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Published in: European Radiology 8/2019

01-08-2019 | Computed Tomography | Computed Tomography

Initial exploration of coronary stent image subtraction using dual-layer spectral CT

Authors: Le Qin, ShengJia Gu, ChiHua Chen, Huan Zhang, ZhenBin Zhu, XingBiao Chen, Qun Han, FuHua Yan, WenJie Yang

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 8/2019

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Abstract

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of coronary stent image subtraction using spectral tools derived from dual-layer spectral computed tomography (CT).

Methods

Forty-three patients (65 stents) who underwent coronary CT angiography using dual-layer spectral CT were included. Conventional, 50-keV (kilo electron-volt), 100-keV, and virtual non-contrast (VNC) images were reconstructed from the same cardiac phase. Stents were subtracted on VNC images from conventional (convsub), 100-keV (100-keVsub), and 50-keV (50-keVsub) images. The in-stent lumen diameters were measured on subtraction, conventional, and 100-keV images. Subjective evaluation of reader confidence and subtractive quality was evaluated. Friedman tests were performed to compare in-stent lumen diameters and subjective evaluation among different images. Correlation between stent diameter and subjective evaluation was expressed as Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (rs). The diagnostic accuracy was assessed according to invasive coronary angiography (ICA) performed in 11 patients (20 stents).

Results

In-stent lumen diameters were significantly larger on subtraction images than those on conventional and 100-keV images (p < 0.05). Higher reader confidence was found on 100-keV, convsub, 100-keVsub, and 50-keVsub images compared with conventional images (p < 0.05). Subtractive quality of 100-keVsub images was better than that of convsub images (p = 0.037). A moderate-to-strong correlation between stent diameter and subjective evaluation was found (rs = 0.527~0.790, p < 0.05). Higher specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of subtraction images were shown by ICA results.

Conclusions

Subtraction images derived from dual-layer spectral CT enhanced in-stent lumen visibility and could potentially improve diagnostic performance for evaluating coronary stents.

Key Points

• Dual-layer spectral CT enabled good subtractive quality of coronary stents without misregistration artifacts.
• Subtraction images could improve in-stent lumen visibility.
• Reader confidence and diagnostic performance were enhanced with subtraction images.
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Metadata
Title
Initial exploration of coronary stent image subtraction using dual-layer spectral CT
Authors
Le Qin
ShengJia Gu
ChiHua Chen
Huan Zhang
ZhenBin Zhu
XingBiao Chen
Qun Han
FuHua Yan
WenJie Yang
Publication date
01-08-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Radiology / Issue 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-018-5990-1

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