| Title: | The influence of late gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance image analysis imprecision on myocardial damage quantification in patients with myocarditis : a pilot study |
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| Authors: | ID Kralj, Lana (Author)
ID Černe Čerček, Andreja (Author)
ID Gomišček, Alja (Author)
ID Kirn, Borut (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  UKC LJ - Ljubljana University Medical Centre
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| Abstract: | Background: Myocardial damage in myocarditis is assessed through late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Variability in quantifying myocarditis extent results from imprecise image segmentation and inconclusive data on quantification method selection. To improve analysis precision, segmentation steps are systematically ranked based on their inherent risks of error. Additionally, data on two distinct quantification methods are presented. Methods: Using newly developed software, four experts analyzed five LGE-CMR left ventricular (LV) short-axis (SAx) images of myocarditis patients in three sessions. Regions of interest (ROIs) (myocardial (ROImyoc), reference (ROIref), and exclusion region (ROIexcl)) were identified and used to calculate LGE extent with 3σ (intensity above three standard deviations (σ) in reference) and the full width at half maximum (FWHM) method (intensity above 50% of maximum signal in reference). The reference LGE extent was calculated and the influence of the ROIs on LGE extent variability was determined. Interobserver and intraobserver variability were evaluated as 1-intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Results: LGE extent variability was 6.2 ± 0.6% for 3σ and 4.0 ± 0.6% for FWHM. The contributions of ROImyoc, ROIref, and ROIexcl were 1.5 ± 0.2%, 2.7 ± 0.4%, and 2 ± 0.3%, respectively, for 3σ, and 1.1 ± 0.1%, 1.6 ± 0.4%, and 1.3 ± 0.3%, respectively, for FWHM. LGE extent was lower in FWHM. Interobserver variability was 0.56 for 3σ and 0.43 for FWHM. The intraobserver variability was higher for the 3σ method in all four observers. Conclusion: ROIref selection contributed most to LGE extent variability. FWHM yielded lower LGE extent and lower inter- and intraobserver variability. Due to low statistical significance, the findings are only partially confirmed. |
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| Keywords: | myocarditis, cardiac magnetic resonance, variability, full width at half maximum, thresholding methods, segmentation |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Year of publishing: | 2024 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-11 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 14, iss. 1, [article no.] 117 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-29722  |
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| UDC: | 616.1:612 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2076-3417 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/app14010117 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 189025795 |
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| Note: |
Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 15. 3. 2024;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 03.06.2026 |
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