Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Lung Perfusion Quantification from Spectral CT Iodine Map in Pulmonary Embolism
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. CT Acquisition
2.3. CTA Interpretation and Obstruction Score
2.4. Quantification of Total Lung Volume and PD
2.5. Statistical Methods
3. Results
3.1. Automatic vs. Semiautomatic Method
3.2. Interrater Variability
3.3. Correlations Among Imaging Variables
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AI | Artificial Intelligence |
CTA | Computed Tomography Angiography |
DECT | Dual-Energy Computed Tomography |
ICC | Intraclass Correlation Coefficient |
LV | Left Ventricle |
PD | Perfusion Defect |
PE | Pulmonary Embolism |
RV | Right Ventricle |
RV/LV | Right-to-Left Ventricular Diameter Ratio |
TR | Tricuspid |
VCAR | Volume Computer-Assisted Reading (Thoracic VCAR) |
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Age | 69.8 ± 13.9 |
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Sex (%) | 97 female (48.1), 104 male (51.9) |
Automatic PD (%)—48 h (n = 171) | 20.1 ± 14 |
Semiautomatisk PD (%)—48 h (n = 171) | 28 ± 15.4 |
Total lung volume (mm3)—48 h (n = 171) | 3058.7 ± 980 |
RV/LV—48 h | 1.34 ± 3.1 |
Total Miller score—48 h | 14.3 ± 4.9 |
Automatic PD (%)—3 months (n = 167) | 11.8 ± 11.7 |
Semiautomatisk PD (%)—3 months (n = 167) | 11.94± 13.7 |
Total lung volume (mm3)—3 months (n = 167) | 3123.7 ± 921 |
RV/LV—3 months | 1.2± 3.3 |
Total Miller score—3 months | 1.1± 3.3 |
TR-gradient (mmHg)—baseline | 28.1 ± 6.8 |
Supplementary oxygen (liter)—48–96 h | 1 ± 7.3 |
Oxygen saturation (%)—48–96 h | 96.7 ± 1.9 |
Respiratory rate (per minute)—48–96 h | 17.3 ± 2.8 |
Dyspnea **—3 months | 1.5 ± 3.5 |
Six-minute walk test (meter)—3 months | 468.8 ± 126.5 |
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Piri, R.; Seyedhosseini, P.; Jawad, S.; Sonne-Holm, E.; Mosgaard, C.S.; Seven, E.; Eskesen, K.; Kristiansen, O.P.; Fanø, S.; Lindholm, M.G.; et al. Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Lung Perfusion Quantification from Spectral CT Iodine Map in Pulmonary Embolism. Diagnostics 2025, 15, 1963. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15151963
Piri R, Seyedhosseini P, Jawad S, Sonne-Holm E, Mosgaard CS, Seven E, Eskesen K, Kristiansen OP, Fanø S, Lindholm MG, et al. Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Lung Perfusion Quantification from Spectral CT Iodine Map in Pulmonary Embolism. Diagnostics. 2025; 15(15):1963. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15151963
Chicago/Turabian StylePiri, Reza, Parisa Seyedhosseini, Samir Jawad, Emilie Sonne-Holm, Camilla Stedstrup Mosgaard, Ekim Seven, Kristian Eskesen, Ole Peter Kristiansen, Søren Fanø, Mathias Greve Lindholm, and et al. 2025. "Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Lung Perfusion Quantification from Spectral CT Iodine Map in Pulmonary Embolism" Diagnostics 15, no. 15: 1963. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15151963
APA StylePiri, R., Seyedhosseini, P., Jawad, S., Sonne-Holm, E., Mosgaard, C. S., Seven, E., Eskesen, K., Kristiansen, O. P., Fanø, S., Lindholm, M. G., Bang, L. E., Carlsen, J., Kalhauge, A., Lönn, L., Kjærgaard, J., & Ulriksen, P. S. (2025). Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Lung Perfusion Quantification from Spectral CT Iodine Map in Pulmonary Embolism. Diagnostics, 15(15), 1963. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15151963