重建内核和虚拟单能成像对基于细分的冠状动脉斑块体积测量与光子计数CTCT的影响
Susann Skoog1, Elin Good, Lilian Henriksson
1From the Department of Radiology and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden (S.S., L.H., M.S., A.P.); Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden (S.S., E.G., L.H., M.S., A.P., E.T.); Department of Cardiology, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden (E.G.); and Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Health, Medicine, and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden (E.T.).
重建核和切片厚度显著影响光子计数CT (PCCT) 中冠状动脉斑块体积测量. 虚拟单能成像 (VMI) 能量水平在使用调整值时不会影响斑块体积.
科学领域:
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 心血管疾病研究研究
- 放射学 放射学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 冠状动脉计算机断层扫描血管造影 (CCTA) 对于非侵入性冠状动脉疾病评估至关重要.
- 光子计数计算机断层扫描 (PCCT) 提供增强的空间分辨率和光谱成像,用于详细的斑块表征.
- 了解影响斑块体积测量的因素对于准确的诊断和治疗监测至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估虚拟单能成像 (VMI) 能量水平和重建核对斑块体积测量的影响.
- 评估不同的重建参数如何影响PCCT中的斑块量化.
- 为了确定VMI对基于细分的斑块体积分析的影响.
主要方法:
- 50名参与者接受了超高分辨率的冠状动脉血管学PCCT.
- 用各种VMI能量级别和内核重建图像.
- 使用半自动分段与调整值来测量斑块体积;还使用了冠状动脉幻影.
主要成果:
- 更利的重建核 (Bv64) 显著增加了非化斑块体积 (P < 0.005).
- 与0.4毫米 (P < 0.005) 相比,更薄的切片厚度 (0.2毫米) 减少了化斑块体积.
- 在使用特定能量值时,VMI能量水平对参与者的测量体积没有影响,尽管在幻影中观察到较小的影响.
结论:
- 重建核是PCCT中非化斑块体积的主要决定因素.
- 切片厚度主要影响化斑块体积测量.
- 随着适当的细分调整,VMI能量水平对参与者的斑块体积量化影响最小.
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