Head-to-Head Comparison between MRI and CT in the Evaluation of Volume and Quality of Epicardial Adipose TissueShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: RADIOLOGY-CARDIOTHORACIC IMAGING, ISSN 2638-6135, Vol. 7, no 4, article id e240531Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Purpose: To systematically compare MRI-and CT-based measurements of both the volume and quality of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT). Materials and Methods: This prospective study included participants from a subset of the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS) who underwent MRI and CT between November 2017 and July 2018. Dixon fat-water separation MR images were manually segmented, and a threshold-based approach based on a fat signal fraction (FSF) map was used to obtain the EAT volume. Within this EAT volume, the mean FSF was quantified as a measure of fat quality. EAT segmentation from CT images was performed using deep learning techniques, and the EAT volume and its mean attenuation were quantified. Correlation between MRI-and CT-based measurements of EAT volume and quality was assessed using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: Ninety-two participants (mean age, 59 years +/- 5 [SD]; 60 male participants) were included. The intermodality correlation for EAT volume was very strong (r = 0.92, P < .001), with systematically larger values for CT versus MRI (P < .001). There was a strong negative correlation between MRI FSF and CT attenuation (r = -0.72, P < .001). Repeatability analysis for assessment of MRI EAT volume showed good interreader agreement (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.86) and excellent intrareader agreement (intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.96). Conclusion: Correlation between MRI and CT was very strong for EAT volume and strong for EAT quality.
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RADIOLOGICAL SOC NORTH AMERICA (RSNA) , 2025. Vol. 7, no 4, article id e240531
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Medical Imaging
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-217535DOI: 10.1148/ryct.240531ISI: 001555361400004PubMedID: 40810643Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105018492335OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-217535DiVA, id: diva2:1997071
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Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council [2018-04164]; Swedish Medical Research Council [2018-02779]; Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation [20200220]; ALF Grants, Region OEstergotland [RO-974839]; Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation [20200220] Funding Source: Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation; Swedish Research Council [2018-04164, 2018-02779] Funding Source: Swedish Research Council
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