CS-VIBE accelerates cranial nerve MR imaging for the diagnosis of facial neuritis: comparison of the diagnostic performance of post-contrast MPRAGE and CS-VIBE
- 1 January 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in European Radiology
- Vol. 32 (1), 223-233
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-08102-6
Abstract
Objective We aimed to compare the diagnostic performance of post-contrast 3D compressed sensing volume-interpolated breath-hold examination (CS-VIBE) and 3D T1 magnetization-prepared rapid-acquisition gradient-echo (MPRAGE) in detecting facial neuritis. Materials and methods Between February 2019 and September 2019, 60 patients (30 facial palsy patients and 30 controls) who underwent contrast-enhanced cranial nerve MRI with both conventional MPRAGE and CS-VIBE (scan time: 6 min 8 s vs. 2 min 48 s) were included in this retrospective study. All images were independently reviewed by three radiologists for the presence of facial neuritis. In patients with facial palsy, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the pons, enhancement degree and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNRnerve-CSF) of the facial nerve were measured. The overall image quality, artifacts, and facial nerve discrimination were analyzed. The sensitivity and specificity of both sequences were calculated with the clinical diagnosis as a reference. Results CS-VIBE had comparable performance in the detection of facial neuritis to that of MPRAGE (sensitivity and specificity, 97.8% and 99.4% vs. 100.0% and 99.4% in pooled analysis; 97.8% and 98.9% vs. 100.0% and 98.9% in patents with facial palsy, p value > 0.05 for all). CS-VIBE showed significantly lower SNR (p value < 0.001 for all), but significantly higher CNRnerve-CSF (p value < 0.05 for all) than MPRAGE. CS-VIBE also performed better in the overall image quality, artifacts, and facial nerve discrimination than MPRAGE (p value < 0.001 for all). Conclusion CS-VIBE achieved comparable diagnostic performance for facial neuritis compared to the conventional MPRAGE, with the scan time being half of that of MPRAGE.Funding Information
- Chung-Ang University
This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
- Clinical Practice Guideline: Bell's PalsyOtolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, 2013
- MR Diagnosis of Facial Neuritis: Diagnostic Performance of Contrast-Enhanced 3D-FLAIR Technique Compared with Contrast-Enhanced 3D-T1-Fast-Field Echo with Fat SuppressionAmerican Journal of Neuroradiology, 2011
- Evaluation of the early phase of Bell’s palsy using 3 T MRIEuropean Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2011
- Enhancement pattern of the normal facial nerve at 3.0 T temporal MRIThe British Journal of Radiology, 2010
- Prednisolone and valaciclovir in Bell's palsy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trialThe Lancet Neurology, 2008
- The usefulness of clinical findings in localising lesions in Bell's palsy: comparison with MRIJournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2008
- Sparse MRI: The application of compressed sensing for rapid MR imagingMagnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2007
- Parallel imaging reconstruction using automatic regularizationMagnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2004
- Facial Nerve Enhancement in Gd-MRI in Patients with Bell's palsyActa Oto-Laryngologica, 1994
- Contrast-enhanced MR imaging of the facial nerve in 11 patients with Bell's palsy.American Journal of Roentgenology, 1990