Masayo Fujita1, Toru Higaki1, Yoshikazu Awaya2, Toshio Nakanishi2, Yuko Nakamura1, Fuminari Tatsugami1, Yasutaka Baba1, Makoto Iida1, Kazuo Awai3. 1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hiroshima University, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Miyoshi Central Hospital, 531 Sakaya-cho, Miyoshi, Hiroshima, 728-0023, Japan. 3. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hiroshima University, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan. awai@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate the diagnostic capability of ultra-low-dose CT (ULDCT) with full iterative reconstruction (f-IR) for lung cancer screening. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All underwent ULDCT and/or low-dose CT (LD-CT) on a 320-detector scanner. ULDCT images were reconstructed with f-IR. We qualitatively and quantitatively studied 95 nodules in 69 subjects. Two radiologists classified the nodules on ULDCT images as solid-, part-solid-, and pure ground-glass (PGG) and recorded their mean size. Their findings were compared with the reference standard. The observer performance study included 7 other radiologists and 35 subjects with- and 15 without nodules. The results were analyzed by AFROC analysis. RESULTS: In the qualitative study, the kappa values between observers 1 and 2, respectively, and the reference standard were 0.70 and 0.83; the intra-class correlation coefficients for the nodule diameter between the reference standard and their measurements were 0.84 and 0.90. The 95% confidence interval (CI) for the area under the curve (AUC) difference for nodule detection on LDCT and ULDCT was -0.03 to 0.07. The 95% CI crossed the 0 difference in the AUC but not the pre-defined non-inferiority margin of -0.08. CONCLUSION: The diagnostic ability of ULDCT using f-IR is comparable to LDCT.
PURPOSE: To investigate the diagnostic capability of ultra-low-dose CT (ULDCT) with full iterative reconstruction (f-IR) for lung cancer screening. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All underwent ULDCT and/or low-dose CT (LD-CT) on a 320-detector scanner. ULDCT images were reconstructed with f-IR. We qualitatively and quantitatively studied 95 nodules in 69 subjects. Two radiologists classified the nodules on ULDCT images as solid-, part-solid-, and pure ground-glass (PGG) and recorded their mean size. Their findings were compared with the reference standard. The observer performance study included 7 other radiologists and 35 subjects with- and 15 without nodules. The results were analyzed by AFROC analysis. RESULTS: In the qualitative study, the kappa values between observers 1 and 2, respectively, and the reference standard were 0.70 and 0.83; the intra-class correlation coefficients for the nodule diameter between the reference standard and their measurements were 0.84 and 0.90. The 95% confidence interval (CI) for the area under the curve (AUC) difference for nodule detection on LDCT and ULDCT was -0.03 to 0.07. The 95% CI crossed the 0 difference in the AUC but not the pre-defined non-inferiority margin of -0.08. CONCLUSION: The diagnostic ability of ULDCT using f-IR is comparable to LDCT.
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Keywords:
Low-dose CT; Lung cancer CT screening; Ultra-low-dose CT
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