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Frenzel M, Ucar FA, Brockmann C, Altmann S, Abello MAM, Uphaus T, Ringel F, Korczynski O, Mukhopadhyay A, Sanner AP, Schmidtmann I, Brockmann MA, Othman AE. Comparison of Ultra-High-Resolution and Normal-Resolution CT-Angiography for Intracranial Aneurysm Detection in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Acad Radiol 2024; 31:1594-1604. [PMID: 37821348 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2023.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
Abstract
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES Ruptured intracranial aneurysms (IAs) are the leading cause for atraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. In case of aneurysm rupture, patients may face life-threatening complications and require aneurysm occlusion. Detection of the aneurysm in computed tomography (CT) imaging is therefore essential for patient outcome. This study provides an evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of Ultra-High-Resolution Computed Tomography Angiography (UHR-CTA) and Normal-Resolution Computed Tomography Angiography (NR-CTA) concerning IA detection and characterization. MATERIALS AND METHODS Consecutive patients with atraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage who received Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) and either UHR-CTA or NR-CTA were retrospectively included. Three readers evaluated CT-Angiography regarding image quality, diagnostic confidence and presence of IAs. Sensitivity and specificity were calculated on patient-level and segment-level with reference standard DSA-imaging. CTA patient radiation exposure (effective dose) was compared. RESULTS One hundred and eight patients were identified (mean age = 57.8 ± 14.1 years, 65 women). UHR-CTA revealed significantly higher image quality and diagnostic confidence (P < 0.001) for all readers and significantly lower effective dose (P < 0.001). Readers correctly classified ≥55/56 patients on UHR-CTA and ≥44/52 patients on NR-CTA. We noted significantly higher patient-level sensitivity for UHR-CTA compared to NR-CTA for all three readers (reader 1: 41/41 [100%] vs. 28/34 [82%], reader 2: 41/41 [100%] vs. 30/34 [88%], reader 3: 41/41 [100%] vs. 30/34 [88%], P ≤ 0.04). Segment-level analysis also revealed significantly higher sensitivity for UHR-CTA compared to NR-CTA for all three readers (reader 1: 47/49 [96%] vs. 34/45 [76%], reader 2: 47/49 [96%] vs. 37/45 [82%], reader 3: 48/49 [98%] vs. 37/45 [82%], P ≤ 0.04). Specificity was comparable for both techniques. CONCLUSION We found Ultra-High-Resolution CT-Angiography to provide higher sensitivity than Normal-Resolution CT-Angiography for the detection of intracranial aneurysms in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage while improving image quality and reducing patient radiation exposure.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marius Frenzel
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (M.F., F.A.U., C.B., S.A., M.A.M., O.K., A.P.S., M.A.B., A.E.O.)
| | - Felix A Ucar
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (M.F., F.A.U., C.B., S.A., M.A.M., O.K., A.P.S., M.A.B., A.E.O.)
| | - Carolin Brockmann
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (M.F., F.A.U., C.B., S.A., M.A.M., O.K., A.P.S., M.A.B., A.E.O.)
| | - Sebastian Altmann
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (M.F., F.A.U., C.B., S.A., M.A.M., O.K., A.P.S., M.A.B., A.E.O.)
| | - Mario A Mercado Abello
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (M.F., F.A.U., C.B., S.A., M.A.M., O.K., A.P.S., M.A.B., A.E.O.)
| | - Timo Uphaus
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (T.U.)
| | - Florian Ringel
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (F.R.)
| | - Oliver Korczynski
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (M.F., F.A.U., C.B., S.A., M.A.M., O.K., A.P.S., M.A.B., A.E.O.)
| | | | - Antoine P Sanner
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (M.F., F.A.U., C.B., S.A., M.A.M., O.K., A.P.S., M.A.B., A.E.O.); Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany (A.M., A.P.S.)
| | - Irene Schmidtmann
- Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (I.S.)
| | - Marc A Brockmann
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (M.F., F.A.U., C.B., S.A., M.A.M., O.K., A.P.S., M.A.B., A.E.O.)
| | - Ahmed E Othman
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (M.F., F.A.U., C.B., S.A., M.A.M., O.K., A.P.S., M.A.B., A.E.O.).
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