Liver iron overload assessment by MRI R2* relaxometry in highly transfused pediatric patients: An agreement and reproducibility study - 20/12/14
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Abstract |
Aims |
Perform an agreement and reproducibility study of the estimation of iron overload in highly transfused pediatric patients comparing R2* relaxometry (R2*=1000/T2*) to the reference technique liver/muscle signal intensity ratio (SIR).
Patients and methods |
Ninety-two MRI were performed in 68 children who were mainly transfused for sickle cell disease, mean age 9.9years old. The examination included six sequences for the SIR protocol and a single multiecho T2* sequence. R2* relaxometry was measured by two radiologists independently, either by a region of interest (ROI) in the right liver, or an outline of the whole liver. Hepatic iron load was determined by the Wood formula (Femg/g=R2*×0.0254+0.202). The validity of R2* relaxometry compared to SIR was evaluated by the coefficient of variation and the quadratic weighted Kappa value.
Results |
The correlation between R2* relaxometry and SIR was very good with a Pearson coefficient of 0.89 and a coefficient of variation of 17.3%. The inter- and intraobserver reproducibility of the measurement of R2* relaxometry by ROI and whole liver mapping was excellent. However, we observed a common positive variation of one class between SIR and R2* relaxometry, with higher hepatic iron content values with SIR than with R2* relaxometry.
Conclusion |
Hepatic iron content can be rapidly and precisely estimated on MRI by multiecho gradient-echo sequences.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Iron overload, Liver MRI, Sickle cell disease
Plan
☆ | This study was presented at the Journées françaises de radiologie, October 18–22, 2013, Porte Maillot, Paris, France. |
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