Edge detection versus densitometry in the quantitative assessment of stenosis phantoms: An in vivo comparison in porcine coronary arteries

The aim of this study was the in vivo validation and comparison of the geometric and densitometric technique of a computer-assisted automatic quantitative angiographic system (CAAS system). In six Landrace Yorkshire pigs (45 to 55 kg), precision-drilled phantoms with a circular lumen of 0.5, 0.7, 1....

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Published inThe American heart journal Vol. 124; no. 5; pp. 1181 - 1189
Main Authors Mario, Carlo Di, Haase, Jürgen, Boer, Ad den, Reiber, Johan H.C., Serruys, Patrick W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.11.1992
Elsevier
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Summary:The aim of this study was the in vivo validation and comparison of the geometric and densitometric technique of a computer-assisted automatic quantitative angiographic system (CAAS system). In six Landrace Yorkshire pigs (45 to 55 kg), precision-drilled phantoms with a circular lumen of 0.5, 0.7, 1.0, 1.4, and 1.9 mm were percutaneously introduced into the left anterior descending or left circumflex coronary artery. Twenty-eight coronary angiograms obtained with the phantom in a wedged intracoronary position could be quantitatively analyzed. Minimal lumen diameter, minimal cross-sectional area, percent diameter stenosis, and cross-sectional area stenosis were automatically measured with both the geometric and densitometric technique and were compared with the known phantom dimensions. When minimal lumen diameter was measured using the geometric approach, a nonsignificant underestimation of the phantom size was observed, with a mean difference of −0.06 ± 0.14 mm. The larger mean difference observed with videodensitometry (−0.11 ± 0.20 mm) was the result of the failure of the technique to differentiate the low lumen videodensities of two phantoms of smaller size (0.5 and 0.7 mm) from a dense background. Percent cross-sectional area stenosis measured with the two techniques showed a good correlation with the corresponding phantom measurements (mean difference between percent cross-sectional area stenosis calculated from the quantitative angiographic measurements and the corresponding phantom dimensions was equal to 2 ± 6% for both techniques, correlation coefficient = 0.93 with both techniques, SEE = 5% with the geometric technique and 6% with the densitometric approach). In an in vivo experimental setting mimicking diagnostic coronary angiography, single-plane quantitative angiography showed a high accuracy and precision in the measurement of stenosis hole phantoms with both the geometric and the densitometric approach. The failure of densitometry in the measurement of some of the most severe stenoses explains the better results obtained with the geometric technique.
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ISSN:0002-8703
1097-6744
DOI:10.1016/0002-8703(92)90398-F