Abstract
Repeatability of quantitative assessment of atherosclerotic plaques is important for the accurate detection of high-risk plaques in coronary CT angiography (CTA). We assessed the effect of heart rate (HR) on plaque CT number using a coronary artery model and a cardiac phantom capable of simulating cardiac motion. The coronary artery model with luminal stenosis on a cardiac phantom was imaged with a simulated HR of 0, 50, 60, and 70 beats per minute using a 320-row CT scanner. We reconstructed CT images for cardiac diastolic phases (for 75% R-R interval) using filtered back projection (FBP), hybrid iterative reconstruction (AIDR3D), and model-based iterative reconstruction (FIRST). Two observers measured plaque attenuation in the lesion with 75% stenosis. The coefficient of determination (R2) was obtained to evaluate interobserver agreement. At HR 70, FIRST improved the correlation between two observers compared with FBP and AIDR3D (FIRST: R2 = 0.68, p < 0.05; FBP: R2 = 0.29, p = 0.31; AIDR3D: R2 = 0.22, p = 0.18). These R2 at HR 70 were lower compared with at HR 50 (FIRST: R2 = 0.92, p < 0.05; FBP: R2 = 0.83, p < 0.05; AIDR3D: R2 = 0.87, p < 0.05) and HR 0 (FIRST: R2 = 0.97, p < 0.05; FBP: R2 = 0.89, p < 0.05; AIDR3D: R2 = 0.95...Continue Reading
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