Fulvio Zaccagna1,2, Balaji Ganeshan3,4, Marcello Arca5, Marco Rengo6, Alessandro Napoli7, Leonardo Rundo8,9, Ashley M Groves3,4, Andrea Laghi6, Iacopo Carbone7, Leon J Menezes3,4. 1. Division of Neuroimaging, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. f.zaccagna@gmail.com. 2. Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, University of Rome - Sapienza, Rome, Italy. f.zaccagna@gmail.com. 3. Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London, London, UK. 4. NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK. 5. Internal Medicine Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Rome - Sapienza, Rome, Italy. 6. Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, University of Rome-Sapienza, Polo Pontino, I.C.O.T. Hospital, Latina, Italy. 7. Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, University of Rome - Sapienza, Rome, Italy. 8. Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. 9. Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the potential role of computed tomography (CT) texture analysis (CTTA) in identifying vulnerable patients with carotid artery atherosclerosis. METHODS: In this case-control pilot study, 12 patients with carotid atherosclerosis and a subsequent history of transient ischemic attack or stroke were age and sex matched with 12 control cases with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis (follow-up time 103.58 ± 9.2 months). CTTA was performed using a commercially available research software package (TexRAD) by an operator blinded to clinical data. CTTA comprised a filtration-histogram technique to extract features at different scales corresponding to spatial scale filter (fine = 2 mm, medium = 3 mm, coarse = 4 mm), followed by quantification using histogram-based statistical parameters: mean, kurtosis, skewness, entropy, standard deviation, and mean value of positive pixels. A single axial slice was selected to best represent the largest cross-section of the carotid bifurcation or the greatest degree of stenosis, in presence of an atherosclerotic plaque, on each side. RESULTS: CTTA revealed a statistically significant difference in skewness between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients at the medium (0.22 ± 0.35 vs - 0.18 ± 0.39, p < 0.001) and coarse (0.23 ± 0.22 vs 0.03 ± 0.29, p = 0.003) texture scales. At the fine-texture scale, skewness (0.20 ± 0.59 vs - 0.18 ± 0.58, p = 0.009) and standard deviation (366.11 ± 117.19 vs 300.37 ± 82.51, p = 0.03) were significant before correction. CONCLUSION: Our pilot study highlights the potential of CTTA to identify vulnerable patients in stroke and TIA. CT texture may have the potential to act as a novel risk stratification tool in patients with carotid atherosclerosis.
PURPOSE: To assess the potential role of computed tomography (CT) texture analysis (CTTA) in identifying vulnerable patients with carotid artery atherosclerosis. METHODS: In this case-control pilot study, 12 patients with carotid atherosclerosis and a subsequent history of transient ischemic attack or stroke were age and sex matched with 12 control cases with asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis (follow-up time 103.58 ± 9.2 months). CTTA was performed using a commercially available research software package (TexRAD) by an operator blinded to clinical data. CTTA comprised a filtration-histogram technique to extract features at different scales corresponding to spatial scale filter (fine = 2 mm, medium = 3 mm, coarse = 4 mm), followed by quantification using histogram-based statistical parameters: mean, kurtosis, skewness, entropy, standard deviation, and mean value of positive pixels. A single axial slice was selected to best represent the largest cross-section of the carotid bifurcation or the greatest degree of stenosis, in presence of an atherosclerotic plaque, on each side. RESULTS:CTTA revealed a statistically significant difference in skewness between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients at the medium (0.22 ± 0.35 vs - 0.18 ± 0.39, p < 0.001) and coarse (0.23 ± 0.22 vs 0.03 ± 0.29, p = 0.003) texture scales. At the fine-texture scale, skewness (0.20 ± 0.59 vs - 0.18 ± 0.58, p = 0.009) and standard deviation (366.11 ± 117.19 vs 300.37 ± 82.51, p = 0.03) were significant before correction. CONCLUSION: Our pilot study highlights the potential of CTTA to identify vulnerable patients in stroke and TIA. CT texture may have the potential to act as a novel risk stratification tool in patients with carotid atherosclerosis.
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