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Detection of calcified plaques: comparison between coronary CT angiography and thin-slice non-contrast CT with deep learning-aided image registration

Objectives: To investigate whether coronary CT angiography (CCTA) misses calcified plaques detected by thin-slice non-contrast CT (NCCT). Materials and methods: This study included patients from two sites in the DISCHARGE trial for whom both 0.5 mm thin-slice NCCT and CCTA were available. Plaques on...

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Autori principali: Schulze, Kenrick (Autore) , Biavati, Federico (Autore) , Föllmer, Bernhard (Autore) , Tsogias, Sotirios (Autore) , Chimed, Surenjav (Autore) , Balogh, Hanna (Autore) , Nagy, Norbert (Autore) , Yavuz, Ferhat (Autore) , Stantien, Anne-Marieke (Autore) , Abdelrahman, Renad-Heyam (Autore) , Lukas, Steffen (Autore) , Bosserdt, Maria (Autore) , Kachelrieß, Marc (Autore) , Samek, Wojciech (Autore) , Dewey, Marc (Autore)
Natura: Article (Journal)
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: 20 April 2026
In: European radiology
Year: 2026, Pages: 1-11
ISSN:1432-1084
DOI:10.1007/s00330-026-12501-y
Accesso online:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-026-12501-y
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Note sull'autore:Kenrick Schulze, Federico Biavati, Bernhard Föllmer, Sotirios Tsogias, Surenjav Chimed, Hanna Balogh, Norbert Nagy, Ferhat Yavuz, Anne-Marieke Stantien, Renad-Heyam Abdelrahman, Steffen Lukas, Maria Bosserdt, Marc Kachelrieß, Wojciech Samek and Marc Dewey
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Riassunto:Objectives: To investigate whether coronary CT angiography (CCTA) misses calcified plaques detected by thin-slice non-contrast CT (NCCT). Materials and methods: This study included patients from two sites in the DISCHARGE trial for whom both 0.5 mm thin-slice NCCT and CCTA were available. Plaques on CCTA were defined as missed if they showed no spatial overlap with NCCT-detected plaques after deep learning-aided co-registration. Comparisons of plaque volume, density, and local coronary luminal attenuation between plaques missed and those detected by CCTA were performed using the Mann-Whitney U-test. In addition, the presence of these plaques on standard calcium scoring CT was assessed. Interobserver agreement was assessed using the intraclass correlation coefficient and Bland‒Altman analysis. Results: This study included 45 patients (40% female, mean age 62 ± 11 years), in whom CCTA missed 37.6% of calcified plaques detected by NCCT (121/322). Missing calcified plaques on CCTA misclassified 8.9% of patients (4/45) as having no plaques. Compared with detected plaques, plaques missed by CCTA were both significantly smaller in volume (3.0 mm³ [IQR, 1.5–4.9] vs. 9.2 mm³ [IQR, 4.3–21.9], p < 0.001) and had lower density (212.7 HU [IQR, 174.5–242.4] vs. 292.7 HU [IQR, 243.2–361.3], p < 0.001). Only 44.0% of plaques (53/121) missed by CCTA were detected by standard calcium scoring CT. Interobserver analysis demonstrated excellent agreement for calcified plaque volume on CCTA (ICC = 0.91) and NCCT (ICC = 0.98). Conclusion: CCTA missed more than one-third of coronary calcified plaques that are identifiable on co-registered thin-slice NCCT, which suggests an underutilized role of thin-slice NCCT in clinical practice.
Descrizione del documento:Veröffentlicht: 20. April 2026
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Descrizione fisica:Online Resource
ISSN:1432-1084
DOI:10.1007/s00330-026-12501-y

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