Relationship between dynamic contrast-enhanced and perfusion magnetic resonance imaging and T-staging of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

To perform the dynamic contrast-enhanced and perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and analyze the correlation with T-staging. A total of 46 naïve NPC patients underwent MRI. The parameters of dynamic contrast-enhanced and perfusion MRI included time to peak (TTP), Slopemax and area under the curve (AUC). The increasing period of signal intensity-time curve of all cases was steep. And the perfusion image of AUC could reflect the blood perfusion of tumor tissue. Parameters (TTP/Slopemax/AUC) in different T-staging were T1-staging (60.45/10.59/20 619.56), T2-staging (58.12/12.47/23 037.23), T3-staging (70.61/15.06/26 507.23) and T4-staging (41.72/19.87/30 092.27). Their statistical results were r = -0.247, P > 0.05 and r = 0.859, P < 0.050 and r = 0.963, P < 0.05 respectively. And statistical significance existed in Slopemax, AUC with T-staging. Dynamic contrast-enhanced and perfusion MRI can reflect angiogenesis of NPC. And there is a positive correlation between the para