• Department of Medical Imaging, Sichuan Cancer Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
XU Guohui, Email: 273795600@qq.com
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Objective  To investigate the application of the dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI ) combined with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. Method  A total of 60 patients with prostate cancer and 60 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia diagnoses in Sichuan Cancer Hospital from January 2011 to January 2014 were included as prostate cancer group and proliferative group respectively. Sixty healthy individuals during the same period were included as the control group. We used Siemens Avanto 1.5 T high field superconducting MRI for DCE-MRI scan and MRS scan. After the MRS scan was finished, we used the workstation spectroscopy tab spectral analysis. Eventually we got the crest lines of prostate metabolites choline (Cho), creatine (Cr) and citrate (Cit). Then we calculated Cho/Cit, (Cho+Cr)/Cit and their average. Results  Comparing the signal value in 21 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes of DCE-MRI, the differences among the three groups were statistically significant (P<0.05). Comparing the results of spectral analysis, the differences among the three groups were statistically significant (P<0.05). The sensitivity was 89.67%, the specificity was 95.45% and the accuracy was 94.34% when using DCE-MRI combined with MRS. Conclusion  DCE-MRI combined with MRS greatly improves the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the diagnosis of prostate cancer; it has a great application value in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Citation: HE Yakun, XU Guohui, REN Jing, WANG Min, DONG Xiaolei, LU Hao, HE Changjiu. Application of the dynamic contrast enhanced MRI combined with magnetic resonance spectroscopy in diagnosis of prostate cancer. West China Medical Journal, 2017, 32(7): 1042-1045. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201508152 Copy

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