Papers by John Kurhanewicz
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2007
The transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate (TRAMP) mouse is a well‐studied murine model of p... more The transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate (TRAMP) mouse is a well‐studied murine model of prostate cancer with histopathology and disease progression that mimic the human disease. To investigate differences in cellular bioenergetics between normal prostate epithelial cells and prostate tumor cells, in vivo MR spectroscopic (MRS) studies with non‐proton nuclei, such as 13C, in the TRAMP model would be extremely useful. The recent development of a method for retaining dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) in solution permits high signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) 13C MRI or MRSI data to be obtained following injection of a hyperpolarized 13C agent. In this transgenic mouse study, this method was applied using a double spin‐echo (DSE) pulse sequence with a small‐tip‐angle excitation RF pulse, hyperbolic‐secant refocusing pulses, and a flyback echo‐planar readout trajectory for fast (10–14 s) MRSI of 13C pyruvate (pyr) and its metabolic products at 0.135 cm3 nominal spatial resolution. Ele...
SPIE Proceedings, 2014
In this study we explore the ability of a novel machine learning approach, in conjunction with co... more In this study we explore the ability of a novel machine learning approach, in conjunction with computer-extracted features describing prostate cancer morphology on pre-treatment MRI, to predict whether a patient will develop biochemical recurrence within ten years of radiation therapy. Biochemical recurrence, which is characterized by a rise in serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) of at least 2 ng/mL above the nadir PSA, is associated with increased risk of metastasis and prostate cancer-related mortality. Currently, risk of biochemical recurrence is predicted by the Kattan nomogram, which incorporates several clinical factors to predict the probability of recurrence-free survival following radiation therapy (but has limited prediction accuracy). Semantic attributes on T2w MRI, such as the presence of extracapsular extension and seminal vesicle invasion and surrogate measurements of tumor size, have also been shown to be predictive of biochemical recurrence risk. While the correlation between biochemical recurrence and factors like tumor stage, Gleason grade, and extracapsular spread are welldocumented, it is less clear how to predict biochemical recurrence in the absence of extracapsular spread and for small tumors fully contained in the capsule. Computer-extracted texture features, which quantitatively describe tumor micro-architecture and morphology on MRI, have been shown to provide clues about a tumor's aggressiveness. However, while computer-extracted features have been employed for predicting cancer presence and grade, they have not been evaluated in the context of predicting risk of biochemical recurrence. This work seeks to evaluate the role of computer-extracted texture features in predicting risk of biochemical recurrence on a cohort of sixteen patients who underwent pre-treatment 1.5 Tesla (T) T2w MRI. We extract a combination of first-order statistical, gradient, co-occurrence, and Gabor wavelet features from T2w MRI. To identify which of these T2w MRI texture features are potential independent prognostic markers of PSA failure, we implement a partial least squares (PLS) method to embed the data in a low-dimensional space and then use the variable importance in projections (VIP) method to quantify the contributions of individual features to classification on the PLS embedding. In spite of the poor resolution of the 1.5 T MRI data, we are able to identify three Gabor wavelet features that, in conjunction with a logistic regression classifier, yield an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.83 for predicting the probability of biochemical recurrence following radiation therapy. In comparison to both the Kattan nomogram and semantic MRI attributes, the ability of these three computer-extracted features to predict biochemical recurrence risk is demonstrated.
Science Translational Medicine, 2013
Metabolic imaging with hyperpolarized pyruvate was used to safely and noninvasively visualize pro... more Metabolic imaging with hyperpolarized pyruvate was used to safely and noninvasively visualize prostate tumors in patients.
Medical Image Analysis, 2013
Even though 1 in 6 men in the US, in their lifetime are expected to be diagnosed with prostate ca... more Even though 1 in 6 men in the US, in their lifetime are expected to be diagnosed with prostate cancer (CaP), only 1 in 37 is expected to die on account of it. Consequently, among many men diagnosed with CaP, there has been a recent trend to resort to active surveillance (wait and watch) if diagnosed with a lower Gleason score on biopsy, as opposed to seeking immediate treatment. Some researchers have recently identified imaging markers for low and high grade CaP on multi-parametric (MP) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (such as T2 weighted MR imaging (T2w MRI) and MR spectroscopy (MRS)). In this paper, we present a novel computerized decision support system (DSS), called Semi Supervised Multi Kernel Graph Embedding (SeSMiK-GE), that quantitatively combines structural, and metabolic imaging data for distinguishing (a) benign versus cancerous, and (b) high-versus low-Gleason grade CaP regions from in vivo MP-MRI. A total of 29 1.5 Tesla endorectal pre-operative in vivo MP MRI (T2w MRI, MRS) studies from patients undergoing radical prostatectomy were considered in this study. Ground truth for evaluation of the SeSMiK-GE classifier was obtained via annotation of disease extent on the preoperative imaging by visually correlating the MRI to the ex vivo whole mount histologic specimens. The SeSMiK-GE framework comprises of three main modules: (1) multi-kernel learning, (2) semi-supervised learning, and (3) dimensionality reduction, which are leveraged for the construction of an integrated low dimensional representation of the different imaging and non-imaging MRI protocols. Hierarchical classifiers for diagnosis and Gleason grading of CaP are then constructed within this unified low dimensional representation. Step 1 of the hierarchical classifier employs a random forest classifier in conjunction with the SeSMiK-GE based data representation and a probabilistic pairwise Markov Random Field algorithm (which allows for imposition of local spatial constraints) to yield a voxel based classification of CaP presence. The CaP region of interest identified in Step 1 is then subsequently classified as either high or low Gleason grade CaP in Step 2. Comparing SeSMiK-GE with unimodal T2w MRI, MRS classifiers and a commonly used feature concatenation (COD) strategy, yielded areas (AUC) under the receiver operative curve (ROC) of (a) 0.89 ± 0.09 (SeSMiK), 0.54 ± 0.18 (T2w MRI), 0.61 ± 0.20 (MRS), and 0.64 ± 0.23 (COD) for distinguishing benign from CaP regions, and (b) 0.84 ± 0.07 (SeSMiK),0.54 ± 0.13 (MRI), 0.59 ± 0.19 (MRS), and 0.62 ± 0.18 (COD) for distinguishing high and low grade CaP using a leave one out cross-validation strategy, all evaluations being performed on a per voxel basis. Our results suggest that following further rigorous validation, SeSMiK-GE could be developed into a powerful diagnostic and prognostic tool for detection and grading of CaP in vivo and in helping to determine the appropriate treatment option. Identifying low grade disease in vivo might allow CaP patients to opt for active surveillance rather than immediately opt for aggressive therapy such as radical prostatectomy.
Chem. Commun., 2016
High concentrations of hyperpolarized 13C-bicarbonate are generated via rapid hydrolysis of highl... more High concentrations of hyperpolarized 13C-bicarbonate are generated via rapid hydrolysis of highly polarizable, low-toxicity carbonate precursors.
BJU International, 2014
Objective-• To establish a consensus on the utility of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging... more Objective-• To establish a consensus on the utility of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) to identify patients for focal therapy. Methods-• Urological surgeons, radiologists, and basic researchers, from Europe and North America participated in a consensus meeting about the use of mpMRI in focal therapy of prostate cancer. • The consensus process was face-to-face and specific clinical issues were raised and discussed with agreement sought when possible. All participants are listed among the authors.
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Proceedings of the …, 2009
In this manuscript, the remarkable NMR signal enhancement that can be provided by dynamic nuclear... more In this manuscript, the remarkable NMR signal enhancement that can be provided by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) was combined with the reactivity of acetic anhydride with amines to perform rapid, high SNR analyses of amino acid mixtures and to hyperpolarize new biomolecules of interest. [1,1-13 C] acetic anhydride is an excellent substrate for DNP hyperpolarization because it can be well polarized in only 30 min and has a relatively long T1 relaxation time (33.9 s at 11.7 T and 37°C). The secondary hyperpolarization approach developed in this project takes advantage of the preferential reaction of acetic anhydride with amine nucleophiles, which occurs much more rapidly than hydrolysis to produce hyperpolarized N-acetyl adducts. This new approach was used to reproducibly and near-quantitatively (mean yield ؊ 89.8%) resolve a mixture of amino acids Gly, Ser, Val, Leu, and Ala in a single acquisition (3 s) with a signal enhancement of up to 1,400-fold as compared with thermal equilibrium. Secondary hyperpolarization was performed for several small peptides and N-acetylcysteine, a drug administered intravenously to treat acetaminophen overdose. Although, in general the T1 of the N-acetyl adducts decreased with increasing molecular weight of the biomolecules, the T1 values were still on the order of 10 s, and the correlation of T1 with molecular weight was not exact suggesting the potential of secondarily polarizing relatively large biomolecules. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using prepolarized [1,1-13 C] acetic anhydride and rapid chemical reactions to provide high SNR NMR spectra of amino acid derivatives and other biomolecules.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2011
Although multiparametric (MP) MRI (MP-MRI) is a valuable tool for prostate cancer (CaP) diagnosis... more Although multiparametric (MP) MRI (MP-MRI) is a valuable tool for prostate cancer (CaP) diagnosis, considerable challenges remain in the ability to quantitatively combine different MRI parameters to train integrated, fused meta-classifiers for in vivo disease detection and characterization. To deal with the large number of MRI parameters, dimensionality reduction schemes such as principal component analysis (PCA) are needed to embed the data into a reduced subspace to facilitate classifier building. However, while features in the embedding space do not provide physical interpretability, direct feature selection in the high-dimensional space is encumbered by the curse of dimensionality. The goal of this work is to identify the most discriminating MP-MRI features for CaP diagnosis and grading based on their contributions in the reduced embedding obtained by performing PCA on the full MP-MRI feature space. In this work we demonstrate that a scheme called variable importance projection (VIP) can be employed in conjunction with PCA to identify the most discriminatory attributes. We apply our new PCA-VIP scheme to discover MP-MRI markers for discrimination between (a) CaP and benign tissue using 12 studies comprised of T2-w, DWI, and DCE MRI protocols and (b) high and low grade CaP using 36 MRS studies. The PCA-VIP score identified ADC values obtained from Diffusion and Gabor gradient texture features extracted from T2w MRI as being most significant for CaP diagnosis. Our method also identified 3 metabolites that play a role in CaP detection-polyamine, citrate, and choline-and 4 metabolites that differentially express in low and high grade CaP: citrate, choline, polyamine, and creatine. The PCA-VIP scheme offers an alternative to traditional feature selection schemes that are encumbered by the curse of dimensionality.
Computer extracted texture features on T2w MRI to predict biochemical recurrence following radiation therapy for prostate cancer
ABSTRACT In this study we explore the ability of a novel machine learning approach, in conjunctio... more ABSTRACT In this study we explore the ability of a novel machine learning approach, in conjunction with computer-extracted features describing prostate cancer morphology on pre-treatment MRI, to predict whether a patient will develop biochemical recurrence within ten years of radiation therapy. Biochemical recurrence, which is characterized by a rise in serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) of at least 2 ng/mL above the nadir PSA, is associated with increased risk of metastasis and prostate cancer-related mortality. Currently, risk of biochemical recurrence is predicted by the Kattan nomogram, which incorporates several clinical factors to predict the probability of recurrence-free survival following radiation therapy (but has limited prediction accuracy). Semantic attributes on T2w MRI, such as the presence of extracapsular extension and seminal vesicle invasion and surrogate measure- ments of tumor size, have also been shown to be predictive of biochemical recurrence risk. While the correlation between biochemical recurrence and factors like tumor stage, Gleason grade, and extracapsular spread are well- documented, it is less clear how to predict biochemical recurrence in the absence of extracapsular spread and for small tumors fully contained in the capsule. Computer{extracted texture features, which quantitatively de- scribe tumor micro-architecture and morphology on MRI, have been shown to provide clues about a tumor's aggressiveness. However, while computer{extracted features have been employed for predicting cancer presence and grade, they have not been evaluated in the context of predicting risk of biochemical recurrence. This work seeks to evaluate the role of computer-extracted texture features in predicting risk of biochemical recurrence on a cohort of sixteen patients who underwent pre{treatment 1.5 Tesla (T) T2w MRI. We extract a combination of first-order statistical, gradient, co-occurrence, and Gabor wavelet features from T2w MRI. To identify which of these T2w MRI texture features are potential independent prognostic markers of PSA failure, we implement a partial least squares (PLS) method to embed the data in a low{dimensional space and then use the variable importance in projections (VIP) method to quantify the contributions of individual features to classification on the PLS embedding. In spite of the poor resolution of the 1.5 T MRI data, we are able to identify three Gabor wavelet features that, in conjunction with a logistic regression classifier, yield an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.83 for predicting the probability of biochemical recurrence following radiation therapy. In comparison to both the Kattan nomogram and semantic MRI attributes, the ability of these three computer-extracted features to predict biochemical recurrence risk is demonstrated.
Registration of pre and post intensity modulated radiation therapy prostate MRI for quantification of MR imaging marker changes and precise local prostate deformations
Even though 1 in 6 men in the US, in their lifetime are expected to be diagnosed with prostate ca... more Even though 1 in 6 men in the US, in their lifetime are expected to be diagnosed with prostate cancer (CaP), only 1 in 37 is expected to die on account of it. Consequently, among many men diagnosed with CaP, there has been a recent trend to resort to active surveillance (wait and watch) if diagnosed with a lower Gleason score on biopsy, as opposed to seeking immediate treatment. Some researchers have recently identified imaging markers for low and high grade CaP on multi-parametric (MP) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (such as T2 weighted MR imaging (T2w MRI) and MR spectroscopy (MRS)). In this paper, we present a novel computerized decision support system (DSS), called Semi Supervised Multi Kernel Graph Embedding (SeSMiK-GE), that quantitatively combines structural, and metabolic imaging data for distinguishing (a) benign versus cancerous, and (b) high-versus low-Gleason grade CaP regions from in vivo MP-MRI. A total of 29 1.5 Tesla endorectal pre-operative in vivo MP MRI (T2w MRI, MRS) studies from patients undergoing radical prostatectomy were considered in this study. Ground truth for evaluation of the SeSMiK-GE classifier was obtained via annotation of disease extent on the preoperative imaging by visually correlating the MRI to the ex vivo whole mount histologic specimens. The SeSMiK-GE framework comprises of three main modules: (1) multi-kernel learning, (2) semi-supervised learning, and (3) dimensionality reduction, which are leveraged for the construction of an integrated low dimensional representation of the different imaging and non-imaging MRI protocols. Hierarchical classifiers for diagnosis and Gleason grading of CaP are then constructed within this unified low dimensional representation.
A Domain Constrained Deformable (DoCD) Model for Co-registration of Pre- and Post-Radiated Prostate MRI
Neurocomputing, Jan 20, 2014
External beam radiation treatment (EBRT) is a popular method for treating prostate cancer (CaP) i... more External beam radiation treatment (EBRT) is a popular method for treating prostate cancer (CaP) involving destroying tumor cells with ionizing radiation. Following EBRT, biochemical failure has been linked with disease recurrence. However, there is a need for methods for evaluating early treatment related changes to allow for an early intervention in case of incomplete disease response. One method for looking at treatment evaluation is to detect changes in MRI markers on a voxel-by-voxel basis following treatment. Changes in MRI markers may be correlated with disease recurrence and complete or partial response. In order to facilitate voxel-by-voxel imaging related treatment changes, and also to evaluate morphologic changes in the gland post treatment, the pre- and post-radiated MRI must first be brought into spatial alignment via image registration. However, EBRT induces changes in the prostate volume and distortion to the internal anatomy of the prostate following radiation treatme...
Multi-modal Integration of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy for Detection of Prostate Cancer
AbstractMagnetic Resonance (MR) Spectroscopy (MRS) and T2-weighted (T2-w) MR Imaging (MRI) have ... more AbstractMagnetic Resonance (MR) Spectroscopy (MRS) and T2-weighted (T2-w) MR Imaging (MRI) have emerged as promising tools for screening and detection of prostate cancer (CaP). T2-w MRI provides structural description of CaP while MRS provides ...
Medical Image Analysis, 2011
Segmentation of the prostate boundary on clinical images is useful in a large number of applicati... more Segmentation of the prostate boundary on clinical images is useful in a large number of applications including calculation of prostate volume pre-and post-treatment, to detect extra-capsular spread, and for creating patient-specific anatomical models. Manual segmentation of the prostate boundary is, however, time consuming and subject to inter-and intra-reader variability. T2-weighted (T2-w) magnetic resonance (MR) structural imaging (MRI) and MR spectroscopy (MRS) have recently emerged as promising modalities for detection of prostate cancer in vivo. MRS data consists of spectral signals measuring relative metabolic concentrations, and the metavoxels near the prostate have distinct spectral signals from metavoxels outside the prostate. Active Shape Models (ASM's) have become very popular segmentation methods for biomedical imagery. However, ASMs require careful initialization and are extremely sensitive to model initialization. The primary contribution of this paper is a scheme to automatically initialize an ASM for prostate segmentation on endorectal in vivo multi-protocol MRI via automated identification of MR spectra that lie within the prostate. A replicated clustering scheme is employed to distinguish prostatic from extra-prostatic MR spectra in the midgland. The spatial locations of the prostate spectra so identified are used as the initial ROI for a 2D ASM. The midgland initializations are used to define a ROI that is then scaled in 3D to cover the base and apex of the prostate. A multi-feature ASM employing statistical texture features is then used to drive the edge detection instead of just image intensity information alone. Quantitative comparison with another recent ASM initialization method by Cosio showed that our scheme resulted in a superior average segmentation performance on a total of 388 2D MRI sections obtained from 32 3D endorectal in vivo patient studies. Initialization of a 2D ASM via our MRS-based clustering scheme resulted in an average overlap accuracy (true positive ratio) of 0.60, while the scheme of Cosio yielded a corresponding average accuracy of 0.56 over 388 2D MR image sections. During an ASM segmentation, using no initialization resulted in an overlap of 0.53, using the Cosio based methodology resulted in an overlap of 0.60, and using the MRS-based methodology resulted in an overlap of 0.67, with a paired Student's t-test indicating statistical significance to a high degree for all results. We also show that the final ASM segmentation result is highly correlated (as high as 0.90) to the initialization scheme.
A prostate MRI atlas of biochemical failures following cancer treatment
ABSTRACT Radical prostatectomy (RP) and radiation therapy (RT) are the most common treatment opti... more ABSTRACT Radical prostatectomy (RP) and radiation therapy (RT) are the most common treatment options for prostate cancer (PCa). Despite advancements in radiation delivery and surgical procedures, RP and RT can result in failure rates as high as 40% and >25%, respectively. Treatment failure is characterized by biochemical recurrence (BcR), which is defined in terms of prostate specific antigen (PSA) concentrations and its variation following treatment. PSA is expected to decrease following treatment, thereby its presence in even small concentrations (e.g 0.2 ng/ml for surgery or 2 ng/ml over the nadir PSA for radiation therapy) is indicative of treatment failure. Early identification of treatment failure may enable the use of more aggressive or neo-adjuvant therapies. Moreover, predicting failure prior to treatment may spare the patient from a procedure that is unlikely to be successful. Our goal is to identify differences on pre-treatment MRI between patients who have BcR and those who remain disease-free at 5 years post-treatment. Specifically, we focus on (1) identifying statistically significant differences in MRI intensities, (2) establishing morphological differences in prostatic anatomic structures, and (3) comparing these differences with the natural variability of prostatic structures. In order to attain these objectives, we use an anatomically constrained registration framework to construct BcR and non-BcR statistical atlases based on the pre-treatment magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the prostate. The patients included in the atlas either underwent RP or RT and were followed up for at least 5 years. The BcR atlas was constructed from a combined population of 12 pre-RT 1.5 Tesla (T) MRI and 33 pre-RP 3T MRI from patients with BcR within 5 years of treatment. Similarly, the non-BcR atlas was built based on a combined cohort of 20 pre-RT 1.5T MRI and 41 pre-RP 3T MRI from patients who remain disease-free 5 years post treatment. We chose the atlas framework as it enables the mapping of MR images from all subjects into the same canonical space, while constructing both an imaging and a morphological statistical atlas. Such co-registration allowed us to perform voxel-by-voxel comparisons of MRI intensities and capsule and central gland morphology to identify statistically significant differences between the BcR and non-BcR patient populations. To assess whether the morphological differences are valid, we performed an additional experiment where we constructed sub-population atlases by randomly sampling RT patients to construct the BcR and non-BcR atlases. Following these experiments we observed that: (1) statistically significant MRI intensity differences exist between BcR and non-BcR patients, specifically on the border of the central gland; (2) statistically significant morphological differences are visible in the prostate and central gland, specifically in the proximity of the apex, and (3) the differences between the BcR and non-BcR cohorts in terms of shape appeared to be consistent across these sub-population atlases as observed in our RT atlases.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, 2010
With the wide array of multi scale, multi-modal data now available for disease characterization, ... more With the wide array of multi scale, multi-modal data now available for disease characterization, the major challenge in integrated disease diagnostics is to able to represent the different data streams in a common framework while overcoming differences in scale and dimensionality. This common knowledge representation framework is an important pre-requisite to develop integrated meta-classifiers for disease classification. In this paper, we present a unified data fusion framework, Semi Supervised Multi Kernel Graph Embedding (SeSMiK-GE). Our method allows for representation of individual data modalities via a combined multi-kernel framework followed by semi- supervised dimensionality reduction, where partial label information is incorporated to embed high dimensional data in a reduced space. In this work we evaluate SeSMiK-GE for distinguishing (a) benign from cancerous (CaP) areas, and (b) aggressive high-grade prostate cancer from indolent low-grade by integrating information from ...
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention : MICCAI ... International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, 2009
The major challenge with classifying high dimensional biomedical data is in identifying the appro... more The major challenge with classifying high dimensional biomedical data is in identifying the appropriate feature representation to (a) overcome the curse of dimensionality, and (b) facilitate separation between the data classes. Another challenge is to integrate information from two disparate modalities, possibly existing in different dimensional spaces, for improved classification. In this paper, we present a novel data representation, integration and classification scheme, Spectral Embedding based Probabilistic boosting Tree (ScEPTre), which incorporates Spectral Embedding (SE) for data representation and integration and a Probabilistic Boosting Tree classifier for data classification. SE provides an alternate representation of the data by non-linearly transforming high dimensional data into a low dimensional embedding space such that the relative adjacencies between objects are preserved. We demonstrate the utility of ScEPTre to classify and integrate Magnetic Resonance (MR) Spect...
Hyperpolarized [(13) C]ketobutyrate, a molecular analog of pyruvate with modified specificity for LDH isoforms
Magnetic resonance in medicine, Jan 8, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate (13) C hyperpolarization of α-ketobutyrate (αKB), an... more The purpose of this study was to investigate (13) C hyperpolarization of α-ketobutyrate (αKB), an endogenous molecular analog of pyruvate, and its in vivo enzymatic conversion via lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) using localized MR spectroscopy. Hyperpolarized (HP) (13) C MR experiments were conducted using [(13) C]αKB with rats in vivo and with isolated LDH enzyme in vitro, along with comparative experiments using [(13) C]pyruvate. Based on differences in the kinetics of its reaction with individual LDH isoforms, HP [(13) C]αKB was investigated as a novel MR probe, with added specificity for activity of LDHB-expressed H ("heart"-type) subunits of LDH (e.g., constituents of LDH-1 isoform). Comparable T1 and polarization values to pyruvate were attained (T1 = 52 s at 3 tesla [T], polarization = 10%, at C1 ). MR experiments showed rapid enzymatic conversion with substantially increased specificity. Formation of product HP [(13) C]α-hydroxybutyrate (αHB) from αKB in vivo was incr...
The impact of high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) spectroscopy on the histopathologic a... more The impact of high-resolution magic angle spinning (HR-MAS) spectroscopy on the histopathologic and mRNA integrity of human prostate tissues was evaluated. Forty prostate tissues were harvested at transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided biopsy (n =20) or radical prostatectomy surgery (n =20), snap-frozen on dry ice, and stored at −80°C until use. Twenty-one samples (n =11 biopsy, n =10 surgical) underwent HR-MAS spectroscopy prior to histopathologic and cDNA microarray analysis, while 19 control samples (n =9 biopsy, n =10 surgical) underwent only histopathologic and microarray analysis. Frozen tissues were sectioned at 14-μm intervals and placed on individual histopathology slides. Every 8th slide was stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) and used to target areas of predominantly epithelial tissue on the remaining slides for mRNA integrity and cDNA microarray analysis. Histopathologic integrity was graded from 1 (best) to 5 (worst) by two 'blinded' pathologists. Histopathologic integrity scores were not significantly different for post-surgical tissues (HR-MAS vs controls); however, one pathologist's scores were significantly lower for biopsy tissues following HR-MAS while the other pathologist's scores were not. mRNA integrity assays were performed using an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer and the electrophoretic traces were scored with an RNA integrity number (RIN) from 1 (degraded) to 10 (intact). RIN scores were not significantly different for surgical tissues, but were significantly lower for biopsy tissues following HR-MAS spectroscopy. The isolated mRNA then underwent two rounds of amplification, conversion to cDNA, coupling to Cy3 and Cy5 dyes, microarray hybridization, imaging, and analysis. Significance analysis of microarrays (SAM) identified no significantly over-or under-expressed genes, including 14 housekeeping genes, between HR-MAS and control samples of surgical and biopsy tissues (5% false discovery rate). This study demonstrates that histopathologic and genetic microarray analysis can be successfully performed on prostate surgical and biopsy tissues following HR-MAS analysis; however, biopsy tissues are more fragile than surgical tissues.
Single-voxel J-resolved spectroscopy with oversampling in the F 1 dimension was used to obtain wa... more Single-voxel J-resolved spectroscopy with oversampling in the F 1 dimension was used to obtain water unsuppressed 1 H spectra of in situ human prostate tissue in 40 previously untreated prostate cancer patients. Based on T 2 -weighted MRI and previous biopsy information, voxels were placed in regions of benign or malignant peripheral zone tissue, or in regions of predominantly glandular or stromal benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) within the central gland. The addition of a second Jresolved dimension allowed for the observation of the J-modulation of citrate, as well as the resolution of polyamines from overlapping choline and creatine signals. Regions of healthy peripheral zone tissue and glandular BPH all demonstrated high levels of citrate and polyamines, with consistent coupling and J-modulation patterns. Conversely, regions of malignant peripheral zone tissue and stromal BPH demonstrated low levels of citrate and polyamines consistent with prior in vivo and ex vivo studies. Moreover, water T 2 relaxation times determined for healthy peripheral zone tissue (mean 128 ؎ 15.2 msec) were significantly different than for malignant peripheral zone tissue (mean 88.0 ؎ 14.2 msec, P ؍ 0.005), as well as for predominantly glandular (mean 92.4 ؎ 12.2 msec, P ؍ 0.009) and stromal BPH (mean 70.9 ؎ 12.1 msec, P ؍ 0.003). This preliminary study demonstrates that J-resolved spectroscopy of the in situ prostate can be acquired, and the information obtained from the second spectral dimension can provide additional physiologic information from human prostate tissue in a reasonable amount of time (< 10 min). Magn Reson Med 45:973-980, 2001.
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