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ArticleNeurologia medico-chirurgica2021

Streak Metal Artifact Reduction Technique in Cone Beam Computed Tomography Images after Endovascular Neurosurgery.

Takafumi Otsuka, Masahiro Nishihori, Takashi Izumi, Takeshi Uemura, Takashi Sakai, Mizuki Nakano, Naoki Kato, Fumiaki Kanamori, Tetsuya Tsukada, Kenji Uda and 3 more

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Article in Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takafumi OtsukaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Masahiro NishihoriDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Takashi IzumiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Takeshi UemuraRadiological Technology, Department of Medical Technique, Nagoya University Hospital.
Takashi SakaiRadiological Technology, Department of Medical Technique, Nagoya University Hospital.
Mizuki NakanoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Naoki KatoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Fumiaki KanamoriDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Tetsuya TsukadaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Kenji UdaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Kinya YokoyamaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Yoshio ArakiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Ryuta SaitoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Nagoya University · JPNagoya University Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images are degraded by artifacts due to endovascular implants. We evaluated the use of streak metal artifact reduction technique (SMART) in non-contrast CBCT images after endovascular neurosurgery obtained from 148 patients (125 with aneurysm and 23 with dural arteriovenous fistula [dAVF]). Three neurosurgeons evaluated the cistern and brain surface visibility in CBCT images with and without SMART correction based on a 4-point scale (1, excellent; 2, good; 3, limited; and 4, insufficient). Significant improvement in visibility was achieved when the median scores improved from 4 or 3 to 2 or 1 or from 2 to 1. Metal artifact reduction in adjacent slices without metal and new artifacts after SMART correction was also examined. A significant improvement was achieved regarding the visibility of the cistern in 90 (60.8%) images and of the brain surface in 108 (73.0%) images. Metal size (cistern: odds ratio [OR], 0.91 per 1 mm increase; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.83-0.99), irregular metal shape (cistern: OR, 0.18; 95% CI, 0.05-0.60 and brain surface: OR, 0.15; 95% CI, 0.05-0.45), and infratentorial lesions (cistern: OR, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.14-0.96 and brain surface: OR, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.11-0.80) were negatively correlated with improved visibility. Metal artifact reduction in adjacent slices without metal was obtained in 25.6% and 34.8% of images with aneurysm and dAVF, respectively. New artifacts after SMART correction were found in 4.8% and 13.0% of images with aneurysm and dAVF, respectively. SMART is especially effective for supratentorial small aneurysms.

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ArtifactsNeurosurgeryAlgorithmsCone-Beam Computed TomographyHumansMetalsMetalsaneurysmdural arteriovenous fistulaendovascular neurosurgerynon-contrast cone beam computed tomographystreak metal artifact reduction technique

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PMID33994451
PMCPMC8365234
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