TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of image resolution on computation of fractional flow reserve
T2 - coronary computed tomography angiography versus 3-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography
AU - Liu, Lili
AU - Yang, Wenjie
AU - Nagahara, Yasuomi
AU - Li, Yingguang
AU - Lamooki, Saeb R.
AU - Muramatsu, Takashi
AU - Kitslaar, Pieter
AU - Sarai, Masayoshi
AU - Ozaki, Yukio
AU - Barlis, Peter
AU - Yan, Fuhua
AU - Reiber, Johan H.C.
AU - Tu, Shengxian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Calculation of fractional flow reserve (FFR) based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) requires reconstruction of patient-specific coronary geometry and estimation of hyperemic flow rate. Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and invasive coronary angiography (ICA) are two dominating imaging modalities used for the geometrical reconstruction. Our aim was to investigate the impact of image resolution as inherently associated with these two imaging modalities on geometrical reconstruction and subsequent FFR calculation. Patients with mild or intermediate coronary stenoses who underwent both CCTA and ICA were included. CCTA images were acquired either by 320-row area detector CT or by 128-slice dual-source CT. Two geometrical models were reconstructed separately from CCTA and ICA, from which FFRCTA and FFRQCA were subsequently calculated using CFD simulations, applying the same hyperemic flow rate derived from the ICA images at the inlet boundaries. A total of 57 vessels in 41 patients were analyzed. Average diameter stenosis was 43.4 ± 10.8 % by 3D QCA. Reasonably good correlation between FFRCTA and FFRQCA was observed (r = 0.71, p < 0.001). The difference between FFRCTA and FFRQCA was correlated with the deviation between minimal lumen areas by CCTA and by ICA (ρ = 0.34, p = 0.01), but not with plaque volume (ρ = −0.09, p = 0.51) or calcified plaque volume (ρ = 0.01, p = 0.95). Applying the cutoff value of ≤0.8 to both FFRCTA and FFRQCA, the agreement between FFRCTA and FFRQCA in discriminating functional significant stenoses was moderate (kappa 0.47, p < 0.001). Disagreement was found in 10 (17.5 %) vessels. Acceptable correlation between FFRCTA and FFRQCA was observed, while their agreement in distinguishing functional significant stenosis was moderate. Our results suggest that image resolution has a significant impact on FFR computation.
AB - Calculation of fractional flow reserve (FFR) based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) requires reconstruction of patient-specific coronary geometry and estimation of hyperemic flow rate. Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and invasive coronary angiography (ICA) are two dominating imaging modalities used for the geometrical reconstruction. Our aim was to investigate the impact of image resolution as inherently associated with these two imaging modalities on geometrical reconstruction and subsequent FFR calculation. Patients with mild or intermediate coronary stenoses who underwent both CCTA and ICA were included. CCTA images were acquired either by 320-row area detector CT or by 128-slice dual-source CT. Two geometrical models were reconstructed separately from CCTA and ICA, from which FFRCTA and FFRQCA were subsequently calculated using CFD simulations, applying the same hyperemic flow rate derived from the ICA images at the inlet boundaries. A total of 57 vessels in 41 patients were analyzed. Average diameter stenosis was 43.4 ± 10.8 % by 3D QCA. Reasonably good correlation between FFRCTA and FFRQCA was observed (r = 0.71, p < 0.001). The difference between FFRCTA and FFRQCA was correlated with the deviation between minimal lumen areas by CCTA and by ICA (ρ = 0.34, p = 0.01), but not with plaque volume (ρ = −0.09, p = 0.51) or calcified plaque volume (ρ = 0.01, p = 0.95). Applying the cutoff value of ≤0.8 to both FFRCTA and FFRQCA, the agreement between FFRCTA and FFRQCA in discriminating functional significant stenoses was moderate (kappa 0.47, p < 0.001). Disagreement was found in 10 (17.5 %) vessels. Acceptable correlation between FFRCTA and FFRQCA was observed, while their agreement in distinguishing functional significant stenosis was moderate. Our results suggest that image resolution has a significant impact on FFR computation.
KW - Computational fluid dynamics
KW - Coronary computed tomography angiography
KW - Fractional flow reserve
KW - Quantitative coronary angiography
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U2 - 10.1007/s10554-015-0797-5
DO - 10.1007/s10554-015-0797-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 26507326
AN - SCOPUS:84957954093
SN - 1569-5794
VL - 32
SP - 513
EP - 523
JO - International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 3
ER -