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ArticleProceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering2016

Effect of Beam Hardening on Transmural Myocardial Perfusion Quantification in Myocardial CT Imaging.

Rachid Fahmi, Brendan L Eck, Jacob Levi, Anas Fares, Hao Wu, Mani Vembar, Amar Dhanantwari, Hiram G Bezerra, David L Wilson

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Article in Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rachid FahmiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Brendan L EckDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Jacob LeviDepartment of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Anas FaresCardiovascular Imaging Core Laboratory, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Hao WuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Mani VembarPhilips Healthcare, Cleveland, OH 44143, USA.
Amar DhanantwariPhilips Healthcare, Cleveland, OH 44143, USA.
Hiram G BezerraCardiovascular Imaging Core Laboratory, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
David L WilsonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
Case Western Reserve University · USPhilips (United States) · USUniversity Hospitals Case Medical Center · US

Funding

Interdisciplinary Biomedical Imaging Training ProgramT32EB007509 · NIBIB · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID Lynn WILSON, Xin Yu · 2007 to 2026
$5.6M
Quantitative Image Quality for Optimization of MRIR01EB004070 · NIBIB · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI WILSON, DAVID L · 2004 to 2007
$1.4M
System-independent quantitative cardiac CT perfusionR41HL144271 · NHLBI · BIOINVISION, INC. · PI WILSON, DAVID LYNN · 2018 to 2018
$224k
NHLBI NIH HHS R41 HL144271NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB004070NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB007509
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The detection of subendocardial ischemia exhibiting an abnormal transmural perfusion gradient (TPG) may help identify ischemic conditions due to micro-vascular dysfunction. We evaluated the effect of beam hardening (BH) artifacts on TPG quantification using myocardial CT perfusion (CTP). We used a prototype spectral detector CT scanner (Philips Healthcare) to acquire dynamic myocardial CTP scans in a porcine ischemia model with partial occlusion of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery guided by pressure wire-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurements. Conventional 120 kVp and 70 keV projection-based mono-energetic images were reconstructed from the same projection data and used to compute myocardial blood flow (MBF) using the Johnson-Wilson model. Under moderate LAD occlusion (FFR~0.7), we used three 5 mm short axis slices and divided the myocardium into three LAD segments and three remote segments. For each slice and each segment, we characterized TPG as the mean "endo-to-epi" transmural flow ratio (TFR). BH-induced hypoenhancement on the ischemic anterior wall at 120 kVp resulted in significantly lower mean TFR value as compared to the 70 keV TFR value (0.29±0.01 vs. 0.55±0.01; p<1e-05). No significant difference was measured between 120 kVp and 70 keV mean TFR values on segments moderately affected or unaffected by BH. In the entire ischemic LAD territory, 120 kVp mean endocardial flow was significantly reduced as compared to mean epicardial flow (15.80±10.98 vs. 40.85±23.44 ml/min/100g; p<1e-04). At 70 keV, BH was effectively minimized resulting in mean endocardial MBF of 40.85±15.3407 ml/min/100g vs. 74.09±5.07 ml/min/100g (p=0.0054) in the epicardium. We also found that BH artifact in the conventional 120 kVp images resulted in falsely reduced MBF measurements even under non-ischemic conditions.

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beam hardeningdual energy CTmyocardial blood flowMyocardial CT perfusionspectral detector CTtransmural perfusion gradient

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