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Assessment of Transarterial Chemoembolization Using Super-resolution Ultrasound Imaging and a Rat Model of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

肝细胞癌 医学 超声波 放射科 核医学 分辨率(逻辑) 内科学 计算机科学 人工智能
作者
Katherine Brown,Junjie Li,Ryan Margolis,Brian Trinh,John R. Eisenbrey,Kenneth Hoyt
出处
期刊:Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology [Elsevier]
卷期号:49 (5): 1318-1326 被引量:4
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2023.01.021
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Objective Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly prevalent form of liver cancer diagnosed annually in 600,000 people worldwide. A common treatment is transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), which interrupts the blood supply of oxygen and nutrients to the tumor mass. The need for repeat TACE treatments may be assessed in the weeks after therapy with contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging. Although the spatial resolution of traditional CEUS has been restricted by the diffraction limit of ultrasound (US), this physical barrier has been overcome by a recent innovation known as super-resolution US (SRUS) imaging. In short, SRUS enhances the visible details of smaller microvascular structures on the 10 to 100 µm scale, which unlocks a host of new clinical opportunities for US. Methods In this study, a rat model of orthotopic HCC is introduced and TACE treatment response (to a doxorubicin-lipiodol emulsion) is assessed using longitudinal SRUS and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed at 0, 7 and 14 d. Animals were euthanized at 14 d for histological analysis of excised tumor tissue and determination of TACE response, that is, control, partial response or complete response. CEUS imaging was performed using a pre-clinical US system (Vevo 3100, FUJIFILM VisualSonics Inc.) equipped with an MX201 linear array transducer. After administration of a microbubble contrast agent (Definity, Lantheus Medical Imaging), a series of CEUS images were collected at each tissue cross-section as the transducer was mechanically stepped at 100 μm increments. SRUS images were formed at each spatial position, and a microvascular density metric was calculated. Microscale computed tomography (microCT, OI/CT, MILabs) was used to confirm TACE procedure success, and tumor size was monitored using a small animal MRI system (BioSpec 3T, Bruker Corp.). Results Although there were no differences at baseline (p > 0.15), both microvascular density levels and tumor size measures from the complete responder cases at 14 d were considerably lower and smaller, respectively, than those in the partial responder or control group animals. Histological analysis revealed tumor-to-necrosis levels of 8.4%, 51.1% and 100%, for the control, partial responder and complete responder groups, respectively (p < 0.005). Conclusion SRUS imaging is a promising modality for assessing early changes in microvascular networks in response to tissue perfusion-altering interventions such as TACE treatment of HCC. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a highly prevalent form of liver cancer diagnosed annually in 600,000 people worldwide. A common treatment is transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), which interrupts the blood supply of oxygen and nutrients to the tumor mass. The need for repeat TACE treatments may be assessed in the weeks after therapy with contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging. Although the spatial resolution of traditional CEUS has been restricted by the diffraction limit of ultrasound (US), this physical barrier has been overcome by a recent innovation known as super-resolution US (SRUS) imaging. In short, SRUS enhances the visible details of smaller microvascular structures on the 10 to 100 µm scale, which unlocks a host of new clinical opportunities for US. In this study, a rat model of orthotopic HCC is introduced and TACE treatment response (to a doxorubicin-lipiodol emulsion) is assessed using longitudinal SRUS and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed at 0, 7 and 14 d. Animals were euthanized at 14 d for histological analysis of excised tumor tissue and determination of TACE response, that is, control, partial response or complete response. CEUS imaging was performed using a pre-clinical US system (Vevo 3100, FUJIFILM VisualSonics Inc.) equipped with an MX201 linear array transducer. After administration of a microbubble contrast agent (Definity, Lantheus Medical Imaging), a series of CEUS images were collected at each tissue cross-section as the transducer was mechanically stepped at 100 μm increments. SRUS images were formed at each spatial position, and a microvascular density metric was calculated. Microscale computed tomography (microCT, OI/CT, MILabs) was used to confirm TACE procedure success, and tumor size was monitored using a small animal MRI system (BioSpec 3T, Bruker Corp.). Although there were no differences at baseline (p > 0.15), both microvascular density levels and tumor size measures from the complete responder cases at 14 d were considerably lower and smaller, respectively, than those in the partial responder or control group animals. Histological analysis revealed tumor-to-necrosis levels of 8.4%, 51.1% and 100%, for the control, partial responder and complete responder groups, respectively (p < 0.005). SRUS imaging is a promising modality for assessing early changes in microvascular networks in response to tissue perfusion-altering interventions such as TACE treatment of HCC.
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