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Improved coronary calcification quantification using photon-counting-detector CT: an ex vivo study in cadaveric specimens. 2021

Mårten Sandstedt, and Jeffrey Marsh, and Kishore Rajendran, and Hao Gong, and Shengzhen Tao, and Anders Persson, and Shuai Leng, and Cynthia McCollough
Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.

OBJECTIVE To compare the accuracy of coronary calcium quantification of cadaveric specimens imaged from a photon-counting detector (PCD)-CT and an energy-integrating detector (EID)-CT. METHODS Excised coronary specimens were scanned on a PCD-CT scanner, using both the PCD and EID subsystems. The scanning and reconstruction parameters for EID-CT and PCD-CT were matched: 120 kV, 9.3-9.4 mGy CTDIvol, and a quantitative kernel (D50). PCD-CT images were also reconstructed using a sharper kernel (D60). Scanning the same specimens using micro-CT served as a reference standard for calcified volumes. Calcifications were segmented with a half-maximum thresholding technique. Segmented calcified volume differences were analyzed using the Friedman test and post hoc pairwise Wilcoxon signed rank test with the Bonferroni correction. Image noise measurements were compared between EID-CT and PCD-CT with a repeated-measures ANOVA test and post hoc pairwise comparison with the Bonferroni correction. A p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS The volume measurements in 12/13 calcifications followed a similar trend: EID-D50 > PCD-D50 > PCD-D60 > micro-CT. The median calcified volumes in EID-D50, PCD-D50, PCD-D60, and micro-CT were 22.1 (IQR 10.2-64.8), 21.0 (IQR 9.0-56.5), 18.2 (IQR 8.3-49.3), and 14.6 (IQR 5.1-42.4) mm3, respectively (p < 0.05 for all pairwise comparisons). The average image noise in EID-D50, PCD-D50, and PCD-D60 was 60.4 (± 3.5), 56.0 (± 4.2), and 113.6 (± 8.5) HU, respectively (p < 0.01 for all pairwise comparisons). CONCLUSIONS The PCT-CT system quantified coronary calcifications more accurately than EID-CT, and a sharp PCD-CT kernel further improved the accuracy. The PCD-CT images exhibited lower noise than the EID-CT images. CONCLUSIONS • High spatial resolution offered by PCD-CT reduces partial volume averaging and consequently leads to better morphological depiction of coronary calcifications. • Improved quantitative accuracy for coronary calcification volumes could be achieved using high-resolution PCD-CT compared to conventional EID-CT. • PCD-CT images exhibit lower image noise than conventional EID-CT at matched radiation dose and reconstruction kernel.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002102 Cadaver A dead body, usually a human body. Corpse,Cadavers,Corpses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014057 Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image. CAT Scan, X-Ray,CT Scan, X-Ray,Cine-CT,Computerized Tomography, X-Ray,Electron Beam Computed Tomography,Tomodensitometry,Tomography, Transmission Computed,X-Ray Tomography, Computed,CAT Scan, X Ray,CT X Ray,Computed Tomography, X-Ray,Computed X Ray Tomography,Computerized Tomography, X Ray,Electron Beam Tomography,Tomography, X Ray Computed,Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial,Tomography, Xray Computed,X Ray Computerized Tomography,X Ray Tomography, Computed,X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,Beam Tomography, Electron,CAT Scans, X-Ray,CT Scan, X Ray,CT Scans, X-Ray,CT X Rays,Cine CT,Computed Tomography, Transmission,Computed Tomography, X Ray,Computed Tomography, Xray,Computed X-Ray Tomography,Scan, X-Ray CAT,Scan, X-Ray CT,Scans, X-Ray CAT,Scans, X-Ray CT,Tomographies, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Electron Beam,Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X Ray Computerized,Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial,Transmission Computed Tomography,X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,X Ray, CT,X Rays, CT,X-Ray CAT Scan,X-Ray CAT Scans,X-Ray CT Scan,X-Ray CT Scans,X-Ray Computed Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Tomography,Xray Computed Tomography
D015898 Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed X-ray image-detecting devices that make a focused image of body structures lying in a predetermined plane from which more complex images are computed. CAT Scanners, X-Ray,CT Scanner, X-Ray,Computed Tomography Scanners, X-Ray,Tomography, Computed, Scanners,Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Scanners,CAT Scanner, X-Ray,Computed Tomography Scanner, X-Ray,Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Scanner,X-Ray Computed Tomography Scanner,X-Ray Computed Tomography Scanners,CAT Scanner, X Ray,CAT Scanners, X Ray,CT Scanner, X Ray,CT Scanners, X-Ray,Computed Tomography Scanner, X Ray,Computed Tomography Scanners, X Ray,Scanner, X-Ray CAT,Scanner, X-Ray CT,Scanners, X-Ray CAT,Scanners, X-Ray CT,Tomography Scanners, X Ray Computed,X Ray Computed Tomography Scanner,X Ray Computed Tomography Scanners,X-Ray CAT Scanner,X-Ray CAT Scanners,X-Ray CT Scanner,X-Ray CT Scanners
D017785 Photons Discrete concentrations of energy, apparently massless elementary particles, that move at the speed of light. They are the unit or quantum of electromagnetic radiation. Photons are emitted when electrons move from one energy state to another. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th ed)
D019047 Phantoms, Imaging Devices or objects in various imaging techniques used to visualize or enhance visualization by simulating conditions encountered in the procedure. Phantoms are used very often in procedures employing or measuring x-irradiation or radioactive material to evaluate performance. Phantoms often have properties similar to human tissue. Water demonstrates absorbing properties similar to normal tissue, hence water-filled phantoms are used to map radiation levels. Phantoms are used also as teaching aids to simulate real conditions with x-ray or ultrasonic machines. (From Iturralde, Dictionary and Handbook of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Imaging, 1990) Phantoms, Radiographic,Phantoms, Radiologic,Radiographic Phantoms,Radiologic Phantoms,Phantom, Radiographic,Phantom, Radiologic,Radiographic Phantom,Radiologic Phantom,Imaging Phantom,Imaging Phantoms,Phantom, Imaging

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