Abstract
To quantitatively compare the diagnostic values of conventional diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and introvoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) analysis of microstructural differences for clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Multiple b value DWIs and IVIMs were performed in patients with 146 ccRCCs, 42 with Grade Ⅰ, 46 with Grade Ⅱ, 28 with Grade Ⅲ and 30 with Grade Ⅳ. These tumours were divided into low (Ⅰ+Ⅱ, n = 88) and high grades (Ⅲ+Ⅳ, n = 58). The diagnostic efficacy of various diffusion parameters for predicting ccRCC grades was compared. The mean signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of IVIM images at b = 0, 800 and 1500 s/mm2 were 31.9, 12.3 and 8.4, respectively. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), D and D* values correlated negatively with ccRCC grading (r = -0.786,-0.913, -0879, p < 0.05). f values correlated positively with ccRCC grading (r = 0.811, p < 0.05). The ADC, D and D* values were higher for Grade Ⅱ ccRCC than that of Grade Ⅲ ccRCC (p < 005), however, f values were higher for Grade Ⅲ ccRCC than that of Grade Ⅱ ccRCC (p < 005). Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses showed that D values had the highest diagnostic efficacy in differentiating low/high and Ⅱ/Ⅲ ccRCC grading. The area under the curve, sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of the D values were 0.963, 0.960; 90.9%, 89.1%; 81.0%,78.6 and 89.0%, 87.8%, respectively. For pairwise comparisons of receiver operating characteristic curves and diagnostic efficacy, ADC was worse than IVIM (all p < 0.05). IVIM parameters have better performance than ADC in differentiating ccRCC grading, given an adequate SNR of IVIM images. 1. D values had the highest diagnostic efficacy in differentiating low/high and Ⅱ/Ⅲ ccRCC grading. 2. IVIM parameters have better performance than ADC in differentiating ccRCC grading, given an adequate SNR of IVIM images. 3. The ADC, D and D* values correlated negatively with ccRCC grading, however, f values correlated positively with ccRCC grading.
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