Abstract
The histopathological basis of monoexponential diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM), and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) in the characterization of sinonasal malignant tumors is still unclear. To explore the correlations of histogram metrics from monoexponential DWI, IVIM, and DKI with histopathologic features in sinonasal malignant tumors. Retrospective. In all, 76 patients with sinonasal malignant tumors. Fourteen different b values (b = 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, and 2500 sec/mm2 ) were used to perform different DWI models at 3.0T. The whole-tumor histogram metrics were calculated on the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), pure diffusion coefficient (D), pseudodiffusion coefficient (D*), perfusion fraction (f), diffusion kurtosis (K), and diffusion coefficient (Dk) maps. Histopathologic features, including nuclear, cytoplasmic, cellular, stromal fractions, and the nuclear-to-cytoplasmic (N/C) ratio, were measured. Spearman correlations and stepwise multiple linear regression analyses were performed to determine the correlations between histogram metrics and histopathologic features. ADC, Dk, and f histogram metrics showed significant correlations with investigated histopathologic features; D and K histogram metrics were significantly correlated with cellular, stromal, and nuclear fractions (all P < 0.05). Significant correlations between the 75th percentile of D and cytoplasmic fraction and between the kurtosis of K and the N/C ratio were observed (P < 0.05). The skewness of Dk, K, and the 75th percentile of D were independently associated with cellular and nuclear fractions; the skewness of Dk and K were independently associated with stromal fraction (P < 0.05). Monoexponential and advanced DWI histogram parameters were significantly correlated with histopathologic features in sinonasal malignancies. 3 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2020;51:273-285.
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