Sensitivity and Specificity of Linear Array Intraoperative Ultrasound in Glioblastoma Surgery: a Comparative Study with High Field Intraoperative MRI and Conventional Sector Array Ultrasound

Overview

Journal Neurosurg Rev

Specialty Neurosurgery

Date 2015 Apr 10

PMID 25855197

Citations 27

Authors

Jan Coburger

Angelika Scheuerle

Thomas Kapapa

Jens Engelke

Dietmar Rudolf Thal

Christian R Wirtz

Ralph Konig

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Abstract

Introduction: Linear array intraoperative ultrasound (lioUS) is an emerging technology for intracranial use. We evaluated sensitivity and specificity of lioUS to detect residual tumor in patients harboring a glioblastoma.

Methods: After near total resection in 20 patients, residual tumor detection using lioUS, conventional intraoperative ultrasound (cioUS), and gadopentetic-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid (Gd-DTPA)-enhanced intraoperative MRI (iMRI) were compared. Sensitivity and specificity were calculated based on 68 navigated biopsies. Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves and correlation with histopathological findings of each imaging modality were calculated. Additionally, results were evaluated in the subgroup of recurrent disease (23 biopsies in 8 patients).

Results: Sensitivity of lioUS (76 %) was significantly higher compared with iMRI (55 %) and cioUS (24 %). Specificity of lioUS (58 %) was significantly lower than in cioUS (96 %), while there was no significant difference to iMRI (74 %). All imaging modalities correlated significantly with histopathological findings. In the subgroup of recurrent disease, sensitivity and specificity decreased in all modalities. However, cioUS showed significant lower values than iMRI and lioUS. In ROC curves, lioUS showed a higher area und the curve (AUC) in comparison with iMRI and cioUS. We found similar results in the subgroup of recurrent disease.

Conclusion: Tumor detection using a lioUS is significantly superior to cioUS. Overall test performance in lioUS is comparable with results of iMRI. While, the latter has a higher specificity and a significantly lower sensitivity in comparison with lioUS.

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