McTFI QSM MRI ABC/2 Intracranial Hemorrhage to Noncontrast Head CT Volume Measurement Equivalence

Overview

Journal J Neurol Sci

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Neurology

Date 2024 Jan 3

PMID 38171071

Authors

Asad Ikram

Ria Sharma

Magdy Selim

Geunwon Kim-Sun

Tamkin Shahraki

Ajith J Thomas

Aristotelis Filippidis

Yan Wen

Pascal Spincemaille

Yi Wang

Salil Soman

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Abstract

Background/objectives: Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) volume assessment is an important part of patient management and is routinely obtained by non-contrast head CT (NCHCT) using the validated ABC/2 measurement method. Because conventional MRI imaging sequences demonstrate variability in ICH appearance, volumetric analyses for MRI bleed volume in a standardized manner using ABC/2 is not possible. The recently introduced multiecho-complex total field inversion quantitative susceptibility mapping (mcTFI QSM) MRI technique, which maps brain tissue susceptibility to both depict brain tissue structures and quantify tissue susceptibility, may provide a viable alternative. In this study we evaluated mcTFI QSM ABC/2 ICH volume assessment relative to NCHCT.

Methods: Patients with ICH who had undergone NCHCT and MRI brain scans within 48 h were recruited for this retrospective study. The ABC/2 method was applied to estimate the bleed volume for both NCHCT and MRI by a CAQ-certified neuroradiologist with 10 years of experience and a trained laboratory assistant. Results were analyzed via Bland-Altman (B-A) and linear regression.

Results: 54 patients (27 females) who had undergone NCHCT and MRI within 48 h (<24 h., n = 31, 24-48 h, n = 10) were enrolled. mcTFI QSM ICH volume measurement method showed a positive correlation (99.5%) compared to NCHCT. B-A plot comparing ABC/2 ICH volume on NCHCT and mcTFI MRI done for patients within 24 h demonstrates a bias of -0.09%.

Conclusions: ICH volume calculation using ABC/2 on mcTFI QSM showed a high correlation with NCHCT measurement. These results suggest mcTFI QSM is a promising MRI method for ABC/2 for bleed volume measurement.

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