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Observer variability in the assessment of renal (18)F-FDG uptake in kidney transplant recipients.
JADOUL, Alexandre; LOVINFOSSE, Pierre; BOUQUEGNEAU, Antoine et al.
2020In Scientific Reports, 10 (1), p. 4617
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Abstract :
[en] (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging may help non-invasively disprove the diagnosis of acute kidney allograft rejection (AR) in kidney transplant recipients (KTR). The present study aims at evaluating the repeatability and reproducibility of the quantification of renal (18)F-FDG uptake in KTR. We prospectively performed (18)F-FDG PET/CT in 95 adult KTR who underwent surveillance transplant biopsy between 3 to 6 months post transplantation. Images were obtained 180 minutes after injecting 3 MBq (18)F-FDG per kg body weight. Mean standard uptake value (SUVmean) of kidney cortex was independently measured by 2 experienced observers in 4 volumes of interest (VOI) distributed in the upper (n = 2) and lower (n = 2) poles. The first observer repeated SUV assessment in the uppermost VOI, blinded to the initial results. Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) and Bland-Altman plots were calculated. An ICC of 0.96 with 95%CI of [0.94; 0.97] was calculated for the intra-observer measurements. The ICC for inter-observer reproducibility for each VOI was 0.87 [0.81-0.91], 0.87 [0.81-0.91], 0.85 [0.78-0.89] and 0.83 [0.76-0.88] for the upper to the lower renal poles, respectively. The repeatability and reproducibility of the quantification of kidney allograft (18)F-FDG uptake are both consistent, which makes it transferrable to the clinical routine.
Disciplines :
Radiology, nuclear medicine & imaging
Author, co-author :
JADOUL, Alexandre  ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de Physique Médicale > Service médical de médecine nucléaire et imagerie onco
LOVINFOSSE, Pierre  ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de Physique Médicale > Service médical de médecine nucléaire et imagerie onco
BOUQUEGNEAU, Antoine  ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de médecine interne > Service de néphrologie
WEEKERS, Laurent  ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Département de médecine interne > Service de néphrologie
Pottel, Hans ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Département des sciences cliniques
Hustinx, Roland  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Médecine nucléaire
Jouret, François  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Cardiovascular Sc.-Lab. of Translational Res. in Nephrology
 These authors have contributed equally to this work.
Language :
English
Title :
Observer variability in the assessment of renal (18)F-FDG uptake in kidney transplant recipients.
Publication date :
2020
Journal title :
Scientific Reports
eISSN :
2045-2322
Publisher :
Nature Publishing Group, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Pages :
4617
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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