Phantom-based Correction for Standardization of Myocardial Native T1 and Extracellular Volume Fraction in Healthy Subjects at 3-Tesla Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Overview

Journal Eur Radiol

Specialty Radiology

Date 2022 Jun 30

PMID 35771246

Authors

Young Joo Suh

Pan Ki Kim

Jinho Park

Eun-Ah Park

Jung Im Jung

Byoung Wook Choi

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Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the effect of the phantom-based correction method for standardizing myocardial native T1 and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) in healthy subjects.

Methods: Seventy-one healthy asymptomatic adult (≥ 20 years) volunteers of five different age groups (34 men and 37 women, 45.5 ± 15.5 years) were prospectively enrolled in three academic hospitals. Cardiac MRI including Modified Look - Locker Inversion recovery T1 mapping sequence was performed using a 3-Tesla system with a different type of scanner for each hospital. Native T1 and ECV were measured in the short-axis T1 map and analyzed for mean values of the 16 entire segments. The myocardial T1 value of each subject was corrected based on the site-specific equation derived from the T1 Mapping and ECV Standardization phantom. The global native T1 and ECV were compared between institutions before and after phantom-based correction, and the variation in native T1 and ECV among institutions was assessed using a coefficient of variation (CoV).

Results: The global native T1 value significantly differed between the institutions (1198.7 ± 32.1 ms, institution A; 1217.7 ± 39.9 ms, institution B; 1232.7 ± 31.1 ms, institution C; p = 0.002), but the mean ECV did not (26.6-27.5%, p = 0.355). After phantom-based correction, the global native T1 and ECV were 1289.7 ± 32.4 ms and 25.0 ± 2.7%, respectively, and CoV for native T1 between the three institutions decreased from 3.0 to 2.5%. The corrected native T1 value did not significantly differ between institutions (1284.5 ± 31.5 ms, institution A; 1296.5 ± 39.1 ms, institution B; 1291.3 ± 29.3 ms, institution C; p = 0.440), and neither did the ECV (24.4-25.9%, p = 0.078).

Conclusions: The phantom-based correction method can provide standardized reference T1 values in healthy subjects.

Key Points: • After phantom-based correction, the global native T1 of 16 entire myocardial segments on 3-T cardiac MRI is 1289.4 ± 32.4 ms, and the extracellular volume fraction was 25.0 ± 2.7% for healthy subjects. • After phantom - based correction was applied, the differences in the global native T1 among institutions became insignificant, and the CoV also decreased from 3.0 to 2.5%.

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