Correlation between CT Value on Lung Subtraction CT and Radioactive Count on Perfusion Lung Single Photon Emission CT in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.
Diagnostics (Basel)
; 12(11)2022 Nov 21.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Lung subtraction CT (LSCT), the subtraction of noncontrast CT from CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) without spatial misregistration, is easily applicable by utilizing a software-based deformable image registration technique without additional hardware and permits the evaluation of lung perfusion as iodine accumulation, similar to that observed in perfusion lung single photon emission CT (PL-SPECT). The aim of this study was to use LSCT to newly assess the quantitative correlation between the CT value on LSCT and radioactive count on PL-SPECT as a reference and validate the quantification of lung perfusion by measuring the CT value in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).Methods:
We prospectively enrolled 47 consecutive patients with CTEPH undergoing both LSCT and PL-SPECT; we used noncontrast CT, CTPA, and LSCT to measure CT values and PL-SPECT to measure radioactive counts in areas representing three different perfusion classesno perfusion defect, subsegmental perfusion defect, and segmental perfusion defect; we compared CT values on noncontrast CT, CTPA, and LSCT and radioactive counts on PL-SPECT among the three classes, then assessed the correlation between them.Results:
Both the CT values and radioactive counts differed significantly among the three classes (p < 0.01 for all) and showed weak correlation (ρ = 0.38) by noncontrast CT, moderate correlation (ρ = 0.61) by CTPA, and strong correlation (ρ = 0.76) by LSCT.Conclusions:
The CT value measurement on LSCT is a novel quantitative approach to assess lung perfusion in CTEPH and only correlates strongly with radioactive count measurement on PL-SPECT.
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Diagnostics (Basel)
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