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Herrler J, Williams SN, Liebig P, Ding B, McElhinney P, Allwood-Spiers S, Meixner CR, Gunamony S, Maier A, Dörfler A, Gumbrecht R, Porter DA, Nagel AM. The effects of RF coils and SAR supervision strategies for clinically applicable nonselective parallel-transmit pulses at 7 T. Magn Reson Med 2023; 89:1888-1900. [PMID: 36622945 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.29569] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the effects of using different parallel-transmit (pTx) head coils and specific absorption rate (SAR) supervision strategies on pTx pulse design for ultrahigh-field MRI using a 3D-MPRAGE sequence. METHODS The PTx universal pulses (UPs) and fast online-customized (FOCUS) pulses were designed with pre-acquired data sets (B0 , B1 + maps, specific absorption rate [SAR] supervision data) from two different 8 transmit/32 receive head coils on two 7T whole-body MR systems. For one coil, the SAR supervision model consisted of per-channel RF power limits. In the other coil, SAR estimations were done with both per-channel RF power limits as well as virtual observation points (VOPs) derived from electromagnetic field (EMF) simulations using three virtual human body models at three different positions. All pulses were made for nonselective excitation and inversion and evaluated on 132 B0 , B1 + , and SAR supervision datasets obtained with one coil and 12 from the other. At both sites, 3 subjects were examined using MPRAGE sequences that used UP/FOCUS pulses generated for both coils. RESULTS For some subjects, the UPs underperformed when simulated on a different coil from which they were derived, whereas FOCUS pulses still showed acceptable performance in that case. FOCUS inversion pulses outperformed adiabatic pulses when scaled to the same local SAR level. For the self-built coil, the use of VOPs showed reliable overestimation compared with the ground-truth EMF simulations, predicting about 52% lower local SAR for inversion pulses compared with per-channel power limits. CONCLUSION FOCUS inversion pulses offer a low-SAR alternative to adiabatic pulses and benefit from using EMF-based VOPs for SAR estimation.
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- Jürgen Herrler
- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.,Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany
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- Imaging Center of Excellence, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany.,Institute of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Imaging Center of Excellence, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.,MR CoilTech, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Computer Science, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Imaging Center of Excellence, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institute of Radiology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.,Division of Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Williams SN, McElhinney P, Gunamony S. Ultra-high field MRI: parallel-transmit arrays and RF pulse design. Phys Med Biol 2023; 68. [PMID: 36410046 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aca4b7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This paper reviews the field of multiple or parallel radiofrequency (RF) transmission for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Currently the use of ultra-high field (UHF) MRI at 7 tesla and above is gaining popularity, yet faces challenges with non-uniformity of the RF field and higher RF power deposition. Since its introduction in the early 2000s, parallel transmission (pTx) has been recognized as a powerful tool for accelerating spatially selective RF pulses and combating the challenges associated with RF inhomogeneity at UHF. We provide a survey of the types of dedicated RF coils used commonly for pTx and the important modeling of the coil behavior by electromagnetic (EM) field simulations. We also discuss the additional safety considerations involved with pTx such as the specific absorption rate (SAR) and how to manage them. We then describe the application of pTx with RF pulse design, including a practical guide to popular methods. Finally, we conclude with a description of the current and future prospects for pTx, particularly its potential for routine clinical use.
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- Sydney N Williams
- Imaging Centre of Excellence, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Imaging Centre of Excellence, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Imaging Centre of Excellence, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.,MR CoilTech Limited, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Han D, Venuraju S, McElhinney P, Lin A, Tamarappoo B, Berman D, Slomka P, Lahiri A, Dey D. 520 Predictors Of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression Assessed By Serial Coronary Ct Angiography In Patients With Diabetes: From Proceed Study. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2022.06.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Lin A, Van Diemen P, Motwani M, McElhinney P, Otaki Y, Han D, Kwan A, Tzolos E, Cadet S, Danad I, Driessen R, Slomka PJ, Berman DS, Dey D, Knaapen P. Machine learning from quantitative coronary computed tomography angiography predicts ischemia and impaired myocardial blood flow. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Atherosclerotic plaque characteristics influence the hemodynamic consequences of coronary lesions. This study sought to assess the performance of a machine learning (ML) score integrating coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)-based quantitative plaque features for the prediction of ischemia by invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) and impaired myocardial blood flow (MBF) by [15O]H2O positron emission tomography (PET).
Methods
This post-hoc analysis of the PACIFIC (Prospective Comparison of Cardiac PET/CT, SPECT/CT Perfusion Imaging and CT Coronary Angiography With Invasive Coronary Angiography) trial included 208 patients with suspected coronary artery disease who underwent CCTA, [15O]H2O PET, and 3-vessel invasive FFR. Plaque quantification from CCTA was performed using semiautomated software. A boosted ensemble ML algorithm (XGBoost) trained on data from the NXT (Analysis of Coronary Blood Flow using CT Angiography: Next Steps) trial was used to develop a ML score for the prediction of per-vessel ischemia (invasive FFR ≤0.80). The performance of the ML score was evaluated in 551 vessels from the PACIFIC trial for external validation. Thereafter, we assessed the discriminative ability of the ML score for per-vessel impaired hyperemic MBF (≤2.30 mL/min/g).
Results
In total, 138 (25.0%) vessels had ischemia and 195 (35.4%) vessels had impaired hyperemic MBF. CCTA-derived quantitative percent diameter stenosis and low-density noncalcified plaque (LDNCP) volume were higher in ischemic vessels compared with non-ischemic vessels (60.8% vs. 19.9%; and 42.3 mm3 vs. 9.1 mm3; both p<0.001). The ML score demonstrated a significantly higher area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) for predicting ischemia (0.92, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.89–0.94) compared with visual stenosis grade (0.84, 95% CI 0.80–0.87; p<0.001). Overall, quantitative percent diameter stenosis and LDNCP volume had greatest feature importance for ML, followed by percent area stenosis, minimum luminal diameter, and contrast density drop (Figure 1). An individualized explanation of ML ischemia prediction is shown in Figure 2. When applied for impaired MBF discrimination, the ML score exhibited an AUC of 0.82 (95% CI 0.78–0.85) and was superior to visual stenosis grade (AUC 0.76, 95% CI 0.72–0.80; p=0.03).
Conclusions
An externally validated ML score integrating CCTA-based quantitative plaque features accurately predicts FFR-defined ischemia and abnormal MBF by PET, outperforming standard visual CCTA interpretation.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, United States Performance of the ML scoreIndividual explanation of ML prediction
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- A Lin
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The)
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- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The)
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- VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The)
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The)
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Tzolos E, Williams MC, McElhinney P, Lin A, Grodecki K, Guadalupe FT, Cadet S, Berman DS, Slomka PJ, Dweck MR, Newby DE, Dey DE. Pericoronary adipose tissue attenuation, low-attenuation plaque burden and 5-year risk of myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Introduction
Pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation has emerged as a surrogate marker of pericoronary inflammation. To date, no studies have compared the impact of pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) attenuation and quantitative plaque burden on cardiac outcomes.
Purpose
We aimed to establish the relative merits of these approaches to risk prediction and hypothesised that the combination of PCAT attenuation and quantitative plaque burden measures could provide additive and improved prediction of myocardial infarction in patients with stable chest pain.
Methods
In a post-hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial, we investigated the association between the future risk of fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction and PCAT attenuation measured from CT coronary angiography using multivariable Cox regression models including plaque burden, obstructive coronary disease and cardiac risk score (incorporating age, sex, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and family history of cardiovascular disease).
Results
In 1697 evaluable participants (mean age 58±10 years), there were 37 myocardial infarctions after a median follow-up of 4.7 [interquartile interval, 4.0–5.7] years. Median low-attenuation plaque burden was 4.20 [0–6.86] % and mean PCAT −76±8 Hounsfield units (HU).
PCAT attenuation of the right coronary artery (RCA) was predictive of myocardial infarction (hazard ratio [HR] 1.55, 95% CI 1.08–2.22; p=0.017, per 1 standard deviation increment) with an optimum threshold of −70.5 HU [Hazards ratio (HR) 2.45, 95% CI 1.2–4.9; p=0.01]. Univariable analysis also identified the burden of non-calcified, low-attenuation and calcified plaque as well as Agatston coronary calcium score, presence of obstructive coronary artery disease and cardiovascular risk score were predictors of myocardial infarction (Figure 1). In multivariable analysis, only the low-attenuation plaque burden (HR 1.80, 95% CI 1.16 to 2.81, p=0.011, per doubling) and PCAT-RCA (HR 1.47 95%1.02 to 2.13, p=0.040, per standard deviation increment) remained predictors of myocardial infarction (Figure 1).
In multivariable analysis, adding PCAT-RCA ≥-70.5 HU to low-attenuation plaque burden >4% (optimum threshold for future myocardial infarction; HR = 4.87, 95% CI 2.03–11.78; p<0.0001) led to improved prediction of future myocardial infarction (HR 11.7, 95% CI 3.3–40.9; p<0.0001); Figure 2. In ROC analysis, integration of PCAT-RCA attenuation and LAP burden, increased the prediction for myocardial infarction compared to LAP alone (ΔAUC=0.04; p=0.01).
Conclusion
CT coronary angiography defined PCAT attenuation and low-attenuation plaque have marked and additive predictive value for the risk of fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): The Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates, British Heart Foundation, National Institute of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant
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- E Tzolos
- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine), Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine), Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine), Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine), Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine), Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine), Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine), Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine), Medicine, and Biomedical Sciences, Los Angeles, United States of America
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Lin A, Manral N, McElhinney P, Killekar A, Matsumoto H, Cadet S, Achenbach S, Nicholls SJ, Wong DT, Berman D, Dweck M, Newby DE, Williams MC, Slomka PJ, Dey D. Deep learning-based plaque quantification from coronary computed tomography angiography: external validation and comparison with intravascular ultrasound. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
Atherosclerotic plaque quantification from coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) enables accurate assessment of coronary artery disease burden, progression, and prognosis. However, quantitative plaque analysis is time-consuming and requires high expertise. We sought to develop and externally validate an artificial intelligence (AI)-based deep learning (DL) approach for CTA-derived measures of plaque volume and stenosis severity. We compared the performance of DL to expert readers and the gold standard of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).
Methods
This was a multicenter study of patients undergoing coronary CTA at 11 sites, with software-based quantitative plaque measurements performed at a per-lesion level by expert readers. AI-based plaque analysis was performed by a DL novel convolutional neural network which automatically segmented the coronary artery wall, lumen, and plaque for the computation of plaque volume and stenosis severity. Using expert measurements as ground truth, the DL algorithm was trained on 887 patients (4,686 lesions). Thereafter, the algorithm was applied to an independent test set of 221 patients (1,234 lesions), which included an external validation cohort of 171 patients from the SCOT-HEART (Scottish Computed Tomography of the Heart) trial as well as 50 patients who underwent IVUS within one month of CTA. We report the performance of AI-based plaque analysis in the independent test set.
Results
Within the external validation cohort, there was excellent agreement between DL and expert reader measurements of total plaque volume (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC] 0.876), noncalcified plaque volume (ICC 0.869), and percent diameter stenosis (ICC 0.850; all p<0.001). When compared with IVUS, there was excellent agreement for DL total plaque volume (ICC 0.945), total plaque burden (ICC 0.853), minimal luminal area (ICC 0.864), and percent area stenosis (ICC 0.805; all p<0.001); with strong correlation between DL and IVUS for total plaque volume (r=0.915; p<0.001; Figure). The average DL plaque analysis time was 20 seconds per patient, compared with 25–30 minutes taken by experts.
Conclusions
AI-based plaque quantification from coronary CTA using an externally validated DL approach enables rapid measurements of plaque volume and stenosis severity in close agreement with expert readers and IVUS.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – National budget only. Main funding source(s): National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, United States
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- A Lin
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany
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- Monash Heart, Melbourne, Australia
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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Lin A, van Diemen P, Motwani M, McElhinney P, Otaki Y, Han D, Kwan A, Tzolos E, Klein E, Kuronuma K, Grodecki K, Shou B, Cadet S, Danad I, Driessen R, Slomka P, Berman D, Dey D, Knaapen P. Machine Learning From Quantitative Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Predicts Ischemia And Impaired Myocardial Blood Flow. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2021.06.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tzolos E, Williams M, McElhinney P, Lin A, Grodecki K, Guadalupe F, Cadet S, Kwiecinski J, Doris M, Adamson P, Moss A, Alam S, Hunter A, Shah A, Mills N, Pawade T, Wang C, Weir-McCall J, Roditi G, van Beek E, Shaw L, Nicol E, Berman D, Slomka P, Dweck M, Newby D, Dey D. Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Attenuation, Low Attenuation Plaque Burden And 5-year Risk Of Myocardial Infarction. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2021.06.198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Williams M, Kwiecinski J, Doris M, McElhinney P, Cadet S, Adamson P, Moss A, Alam S, Hunter A, Shah A, Mills N, Pawade T, Wang C, Weir-McCall J, Roditi G, van Beek E, Shaw L, Nicol E, Berman D, Slomka P, Newby D, Dweck M, Dey D. Sex-specific CT Coronary Plaque Characterization And Risk Of Myocardial Infarction. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2021.06.254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lin A, Wong N, Razipour A, McElhinney P, Commandeur F, Cadet S, Gransar H, Chen X, Cantu S, Miller R, Nerlekar N, Wong D, Slomka P, Rozanski A, Tamarappoo B, Berman D, Dey D. Metabolic Syndrome, Fatty Liver, And Artificial Intelligence-based Epicardial Adipose Tissue Measures Predict Long-term Risk Of Cardiac Events. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2020.06.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lin A, Kolossváry M, Yuvaraj J, Cadet S, McElhinney P, Jiang C, Nerlekar N, Nicholls S, Slomka P, Maurovich-Horvat P, Wong D, Dey D. Myocardial Infarction Is Associated With A Distinct Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Radiomic Phenotype: A Prospective Case-Control Study. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2020.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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McElhinney P, Tzolos E, Williams M, Cadet S, Dweck M, Berman D, Slomka P, Newby D, Dey D. Repeatability Of Quantitative Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Attenuation And Coronary Plaque Burden From Coronary CT Angiography. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2020.06.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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McElhinney P, Eisenberg E, Commandeur F, Chen X, Cadet S, Goeller M, Cantu S, Miller R, Slomka P, Wong N, Rozanski A, Achenbach S, Tamarappoo BK, Berman D, Dey D. P6151Fully automated epicardial adipose tissue volume and density measured from non-contrast CT predict major adverse cardiovascular events in asymptomatic subjects. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz746.0757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume and density has shown to correlate with standard markers of coronary artery disease (CAD) and may predict major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).
Purpose
We aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of EAT volume and density measured by fully automated deep-learning software from non-contrast cardiac computed tomography (CT).
Methods
We assessed 2071 consecutive asymptomatic subjects (age 56±9 years, 59% male) from the EISNER (Early Identification of Subclinical Atherosclerosis by Noninvasive Imaging Research) trial with long-term follow-up after coronary artery calcium (CAC) measurement. EAT volume and mean density were quantified using automated deep-learning software from non-contrast cardiac CT. MACE was defined as myocardial infarction (MI), cardiac death, late (>90 days) revascularization and acute coronary syndrome (ACS). EAT volume and density were systematically compared to CAC score and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk score using Cox proportional hazards regression for MACE prediction.
Results
At 14±3 years, 217 subjects suffered MACE. In age-and-gender-adjusted multivariate analysis, ASCVD risk score, CAC (two-fold increase) and EAT volume (two-fold increase) were associated with increased risk of suffering MACE [Hazard Ratio (HR) (95% CI): 1.03 (1.01–1.04); 1.25 (1.19–1.30); and 1.36 (1.08–1.70) respectively, p<0.01 for all] (Figure); the corresponding Harrell's C-statistic was 0.76. The area-under-the curve from receiver-operator characteristic analysis for MACE prediction increased significantly from 0.69 to 0.77 (p<0.0001) when EAT volume and CAC were added to the current clinical standard (ASCVD, family history and obesity measures BMI and BSA). Both in men and women, increase in EAT volume was associated with increased risk of MACE, with HR 1.14 (1.06–1.22), p<0.001 in men vs. 1.15 (1.01–1.31), p=0.03 in women, for each 20 cubic centimeter increase in volume. EAT density (HU) was independently inversely associated with MACE [HR: 0.96 (0.93–0.99), p=0.01].
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Conclusions
EAT volume and density measurements improve prediction of MACE in asymptomatic populations over the current clinical standard. Fully automated EAT volume and density quantification by deep-learning from non-contrast cardiac CT can provide additional prognostic value for the asymptomatic patient.
Acknowledgement/Funding
1R01HL133616, Forschungsstiftung Medizin Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, grant from Dr Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation
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Affiliation(s)
- P McElhinney
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging and Medicine, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging and Medicine, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Internal Medicine, Erlangen, Germany
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Heart Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging and Medicine, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- University of California at Irvine, Department of Medicine, Irvine, United States of America
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- St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, Division of Cardiology, New York, United States of America
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- University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Internal Medicine, Erlangen, Germany
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging and Medicine, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Imaging and Medicine, Los Angeles, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Los Angeles, United States of America
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He W, Donaldson CR, Zhang L, Ronald K, McElhinney P, Cross AW. High power wideband gyrotron backward wave oscillator operating towards the terahertz region. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:165101. [PMID: 23679610 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.165101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Experimental results are presented of the first successful gyrotron backward wave oscillator (gyro-BWO) with continuous frequency tuning near the low-terahertz region. A helically corrugated interaction region was used to allow efficient interaction over a wide frequency band at the second harmonic of the electron cyclotron frequency without parasitic output. The gyro-BWO generated a maximum output power of 12 kW when driven by a 40 kV, 1.5 A, annular-shaped large-orbit electron beam and achieved a frequency tuning band of 88-102.5 GHz by adjusting the cavity magnetic field. The performance of the gyro-BWO is consistent with 3D particle-in-cell numerical simulations.
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- W He
- Department of Physics, SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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Recently, DGAT1 was identified as the gene that underlies the QTL for bovine milk production on chromosome 14. This study investigated the effect of the reported polymorphism in three dairy breeds in New Zealand. Statistically significant results were identified for milk fat, milk protein, and volume for Jersey and Holstein-Friesian breeds, and only milk volume for Ayrshires. The average allele substitution effects were 2 to 3 kg of protein and 120 to 130 l milk for both the Jersey and Holstein-Friesian breeds. For milk fat, the average allele substitution effect was 6 kg for Holstein-Friesians and 3 kg for Jerseys. In all breeds, where the polymorphism increased milk fat yield, it decreased milk protein yield and milk volume.
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- R J Spelman
- Livestock Improvement Corporation, Private Bag 3016, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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A fatal case of community acquired pneumonia due to Lactobacillus casei ss rhamnosus is reported. Clinicians should be aware of this type of pneumonia.
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- S S Namnyak
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Londonderry
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