Comparison of Sensitivity and Specificity of T2 and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Mapping in the Diagnosis of Cardiac Ischemia

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1 MSc Student of Medical Imaging, Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Background: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging by using new quantitative mapping techniques such as T2 and ADC mapping, is a new approach to detect ischemia and myocardial edema. In this study, the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic utility of ADC maps in diffusion imaging compared to T2 maps in the diagnosis of cardiac ischemia were investigated and compared.
Methods: This is a cross- sectional study that was conducted at Shiraz Peyvand Hospital using 3-Tesla MRI from February 2020 to March 2022 on 60 patients with cardiac ischemia an average of five days after the infarct. For this, images of T2 and ADC maps of the myocardium were obtained and compared. Cine images were used to check the function of the left ventricle, and the infarcted area of the myocardium was defined based on the Late Gadolinium Enhancement images.
Findings: In the analysis that was done with the segmentation of the left ventricle, the sensitivity and specificity of T2 maps were reported as 84% and 95%, and the sensitivity and specificity of ADC maps were reported as 88% and 97%, respectively.
Conclusion: Based on the evaluations, ADC maps showed higher sensitivity and specificity than T2 maps that are commonly used in the clinic, so their use is recommended to investigate ischemia in cardiac patients.

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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 40, Issue 690
2nd Week, December
November and December 2022
Pages 783-788

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