Simultaneous 68Ga-DOTA-TOC PET/MRI with gadoxetate disodium in patients with neuroendocrine tumor

Thomas A. Hope, Miguel Hernandez Pampaloni, Eric Nakakura, Henry VanBrocklin, James Slater, Salma Jivan, Carina Mari Aparici, Judy Yee, Emily Bergsland

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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate a simultaneous PET/MRI approach to imaging patients with neuroendocrine tumor using a combination of 68Ga-DOTA-TOC as a PET contrast agent and gadoxetate disodium as a hepatobiliary MRI contrast agent. Materials and methods: Ten patients with neuroendocrine tumor with known or suspected hepatic disease were imaged using a 68Ga-DOTA-TOC PET/CT immediately followed by a 3.0T time-of-flight PET/MRI, using a combined whole body and liver specific imaging. The presence of lesions and DOTA-TOC avidity were assessed on CT, PET from PET/CT, diffusion weighted imaging, hepatobiliary phase imaging (HBP), and PET from PET/MRI. Maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax) in hepatic lesions and nodal metastases were compared between PET/CT and PET/MRI, as were detection rates using each imaging approach. Results: A total of 101 hepatic lesions were identified, 47 of which were DOTA-TOC avid and able to be individually measured on both PET/CT and PET/MRI. HBP imaging had a higher sensitivity for detection of hepatic lesions compared to CT or PET (99% vs. 46% and 64%, respectively; p values <0.001). There was a strong correlation between SUVmax of liver lesions obtained with PET/CT compared to PET/MR imaging (Pearson’s correlation = 0.91). For nodal disease, CT had a higher sensitivity compared to whole body MRI (p = 0.015), although PET acquired from PET/MRI detected slightly more lesions compared to PET from PET/CT. Conclusions: A simultaneous PET/MRI using both 68Ga-DOTA-TOC and gadoxetate disodium was successful in whole body staging of patients with neuroendocrine tumor. HBP imaging had an increased detection rate for hepatic metastases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1432-1440
Number of pages9
JournalAbdominal Imaging
Volume40
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 12 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Ga-68 DOTA-TOC
  • Hepatobiliary agents
  • Neuroendocrine tumor
  • PET/MRI

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Gastroenterology
  • Urology

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