Dual-energy direct bone removal CT angiography for evaluation of intracranial aneurysm or stenosis: comparison with conventional digital subtraction angiography

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作者
Watanabe, Yoshiyuki [1 ,2 ]
Uotani, Kensuke [2 ]
Nakazawa, Tetsuro [2 ]
Higashi, Masahiro [2 ]
Yamada, Naoaki [2 ]
Hori, Yoshiro [2 ]
Kanzaki, Suzu [2 ]
Fukuda, Tetsuya [2 ]
Itoh, Toshihide [3 ]
Naito, Hiroaki [2 ]
机构
[1] St Lukes Int Hosp, Dept Radiol, Chuo Ku, Tokyo 1048565, Japan
[2] Natl Cardiovasc Ctr, Dept Radiol, Osaka, Japan
[3] Siemens Asahi Med Technol, Tokyo, Japan
关键词
Cerebral CTA; Dual-energy CT; Dual-source CT; Bone elimination; Brain; COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; INITIAL-EXPERIENCE; DISEASE; DIFFERENTIATION; VESSELS;
D O I
10.1007/s00330-008-1213-5
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Dual-energy CT can be applied for bone elimination in cerebral CT angiography (CTA). The aim of this study was to compare the results of dual-energy direct bone removal CTA (DE-BR-CTA) with those of digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Twelve patients with intracranial aneurysms and/or ICA stenosis underwent a dual-source CT in dual-energy mode. Post-processing software selectively removed bone structures using the two energy data sets. Three-dimensional images with and without bone removal were reviewed and compared to DSA. Dual-energy bone removal was successful in all patients. For 10 patients, bone removal was good and CTA maximum-intensity projection (MIP) images could be used for vessel evaluation. For two patients, bone removal was moderate with some bone remnants, but this did not inhibit the three-dimensional visualization. Three aneurysms adjacent to the skull base were only partially visible in conventional CTA but were fully visible in DE-BR-CTA. In five patients with ICA stenosis, DE-BR-CTA revealed the stenotic lesions on the MIP images. The correlation between DSA and DE-BR-CTA was good (R (2)=0.822), but DE-BR-CTA led to an overestimation of stenosis. DE-BR-CTA was able to eliminate bone structure using only a single CT data acquisition and is useful to evaluate intracranial aneurysms and stenosis.
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