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    Automatic delineation of functional lung volumes with Ga-68-ventilation/perfusion PET/CT

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    Le Roux, P-Y; Siva, S; Callahan, J; Claudic, Y; Bourhis, D; Steinfort, DP; Hicks, RJ; Hofman, MS
    Date
    2017-10-10
    Source Title
    EJNMMI Research
    Publisher
    SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Hicks, Rodney; Siva, Shankar; Hofman, Michael; Steinfort, Daniel
    Affiliation
    Medicine and Radiology
    Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology
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    Le Roux, P. -Y., Siva, S., Callahan, J., Claudic, Y., Bourhis, D., Steinfort, D. P., Hicks, R. J. & Hofman, M. S. (2017). Automatic delineation of functional lung volumes with Ga-68-ventilation/perfusion PET/CT. EJNMMI RESEARCH, 7 (1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13550-017-0332-x.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/257226
    DOI
    10.1186/s13550-017-0332-x
    Abstract
    BACKGROUND: Functional volumes computed from 68Ga-ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) PET/CT, which we have shown to correlate with pulmonary function test parameters (PFTs), have potential diagnostic utility in a variety of clinical applications, including radiotherapy planning. An automatic segmentation method would facilitate delineation of such volumes. The aim of this study was to develop an automated threshold-based approach to delineate functional volumes that best correlates with manual delineation. Thirty lung cancer patients undergoing both V/Q PET/CT and PFTs were analyzed. Images were acquired following inhalation of Galligas and, subsequently, intravenous administration of 68Ga-macroaggreted-albumin (MAA). Using visually defined manual contours as the reference standard, various cutoff values, expressed as a percentage of the maximal pixel value, were applied. The average volume difference and Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) were calculated, measuring the similarity of the automatic segmentation and the reference standard. Pearson's correlation was also calculated to compare automated volumes with manual volumes, and automated volumes optimized to PFT indices. RESULTS: For ventilation volumes, mean volume difference was lowest (- 0.4%) using a 15%max threshold with Pearson's coefficient of 0.71. Applying this cutoff, median DSC was 0.93 (0.87-0.95). Nevertheless, limits of agreement in volume differences were large (- 31.0 and 30.2%) with differences ranging from - 40.4 to + 33.0%. For perfusion volumes, mean volume difference was lowest and Pearson's coefficient was highest using a 15%max threshold (3.3% and 0.81, respectively). Applying this cutoff, median DSC was 0.93 (0.88-0.93). Nevertheless, limits of agreement were again large (- 21.1 and 27.8%) with volume differences ranging from - 18.6 to + 35.5%. Using the 15%max threshold, moderate correlation was demonstrated with FEV1/FVC (r = 0.48 and r = 0.46 for ventilation and perfusion images, respectively). No correlation was found between other PFT indices. CONCLUSIONS: To automatically delineate functional volumes with 68Ga-V/Q PET/CT, the most appropriate cutoff was 15%max for both ventilation and perfusion images. However, using this unique threshold systematically provided unacceptable variability compared to the reference volume and relatively poor correlation with PFT parameters. Accordingly, a visually adapted semi-automatic method is favored, enabling rapid and quantitative delineation of lung functional volumes with 68Ga-V/Q PET/CT.

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