Quantification of Coronary Artery Atherosclerotic Burden and Muscle Mass: Exploratory Comparison of Two Freely Available Software Programs(132 views)(PDF public34 views) Nappi C, Megna R, Volpe F, Ponsiglione A, Caiazzo E, Piscopo L, Mainolfi CG, Vergara E, Imbriaco M, Klain M, Petretta M, Cuocolo A
Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Council of Research, 80131 Naples, Italy; Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80131 Naples, Italy; Department of Diagnostic Imaging, IRCCS Synlab SDN, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Quantification of Coronary Artery Atherosclerotic Burden and Muscle Mass: Exploratory Comparison of Two Freely Available Software Programs
Coronary artery calcification and sarcopenia may have a relevant prognostic impact in oncological and non-oncological patients. The use of freeware software is promising for quantitative evaluation of these parameters after whole-body positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) and might be useful for one-stop shop risk stratification without additional radiation
ionizing burden and further charges to health care costs. In this study, we compared two semiautomatic freeware software tools (Horos Medical Image software and LIFEx) for the assessment of coronary artery calcium (CAC) score and muscle mass in 40 patients undergoing whole-body PET/CT. The muscle areas obtained by the two software programs were comparable, showing high correlation with Lin’s concordance coefficient (0.9997; 95% confidence intervals: 0.9995–0.9999) and very good agreement with Bland–Altman analysis (mean difference = 0.41 cm2, lower limit = -1.06 cm2, upper limit = 1.89) was also found. For CAC score, Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient was 0.9976 (95% confidence intervals: 0.9965–0.9984) and in a Bland–Altman analysis an increasing mean difference from 8 to 78 by the mean values (intercept = -0.050; slope = 0.054; p < 0.001) was observed, with a
slight overestimation of Horos CAC score as compared to LIFEx, likely due to a different calculation method of the CAC score, with the ROI being equal for the two software programs. Our results demonstrated that off-line analysis performed with freeware software may allow a comprehensive evaluation of the oncological patient, making available the evaluation of parameters, such as muscle mass and calcium score, that may be relevant for the staging and prognostic stratification of these patients, beside standard data obtained by PET/CT imaging. For this purpose, the Horos and LIFEx software seem to be interchangeable.
Quantification of Coronary Artery Atherosclerotic Burden and Muscle Mass: Exploratory Comparison of Two Freely Available Software Programs
Hesse B, Tagil K, Cuocolo A, Anagnostopoulos C, Bardies M, Bax J, Bengel F, Busemann Sokole E, Davies G, Dondi M, Edenbrandt L, Franken P, Kjaer A, Knuuti J, Lassmann M, Ljungberg M, Marcassa C, Marie PY, Mckiddie F, O'connor M, Prvuolovich E, Underwood R * 3. 0 T perfusion MR imaging(1182 views) Rivista Di Neuroradiologia (ISSN: 1120-9976), 2004; 17(6): 807-812. Impact Factor:0.023 ViewExport to BibTeXExport to EndNote