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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) for the visualization of the coronary arteries in a population with atrial fibrillation (AF) compared to single-source CT (SSCT) and to explore the impact of patients' heart rate (HR) on image quality (IQ) and reconstruction timing. METHODS: Thirty consecutive patients (11 male, 19 female; 69.0+/-9.2 years old) with suspected coronary artery disease and permanent AF were examined on a DSCT scanner (120 kV, 400 mAs/rot, 0.33 s rotation time, 64 x 0.6 mm collimation, pitch 0.20-0.28, Siemens Somatom Definition). Patients were divided into two groups: low and medium HR group (HR
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Fibrilação Atrial/complicações , Fibrilação Atrial/diagnóstico por imagem , Angiografia Coronária/métodos , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/complicações , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Interpretação de Imagem Radiográfica Assistida por Computador/métodos , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X/métodos , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Intensificação de Imagem Radiográfica/métodos , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e EspecificidadeRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of myocardial bridging (MB) is of clinical importance because of the association between MB and compromised coronary flow. The aim of this study was to compare the ability of dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) and conventional coronary angiography (CAG) to detect MB. METHODS AND RESULTS: DSCT were performed in 53 patients and 4-dimensional (D) reconstruction was subsequently performed in 16 patients with MB for double-blinded comparison with the findings of CAG. The diameters at systole and diastole of the coronary segments proximal and distal to the MB and of the tunneled segment were measured. The relationship between the rate of stenosis of the tunneled artery and the "milking" effect on 4-D reconstruction was analyzed. Of the 53 patients, CAG and DSCT detected 4 MBs in 3 patients and 21 MBs in 16 patients, respectively (p<0.001). On a per-patient and per-MB basis, significant difference was found between both methods (p=0.001, p<0.001). The 4-D reconstruction showed the milking effect and abnormal blood flow, detecting more MBs than did CAG (p<0.001). The rate of stenosis of the tunneled artery was related to the milking effect on the 4-D reconstruction (r=0.640, p=0.006). CONCLUSIONS: In the present study, DSCT detected more MBs than CAG, suggesting its clinical application for diagnosis of this condition.
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Angiografia Coronária/métodos , Angiografia Coronária/normas , Doença da Artéria Coronariana/diagnóstico por imagem , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X/métodos , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X/normas , Idoso , Vasos Coronários , Método Duplo-Cego , Feminino , Humanos , Imageamento Tridimensional , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Padrões de Referência , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
In this paper, we present a new segmentation evaluation method that can simulate radiologist's subjective assessment of 3D tumor segmentation in CT images. The method uses a new metric defined as a linear combination of a set of commonly used objective metrics. The weighing parameters of the linear combination are determined by maximizing the rank correlation between radiologist's subjective rating and objective measurements. Experimental results on 93 lesions demonstrate that the new composite metric shows better performance in segmentation evaluation than each individual objective metric. Also, segmentation rating using the composite metric compares well with radiologist's subjective evaluation. Our method has the potential to facilitate the development of new tumor segmentation algorithms and assist large scale segmentation evaluation studies.