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@ARTICLE{Haase:279447,
author = {Haase, Robert and Pinetz, Thomas and Kobler, Erich and
Bendella, Zeynep and Zülow, Stefan and Schievelkamp,
Arndt-Hendrik and Schmeel, Frederic Carsten and Panahabadi,
Sarah and Stylianou, Anna Magdalena and Paech, Daniel and
Foltyn-Dumitru, Martha and Wagner, Verena and Schlamp, Kai
and Heussel, Gudula and Holtkamp, Mathias and Heussel, Claus
Peter and Vahlensieck, Martin and Luetkens, Julian A and
Schlemmer, Heinz-Peter and Haubold, Johannes and Radbruch,
Alexander and Effland, Alexander and Deuschl, Cornelius and
Deike-Hofmann, Katerina},
title = {{D}eep {L}earning-{B}ased {S}ignal {A}mplification of
{T}1-{W}eighted {S}ingle-{D}ose {I}mages {I}mproves
{M}etastasis {D}etection in {B}rain {MRI}.},
journal = {Investigative radiology},
volume = {60},
number = {8},
issn = {0020-9996},
address = {Philadelphia, Pa.},
publisher = {Lippincott Williams $\&$ Wilkins},
reportid = {DZNE-2025-00778},
pages = {543 - 551},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Double-dose contrast-enhanced brain imaging improves tumor
delineation and detection of occult metastases but is
limited by concerns about gadolinium-based contrast agents'
effects on patients and the environment. The purpose of this
study was to test the benefit of a deep learning-based
contrast signal amplification in true single-dose
T1-weighted (T-SD) images creating artificial double-dose
(A-DD) images for metastasis detection in brain magnetic
resonance imaging.In this prospective, multicenter study, a
deep learning-based method originally trained on
noncontrast, low-dose, and T-SD brain images was applied to
T-SD images of 30 participants (mean age ± SD, 58.5 ± 11.8
years; 23 women) acquired externally between November 2022
and June 2023. Four readers with different levels of
experience independently reviewed T-SD and A-DD images for
metastases with 4 weeks between readings. A reference reader
reviewed additionally acquired true double-dose images to
determine any metastases present. Performances were compared
using Mid-p McNemar tests for sensitivity and Wilcoxon
signed rank tests for false-positive findings.All readers
found more metastases using A-DD images. The 2 experienced
neuroradiologists achieved the same level of sensitivity
using T-SD images (62 of 91 metastases, $68.1\%).$ While the
increase in sensitivity using A-DD images was only
descriptive for 1 of them (A-DD: 65 of 91 metastases,
$+3.3\%,$ P = 0.424), the second neuroradiologist benefited
significantly with a sensitivity increase of $12.1\%$ (73 of
91 metastases, P = 0.008). The 2 less experienced readers (1
resident and 1 fellow) both found significantly more
metastases on A-DD images (resident, T-SD: $61.5\%,$ A-DD:
$68.1\%,$ P = 0.039; fellow, T-SD: $58.2\%,$ A-DD: $70.3\%,$
P = 0.008). They were therefore able to use A-DD images to
increase their sensitivity to the neuroradiologists' initial
level on regular T-SD images. False-positive findings did
not differ significantly between sequences. However, readers
showed descriptively more false-positive findings on A-DD
images. The benefit in sensitivity particularly applied to
metastases ≤5 mm $(5.7\%-17.3\%$ increase in
sensitivity).A-DD images can improve the detectability of
brain metastases without a significant loss of precision and
could therefore represent a potentially valuable addition to
regular single-dose brain imaging.},
keywords = {Humans / Deep Learning / Brain Neoplasms: diagnostic
imaging / Brain Neoplasms: secondary / Female / Middle Aged
/ Male / Magnetic Resonance Imaging: methods / Prospective
Studies / Contrast Media: administration $\&$ dosage /
Sensitivity and Specificity / Aged / Image Interpretation,
Computer-Assisted: methods / Image Enhancement: methods /
artificial double-dose (Other) / brain metastasis (Other) /
contrast maximization (Other) / convolutional neural network
(Other) / deep learning (Other) / gadolinium-based contrast
agent (Other) / magnetic resonance imaging (Other) /
metastasis detection (Other) / virtual contrast (Other) /
Contrast Media (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Radbruch},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000075},
pnm = {353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:39961132},
doi = {10.1097/RLI.0000000000001166},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/279447},
}