Comparative analysis of the image quality and diagnostic performance of the zooming technique with diffusion-weighted imaging using different b-values for thyroid papillary carcinomas and benign nodules.
Frontiers in oncology(2024)
Abstract
Objective:To compare image quality and diagnostic performance using different b-values for the zooming technique with diffusion-weighted imaging (ZOOMit-DWI) in thyroid nodules.
Materials and methods:A total of 51 benign thyroid nodules and 50 thyroid papillary carcinomas were included. ZOOMit-DWI was performed with b-values of 0, 500, 1000, 1500 and 2000 s/mm2. The sharpness was evaluated as subjective index. The signal intensity ratio (SIR), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were measured as objective indices. Pairwise comparisons were performed among the different b-value groups using the Friedman test. A receiver operating characteristic curve of the ADC value was used to evaluate diagnostic performance. The DeLong test was used to compare diagnostic effectiveness among the different b-value groups.
Results:In both the papillary carcinoma group (P = 0.670) and the benign nodule group (P = 0.185), the sharpness of nodules was similar between b-values of 1000 s/mm2and 1500 s/mm2. In the papillary carcinoma group, the SIRnodule was statistically higher in DWI images with a b-value of 1500 s/mm2than in DWI images with b-values of 500 s/mm2(P = 0.004), 1000 s/mm2(P = 0.002), and 2000 s/mm2(P = 0.003). When the b-values were 1500 s/mm2(P = 0.008) and 2000 s/mm2(P = 0.009), the SIRnodule significantly differed between the papillary carcinoma group and the benign nodule group. When b = 500 s/mm2, the ADC had an AUC of 0.888. When b = 1000 s/mm2, the ADC had an AUC of 0.881. When b = 1500 s/mm2, the ADC had an AUC of 0.896. When b = 2000 s/mm2, the ADC had an AUC of 0.871. The DeLong test showed comparable diagnostic effectiveness among the different b-value groups except for between b-values of 2000 s/mm2and 1500 s/mm2, with a b-value of 2000 s/mm2showing lower effectiveness.
Conclusion:This study suggests that 1500 s/mm2may be a suitable b-value to differentiate benign and malignant thyroid nodules in ZOOMit-DWI images, which yielded better image quality.
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Key words
diffusion-weighted imaging,b-value,thyroid nodule,image quality,diagnostic performance
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