Publication Date
2012
Journal
The Texas Heart Journal
PMID
22412225
Publication Date(s)
2012
Language
English
PMCID
PMC3298920
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
2012
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-Print
Published Open-Access
yes
Keywords
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance, hypertrophy, left ventricular/diagnosis, magnetic resonance angiography, magnetic res-onance imaging, cine, models, cardiovascular, pattern recognition, automated/methods, prospective studies, radiographic image enhancement/methods, radiographic image interpretation, computer-assisted, tomography, x-ray computed, ventricular dysfunction, left/diagnosis/radiography
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
We evaluated attenuation-based 3-dimensional segmentation for the analysis of left ventricular function, using as our standard of reference magnetic resonance imaging and dual-source computed tomography with traditional short-axis planimetry.
Twenty patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease were examined prospectively. In all magnetic resonance and computed tomographic datasets, global functional values were determined by 2-dimensional planimetry. Computed tomographic scans were further evaluated by automated 3-dimensional segmentation, and the results were compared by Pearson correlation and Bland-Altman analysis.
Agreement between magnetic resonance imaging and dual-source computed tomographic 2-dimensional planimetry was good for all values (end-diastolic volume, bias= −4.2, r=0.99; end-systolic volume, bias= −1.7, r=0.99, stroke-volume, bias= −2.4, r=0.98; ejection fraction, bias=0.26, r=0.94; and myocardial mass, bias= 2.5, r=0.90). By contrast, dual-source computed tomographic 3-dimensional segmentation overestimated end-diastolic volume (bias= −19.1, P <0.001), stroke-volume (bias= −16.9, P <0.001), and myocardial mass (bias= −34.4, P <0.001). Moreover, correlation with magnetic resonance imaging proved disappointing for ejection fraction (r=0.72). Results were similar in a direct comparison between dual-source computed tomographic 2-dimensional planimetry and 3-dimensional segmentation (end-diastolic volume, bias= −14.9, r=0.94; end-systolic volume, bias= −0.5, r=0.90; stroke volume, bias= −14.5, r=0.83; ejection fraction, bias= −2.8, r=0.74; and myocardial mass, bias= −36.8, r=0.79).
Due to significant overestimation of volumes and poor correlation of ejection fraction with cine magnetic resonance imaging results, attenuation-based 3-dimensional segmentation compares unfavorably with traditional planimetry. Hence this method should be used with caution, and its time benefits should be weighed against its imprecision of functional analysis.