The influence of electrocardiogram-gated computed tomography reconstruction into 8 or 10 cardiac phases on cardiac-pulsatility-induced motion quantification of stent grafts in the aorta

Jaimy A. Simmering*, Deborah A. Zagers, Robert H. Geelkerken, Henny Kuipers, Gerben A. te Riet o.g. Scholten, Michel M.P.J. Reijnen, Cornelis H. Slump

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Abstract

Objective: The goal of this study was to determine to what extent aortic stent graft motion quantification is comparable between electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated computed tomography (CT) scans with reconstructions into 8 and 10 cardiac phases on CT scanners from two different vendors.

Methods: An experimental setup that induces motion of an aortic stent graft, according to a predefined aortic blood pressure wave, was placed in two CT scanners of different vendors. The stent graft motion was captured using an ECG-gated CT technique and quantified using dedicated analysis algorithms. The calculated motion amplitudes and total traveled path lengths of stent segmentations were compared between scans reconstructed into 8 and 10 phases and between the scanners, after validation with sensor measurements and repeated measurements.

Results: No difference in motion amplitudes in z-direction (craniocaudal direction) was observed between the reconstructions into 8 and 10 phases (0.02 mm; 95% confidence interval [CI], –0.01 to 0.05 mm; P =.358). The z-amplitudes differed by 0.04 mm (95% CI, 0.01-0.07 mm; P =.003) between the different CT scanners. Path lengths differed 0.07 mm (95% CI, 0.01-to 0.13 mm; P =.013) between the reconstructions into 8 and 10 phases and 0.13 mm (95% CI, 0.06-0.17 mm; P <.001) between the different scanners.

Conclusions: The motion amplitudes can accurately be compared between 8 and 10 phases and between the two scanners, without differences larger than the voxel size of 0.3 × 0.3 × 0.5 mm. Clinical motion analysis results of different ECG-gated CT scans and CT scanners can be compared up to the accuracy of the CT scan.

Original languageEnglish
Article number100131
JournalJVS-Vascular Science
Volume4
Early online date28 Sept 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Aorta
  • Dynamic
  • ECG-gated computed tomography
  • Endovascular procedures
  • Stent graft
  • UT-Gold-D

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