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ArticleInternational journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2020

Four-dimensional computed tomography angiography analysis of internal carotid arteries opacification at the skull base to detect delayed cerebral ischemia: a feasibility study.

Julien Ognard, Mourad Cheddad El Aouni, Brieg Dissaux, Raphel Jomaah, Pierre-Yves Rousseau, Valerie Burdin, Douraied Ben Salem, Jean-Christophe Gentric

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Julien OgnardNeuroradiology Unit, Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France. julien.ognard@chu-brest.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4495-7464
Mourad Cheddad El AouniNeuroradiology Unit, Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France.
Brieg DissauxNeuroradiology Unit, Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France.
Raphel JomaahFaculty of Arts and Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Pierre-Yves RousseauNeurology Unit, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France.
Valerie BurdinLaboratory of medical information processing-LaTIM INSERM UMR 1101, Brest, France.
Douraied Ben SalemNeuroradiology Unit, Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France.
Jean-Christophe GentricNeuroradiology Unit, Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France.
Inserm · FRCentre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest · FRUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale · FRUniversity of Toronto · CA

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Abstract

purposeDelayed cerebral ischemia represents a significant cause of poor functional outcome for patients with vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage. We investigated whether delayed cerebral ischemia could be detected by the arterial opacification of internal carotid artery at the level of the skull base.

methodsIn this exploratory, nested retrospective cohort diagnostic accuracy study, patients with clinical and/or transcranial Doppler suspicion of vasospasm who underwent four-dimensional computed tomography angiography were included. They were split into two groups for the main endpoint analysis, according to the actually adopted morphological (cerebral infarction) and clinical criteria (neurologic deterioration) of delayed cerebral ischemia. Opacification with a temporal resolution of 0.15 s of both internal carotid arteries at the skull base level was obtained through a semi-automated segmentation method based on skeletonization, and analyzed by a wavelet transform (rbio2.2, level 1). The results obtained by k-means clustering were analyzed with regard to the state of delayed cerebral infarction.

resultsOver ten patients included and analyzed, five patients presented a delayed cerebral ischemia, two of them in both side. The semi-automated processing and analysis clustered two different types of opacification curves. The obtaining of a nonlinear opacification pattern was associated (p < 0.001) with delayed cerebral ischemia.

conclusionsThe analysis of arterial opacification of internal carotid arteries at skull base by the proposed processing is feasible and leads to cluster two types of opacification that may help to early detect and prevent delayed cerebral ischemia, in particularly when examinations are artifacted by aneurysm treatment materials.

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AdolescentAdultAgedBrain IschemiaCarotid Artery, InternalCerebral AngiographyFeasibility StudiesFemaleFour-Dimensional Computed TomographyHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSkull BaseSubarachnoid HemorrhageUltrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial4D-CTADelayed cerebral ischemiak-means clusteringSensitivity and specificityVasospasmWavelet transform

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