Correlations between MR apparent diffusion coefficients and PET standard uptake values in simultaneous MR_PET imaging of prostate cancer

Andrii Pozaruk, Vitaliy Atamaniuk, Kamlesh Pawar, Alexandra Carey, Jeremy Cheng, Marian Cholewa, Jeremy Grummet, Zhaolin Chen, Gary Egan

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Abstract

This study evaluated the hypothesis that 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET SUV, obtained via an advanced DL approach, correlates better with MR ADC maps than values from conventional PET-MR. Additionally, we aimed to identify the optimal SUV threshold for maximum correlation with ADC values. A cohort of 32 prostate cancer patients underwent CT and corresponding PET-MR imaging. The dataset underwent K-fold cross-validation, dividing it into four folds. In each fold, 24 patients were used for training, and 8 for validation to create DL models. ADC maps from 27 out of 32 patients were successfully aligned with T2 images for detailed analysis, revealing an inverse correlation (ρ = −0.20 to −0.51) between ADC and SUV values in prostate cancer zones. Statistically significant differences in mean SUV values were observed between PETMRI and PETDL. DL-based SUV values show a stronger correlation with ADC than conventional PET-MR values in our investigation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number905
Number of pages13
JournalInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume26
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Keywords

  • apparent diffusion coefficient
  • attenuation correction
  • deep learning
  • prostate cancer
  • prostate-specific membrane antigen
  • simultaneous PET/MR
  • standardized uptake values

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