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Published in: European Radiology 11/2022

21-05-2022 | CT Angiography | Computed Tomography

The impact of deep learning reconstruction on image quality and coronary CT angiography-derived fractional flow reserve values

Authors: Cheng Xu, Min Xu, Jing Yan, Yan-Yu Li, Yan Yi, Yu-Bo Guo, Ming Wang, Yu-Mei Li, Zheng-Yu Jin, Yi-Ning Wang

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 11/2022

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Abstract

Objectives

To explore the impact of deep learning reconstruction (DLR) on image quality and machine learning-based coronary CT angiography (CTA)-derived fractional flow reserve (CT-FFRML) values.

Methods

Thirty-three consecutive patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease who underwent coronary CTA and subsequent invasive coronary angiography were enrolled. DLR was compared with filtered back projection (FBP), statistical-based iterative reconstruction (SBIR), model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) Cardiac, and MBIR Cardiac sharp for objective image qualities of coronary CTA. Invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) and quantitative flow ratio (QFR) were used as the reference standards. The diagnostic performances of different reconstruction approach-based CT-FFRML were calculated.

Results

A total of 182 lesions in 33 patients were enrolled for analysis. The image quality of DLR was superior to the others. There were no significant differences in the CT-FFRML values among these five approaches (all p > 0.05). Of the 182 lesions, 17 had invasive FFR results, and 70 had QFR results. Using FFR as a reference, MBIR Cardiac, MBIR Cardiac sharp, and DLR achieved equal diagnostic performance, slightly higher than the other reconstruction approaches (MBIR Cardiac, MBIR Cardiac sharp, and DLR: AUC = 0.82, FBP and AIDR: AUC = 0.78, all p > 0.05). Using QFR as a reference, the AUCs of FBP, SBIR, MBIR Cardiac, MBIR Cardiac sharp, and DLR were 0.83, 0.81, 0.86, 0.84, and 0.83, respectively (all p > 0.05).

Conclusions

Our study showed that the DLR algorithm improved image quality, but there were no significant differences in the CT-FFRML values and diagnostic performance among different reconstruction approaches.

Key Points

• Deep learning-based image reconstruction (DLR) improves the image quality of coronary CTA.
• CT-FFRML values and diagnostic performance of DLR revealed no significant differences compared to other reconstruction approaches.
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Metadata
Title
The impact of deep learning reconstruction on image quality and coronary CT angiography-derived fractional flow reserve values
Authors
Cheng Xu
Min Xu
Jing Yan
Yan-Yu Li
Yan Yi
Yu-Bo Guo
Ming Wang
Yu-Mei Li
Zheng-Yu Jin
Yi-Ning Wang
Publication date
21-05-2022
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Radiology / Issue 11/2022
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-022-08796-2

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