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Current Medical Imaging

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ISSN (Print): 1573-4056
ISSN (Online): 1875-6603

Research Article

Reproducibility of Volumetric Assessment of the Inner Ear Using Three Dimensional Reconstruction of the High Resolution MR Sequence

Author(s): Nagy N.N. Naguib, Ahmed M. Emam, Tatjana Gruber-Rouh, Marc Harth, Renate Hammerstingl, Hanns Ackermann, Iris Burck, Benjamin Kaltenbach, Thomas J. Vogl and Nour-Eldin A. Nour-Eldin*

Volume 14, Issue 4, 2018

Page: [582 - 586] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/1573405613666170331104444

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Abstract

Purpose: to assess the reproducibility of the volumetric assessment of the inner ear using three dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the high resolution MR-Imaging (HR-MRI) sequences.

Materials and Methods: The study was retrospectively performed on 50 patients referred for MRI due to different disorders of the inner ear. HR-MRI was performed using a T2-weighted SPACE sequence. 3D-reconstructions were performed using Advantage Workstation. The volumes of both inner ears together, each side alone, cochlea & vestibular system were assessed. Volume measurements were performed twice with 1 year between both measurements. The agreement between both results was tested using intra-class correlation (ICC) test.

Results: For the first assessment the mean volume of both sides together was 1.01 cm3 +/-0.13, of each side alone 0.5 cm3 +/-0.07, of the cochlea 0.17 cm3 +/-0.024 & of the vestibular system 0.33 cm3 +/-0.06. For the second assessment the mean volume of both sides together was 0.99 cm3 +/- 0.11, of each side alone 0.5 cm3 +/-0.06, of the cochlea 0.17 cm3 +/-0.025 & of the vestibular system 0.33 cm3 +/-0.05. A statistically significant (p<0.0001) excellent agreement for volumetric assessment of both sides together (ICC-Coefficient=0.82) and of the cochlea (ICC-Coefficient=0.88) and substantial agreement for each side alone (ICC-Coefficient=0.79) and of the vestibular system (ICC-Coefficient= 0.7) were noted.

Conclusion: Volumetric assessment of the inner ear using 3D reconstruction of HR-MRI is a reproducible method with statistically significant excellent agreement for volumetric assessment of both sides together and cochlea and substantial agreement for each side alone and vestibular system.

Keywords: Inner ear, volumetry, 3D reconstruction, MR-Imaging, ICC test, cochlea.

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