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- Title
The impact of deep learning reconstruction on image quality and coronary CT angiography-derived fractional flow reserve values.
- Authors
Xu, Cheng; Xu, Min; Yan, Jing; Li, Yan-Yu; Yi, Yan; Guo, Yu-Bo; Wang, Ming; Li, Yu-Mei; Jin, Zheng-Yu; Wang, Yi-Ning
- Abstract
Objectives: To explore the impact of deep learning reconstruction (DLR) on image quality and machine learning-based coronary CT angiography (CTA)-derived fractional flow reserve (CT-FFRML) values. Methods: Thirty-three consecutive patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease who underwent coronary CTA and subsequent invasive coronary angiography were enrolled. DLR was compared with filtered back projection (FBP), statistical-based iterative reconstruction (SBIR), model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) Cardiac, and MBIR Cardiac sharp for objective image qualities of coronary CTA. Invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) and quantitative flow ratio (QFR) were used as the reference standards. The diagnostic performances of different reconstruction approach-based CT-FFRML were calculated. Results: A total of 182 lesions in 33 patients were enrolled for analysis. The image quality of DLR was superior to the others. There were no significant differences in the CT-FFRML values among these five approaches (all p > 0.05). Of the 182 lesions, 17 had invasive FFR results, and 70 had QFR results. Using FFR as a reference, MBIR Cardiac, MBIR Cardiac sharp, and DLR achieved equal diagnostic performance, slightly higher than the other reconstruction approaches (MBIR Cardiac, MBIR Cardiac sharp, and DLR: AUC = 0.82, FBP and AIDR: AUC = 0.78, all p > 0.05). Using QFR as a reference, the AUCs of FBP, SBIR, MBIR Cardiac, MBIR Cardiac sharp, and DLR were 0.83, 0.81, 0.86, 0.84, and 0.83, respectively (all p > 0.05). Conclusions: Our study showed that the DLR algorithm improved image quality, but there were no significant differences in the CT-FFRML values and diagnostic performance among different reconstruction approaches. Key Points: • Deep learning-based image reconstruction (DLR) improves the image quality of coronary CTA. • CT-FFRMLvalues and diagnostic performance of DLR revealed no significant differences compared to other reconstruction approaches.
- Subjects
DEEP learning; IMAGE quality analysis; CORONARY artery disease; IMAGE reconstruction; MACHINE learning
- Publication
European Radiology, 2022, Vol 32, Issue 11, p7918
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-022-08796-2