Aim: To evaluate the potential role of signal intensities calculated in T2 images as an adjunctive parameter in the analysis of mass-like enhancements classified as BIRADS (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System) assessment categories 2, 3, 4 or 5 with the standard T1 criteria. Materials and methods: After a retrospective review of 338-breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) performed for the evaluation of a suspicious lesion we selected a group of 65 mass-like enhancements ranging from 5 to 20 mm, classified as BIRADS assessment categories 2, 3, 4 or 5, histologically proved. In all cases we calculated the ratio between the signal intensity (SI) of the nodule and the pectoralis major muscle (LMSIR, lesion to muscle signal intensity ratio) with a multiROIs (region of interest) analysis on T2 images. A ROC analysis was performed to test the ability of the two diagnostic parameters separately considered (BIRADS and LMSIR) and combined in a new mono-dimensional variable obtained by a computerized discriminant function. Results: Histological examination assessed 34 malignant lesions (52.3%) and 31 benign lesions (47.7%). The evaluation of ROC curves gave the following results: BIRADS area under the curve (AUC) 0.913, S.E. 0.0368, LMSIR AUC 0.854, S.E. 0.0487, combined BIRADS-LMSIR AUC 0.965, S.E. 0.0191 with a definitive increase in the AUC between the overall ROC area and those of the two diagnostic modalities separately considered. Discussion: T2-weighted SI assessment with LMSIR measurement improves the diagnostic information content of standard breast MRI and can be considered a promising potential tool in the differential diagnosis of mass-like enhancements judged as borderline lesions (BIRADS 3 and 4). (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Breast MRI: Are T2 IR sequences useful in the evaluation of breast lesions? / Ballesio, Laura; Savelli, Sara; Angeletti, Marco; Porfiri, Lucio Maria; D'Ambrosio, Ilaria; Maggi, Claudia; DI CASTRO, Elisabetta; Bennati, Paolo; Gloria Pasqua, Fanelli; Vestri, Anna Rita; Manganaro, Lucia. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 0720-048X. - 71:1(2009), pp. 96-101. [10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.03.025]

Breast MRI: Are T2 IR sequences useful in the evaluation of breast lesions?

BALLESIO, Laura;SAVELLI, SARA;ANGELETTI, MARCO;PORFIRI, Lucio Maria;D'AMBROSIO, ILARIA;MAGGI, CLAUDIA;DI CASTRO, Elisabetta;BENNATI, Paolo;VESTRI, Anna Rita;MANGANARO, Lucia
2009

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Aim: To evaluate the potential role of signal intensities calculated in T2 images as an adjunctive parameter in the analysis of mass-like enhancements classified as BIRADS (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System) assessment categories 2, 3, 4 or 5 with the standard T1 criteria. Materials and methods: After a retrospective review of 338-breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) performed for the evaluation of a suspicious lesion we selected a group of 65 mass-like enhancements ranging from 5 to 20 mm, classified as BIRADS assessment categories 2, 3, 4 or 5, histologically proved. In all cases we calculated the ratio between the signal intensity (SI) of the nodule and the pectoralis major muscle (LMSIR, lesion to muscle signal intensity ratio) with a multiROIs (region of interest) analysis on T2 images. A ROC analysis was performed to test the ability of the two diagnostic parameters separately considered (BIRADS and LMSIR) and combined in a new mono-dimensional variable obtained by a computerized discriminant function. Results: Histological examination assessed 34 malignant lesions (52.3%) and 31 benign lesions (47.7%). The evaluation of ROC curves gave the following results: BIRADS area under the curve (AUC) 0.913, S.E. 0.0368, LMSIR AUC 0.854, S.E. 0.0487, combined BIRADS-LMSIR AUC 0.965, S.E. 0.0191 with a definitive increase in the AUC between the overall ROC area and those of the two diagnostic modalities separately considered. Discussion: T2-weighted SI assessment with LMSIR measurement improves the diagnostic information content of standard breast MRI and can be considered a promising potential tool in the differential diagnosis of mass-like enhancements judged as borderline lesions (BIRADS 3 and 4). (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
2009
breast; breast tumors; differential diagnosis; mr imaging
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Breast MRI: Are T2 IR sequences useful in the evaluation of breast lesions? / Ballesio, Laura; Savelli, Sara; Angeletti, Marco; Porfiri, Lucio Maria; D'Ambrosio, Ilaria; Maggi, Claudia; DI CASTRO, Elisabetta; Bennati, Paolo; Gloria Pasqua, Fanelli; Vestri, Anna Rita; Manganaro, Lucia. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 0720-048X. - 71:1(2009), pp. 96-101. [10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.03.025]
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