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  • Title: Evaluation of the Effect of Intracoronary Attenuation on Coronary Plaque Measurements Using a Dual-phase Coronary CT Angiography Technique on a 320-row CT Scanner--In Vivo Validation Study.
    Author: Kidoh M, Utsunomiya D, Oda S, Funama Y, Nakaura T, Yuki H, Hirata K, Namimoto T, Yamashita Y.
    Journal: Acad Radiol; 2016 Mar; 23(3):315-20. PubMed ID: 26777592.
    Abstract:
    RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: The characterization of plaques based on their computed tomography (CT) number is important for the detection of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques. An earlier in vitro study showed that intravascular attenuation affected the attenuation of coronary atherosclerotic plaques. We attempted to validate this finding in vivo and here we introduce a dual-phase coronary CT angiography (CCTA) technique to address this issue. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Institutional ethics committee approval and informed consent were obtained. Thirty patients (30 noncalcified plaques) underwent dual-phase CCTA. Two CT datasets were obtained, one with coronary artery enhancement and the other without coronary artery enhancement. The CT number of the plaque and the adjacent vessel lumen was measured in a circular region of interest on curved planar reconstruction images. The region of interest setting was consistent between the two CT datasets. We performed linear regression analysis of the changes in the CT numbers (ΔHounsfield unit), calculated by subtracting the two CT datasets, for the lumen and for the plaque. We also evaluated the relationship between plaque attenuation on nonenhanced coronary artery images and luminal attenuation with and without contrast enhancement. RESULTS: The ΔHounsfield unit for the plaque and the lumen showed a strong correlation (r = 0.61). There was no significant correlation between plaque attenuation on nonenhanced coronary artery images and luminal attenuation with and without contrast enhancement (r = 0.23 and 0.24, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Intravascular attenuation changed the attenuation of coronary atherosclerotic plaques. Using the copy-paste technique, the CT number of identical plaques can be measured in registered dual-phase CCTA images for the evaluation of coronary plaques.
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