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Lian-Qin Kuang1, Wei Tang1, Ran Li1
1Department of Radiology, Army Medical Center of PLA, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.
Background:
Axial and coronal reformations have been a widely used image post-processing protocol for the ordinary multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) examination of patients with small bowel obstruction (SBO) or other abdominal diseases. The diagnostic accuracy of MDCT for assessing SBO is expected to be further improved through the use of multiple post-processing techniques.
Aim:
To systemically evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and efficiency of an optimized protocol using multiple post-processing techniques for MDCT assessment of SBO and secondary bowel ischemia.
Methods:
This retrospective cross-sectional study included 106 patients with clinically suspected SBO. Two readers applied three protocols to image post-processing and interpretation of patients' MDCT volume data. We compared the three protocols based on time spent, number of images, diagnostic self-confidence, agreement, detection rate, and accuracy of detection of SBO and secondary bowel ischemia.
Results:
Protocol 2 resulted in more time spent and number of images than protocols 1 and 3 (P < 0.01), but the results of the two readers using the same protocol were not different (P > 0.05). Using protocol 3, both readers added multiple post-processing techniques at frequencies of 29.2% and 34.9%, respectively, for obstruction cause, and 32.1% and 30.2%, respectively, for secondary bowel ischemia. Protocols 2 and 3 had higher total detection rates of obstruction cause and secondary bowel ischemia than protocol 1 (P < 0.01), but no difference was detected between protocols 2 and 3 (P > 0.05). The accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of protocols 2 and 3 were superior to those of protocol 1 for evaluating obstruction cause and secondary bowel ischemia.
Conclusion:
Our optimized protocol of multiple post-processing techniques can both guarantee efficiency and improve diagnostic accuracy of MDCT for assessing SBO and secondary bowel ischemia.
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