Journal Article

Comparison of Three-Dimensional Isotropic and Two-Dimensional Conventional Indirect MR Arthrography for the Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff Tears

Yoo, Jae Chul, Lee, Ji Hyun, Yoon, Young Cheol, Cha, Jang Gyu, Kwon, Jong Won, Jee, Sukkyung

2014

Overview

To compare the accuracy between a three-dimensional (3D) indirect isotropic T1-weighted fast spin-echo (FSE) magnetic resonance (MR) arthrography and a conventional two-dimensional (2D) T1-weighted sequences of indirect MR arthrography for diagnosing rotator cuff tears. The study was approved by our Institutional Review Board. In total, 205 patients who had undergone indirect shoulder MR arthrography followed by arthroscopic surgery for 206 shoulders were included in this study. Both conventional 2D T1-weighted FSE sequences and 3D isotropic T1-weighted FSE sequence were performed in all patients. Two radiologists evaluated the images for the presence of full- or partial-thickness tears in the supraspinatus-infraspinatus (SSP-ISP) tendons and tears in the subscapularis (SSC) tendons. Using the arthroscopic findings as the reference standard, the diagnostic performances of both methods were analyzed by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Arthroscopy confirmed 165 SSP-ISP tendon tears and 103 SSC tendon tears. For diagnosing SSP-ISP tendon tears, the AUC values were 0.964 and 0.989 for the 2D sequences and 3D T1-weighted FSE sequence, respectively, in reader I and 0.947 and 0.963, respectively, in reader II. The AUC values for diagnosing SSC tendon tears were 0.921 and 0.925, respectively, for reader I and 0.856 and 0.860, respectively, for reader II. There was no significant difference between the AUC values of the 2D and 3D sequences in either reader for either type of tear. 3D indirect isotropic MR arthrography with FSE sequence and the conventional 2D arthrography are not significantly different in terms of accuracy for diagnosing rotator cuff tears.

• Publisher: The Korean Society of Radiology,대한영상의학회
• Subject: Accuracy / Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Area Under Curve / Bandwidths / Contrast agents / Female / Humans / Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Male / Middle Aged / Musculoskeletal Imaging / Orthopedics / Patients / Radiography / Retrospective Studies / ROC Curve / Rotator cuff / Rotator Cuff - diagnostic imaging / Rotator Cuff - pathology / Rotator Cuff Injuries / Sensitivity and Specificity / Shoulder / Shoulder Joint - diagnostic imaging / Shoulder Joint - injuries / Shoulder Joint - pathology / Surgery / Tendons / Tendons - diagnostic imaging / Tendons - pathology / Three dimensional imaging / Young Adult / 방사선과학