Quantitative multivolume proton-MRI in patients with cystic fibrosis lung disease: comparison with clinical indicators
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2019
Citazione:
Quantitative multivolume proton-MRI in patients with cystic fibrosis lung disease: comparison with clinical indicators / F. Pennati, C. Salito, I. Borzani, G. Cervellin, S. Gambazza, R. Guarise, M.C. Russo, C. Colombo, A. Aliverti. - In: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. - ISSN 0903-1936. - 53:5(2019 May 23). [10.1183/13993003.02020-2017]
Abstract:
This cross-sectional study aims to verify the relationship between quantitative multivolume
proton-magnetic resonance imaging (1 H-MRI) and clinical indicators of ventilatory abnormalities in cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease.
Non-enhanced chest MRI, spirometry and multiple breath washout was performed by 28 patients (10–27 years) with CF lung disease. Images acquired at end-inspiration and end-expiration were registered by optical flow to estimate expiratory–inspiratory proton-density change (Δ1 H-MRI) as a measure of regional ventilation. Magnetic resonance images were also evaluated using a CF-specific scoring system.Biomarkers of CF ventilation impairment were defined from the Δ1 H-MRI as follows: Δ1 H-MRI median, Δ1 H-MRI quartile coefficient of variation (QCV) and percentage of low-ventilation volume
(%LVV). Imaging biomarkers correlated to all the clinical measures of ventilation abnormality, with the strongest correlation between Δ1 H-MRI median and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (r2 =0.44, p<0.001), Δ1 H-MRI QCV and lung clearance index (LCI) (r2 =0.51, p<0.001) and %LVV and LCI (r2=0.66, p<0.001).
Correlations were also found between imaging biomarkers of ventilation and morphological scoring.
The study showed a significant correlation between quantitative multivolume MRI and clinical indicators of CF lung disease. MRI, as a non-ionising imaging technique, may be particularly attractive in CF care for longitudinal evaluation, providing a new imaging biomarker to detect early ventilatory abnormalities.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
F. Pennati, C. Salito, I. Borzani, G. Cervellin, S. Gambazza, R. Guarise, M.C. Russo, C. Colombo, A. Aliverti
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