinical-stage groups were significantly higher than those in the high T-stage and clinical-stage groups. For differentiating low from high T-stage NPCs
TBF
mean
showed higher AUC compared with
f
mean
(0.888
vs
0.789
P
=0.022). For differentiating low from high clinical-stage NPCs
TBF
mean
showed higher AUC than
f
mean
(0.838
vs
0.741
P
=0.025). TBF
mean
showed moderate correlation with
f
mean
(
r
=0.632
P
<0.001).
Conclusion:
Compared with
f
mean
derived from IVIM
TBF
mean
derived from ASL achieved better performance for differentiating low T-stage and clinical-stage from high T-stage and clinical-stage in NPC. These ASL and IVIM perfusion parameters were moderately positively correlated.
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