Ying Xiang, Qiujuan Zhang, Xin Chen, Honghong Sun, Xiaohui Li, Xiaocheng Wei, Jinman Zhong, Bo Gao, Wei Huang, Wenbin Liang, Haiqiao Sun, Quanxin Yang, Xiaoyong Ren
OBJECTIVES: To explore the value of the synthetic MRI (SyMRI), combined with amide proton transfer-weighted (APTw) MRI for quantitative and morphologic assessment of sinonasal lesions, which could provide relative scale for the quantitative assessment of tissue properties. METHODS: A total of 80 patients (31 malignant and 49 benign) with sinonasal lesions, who underwent the SyMRI and APTw examination, were retrospectively analyzed. Quantitative parameters (T1, T2, proton density (PD)) and APT % were obtained through outlining the region of interest (ROI) and comparing the two groups utilizing independent Student t test or a Wilcoxon test...
March 16, 2024: European Radiology