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Reproducibility of T and T2 quantification in a multi-vendor multi-site study

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    a Co-first author with equal contribution.
    R. Lartey
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    a Co-first author with equal contribution.
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    Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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    A. Nanavati
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    Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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  • J. Kim
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    Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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  • M. Li
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    Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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  • K. Xu
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    Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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  • K. Nakamura
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    Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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  • W. Shin
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    Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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  • C.S. Winalski
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    Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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  • N. Obuchowski
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    Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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  • E. Bahroos
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    Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), CA, USA
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  • T.M. Link
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    Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), CA, USA
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  • P.A. Hardy
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    Department of Radiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, USA
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  • Q. Peng
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    Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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  • J. Kim
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    Arthritis Foundation, GA, USA
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  • K. Liu
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    Siemens Medical Solution Inc., USA
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  • M. Fung
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    GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, USA
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  • C. Wu
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    Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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  • X. Li
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    Program of Advanced Musculoskeletal Imaging (PAMI), Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Imaging Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA
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Published:November 09, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2022.10.017

      Summary

      Objective

      To evaluate the multi-vendor multi-site reproducibility of two-dimensional (2D) multi-echo spin-echo (MESE) T2 mapping (product sequences); and to evaluate the longitudinal reproducibility of three-dimensional (3D) magnetization-prepared angle-modulated partitioned k-space spoiled gradient echo snapshots (MAPSS) T and T2 mapping (research sequences), and 2D MESE T2 mapping, separated by 6 months, in a multi-vendor multi-site setting.

      Methods

      Phantoms and volunteers (n = 5 from each site, n = 20 in total) were scanned on four 3 T magnetic resonance (MR) systems from four sites and three vendors (Siemens, General Electric, and Phillips). Two traveling volunteers (3 knees) scanned at all 4 sites at baseline and 6-month follow-up. Data was transferred to one site for centralized processing. Coefficients of variation (CVs) were calculated to evaluate reproducibility.

      Results

      For baseline 2D MESE T2 measures, average CV were 0.37–2.45% (intra-site) and 5.96% (inter-site) for phantoms, and 3.15–8.49% (intra-site) and 14.16% (inter-site) for volunteers. For longitudinal phantom data, intra-site CVs were 1.42–3.48% for 3D MAPSS T, 1.77–3.56% for 3D MAPSS T2, and 1.02–2.54% for 2D MESE T2. For the longitudinal volunteer data, the intra-site CVs were 2.60–4.86% for 3D MAPSS T, 3.33–7.25% for 3D MAPSS T2, and 3.11–8.77% for 2D MESE T2.

      Conclusion

      This study demonstrated excellent intra-site reproducibility of 2D MESE T2 imaging, while its inter-site variation was slightly higher than 3D MAPSS T2 imaging (10.06% as previously reported). This study also showed excellent reproducibility of longitudinal T and T2 cartilage quantification, in a multi-vendor multi-site setting for both product 2D MESE T2 and 3D MAPSS T1p/T2 research sequences.

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