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Computer-aided detection scheme for identification of hypoattenuation of acute stroke in unenhanced CT.
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PMID:  22131254     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Our purpose in this study was to develop a computer-aided detection scheme for identification of hypoattenuation of acute stroke on unenhanced CT images to select patients for thrombolysis of acute stroke. This method is based on a z-score mapping method. The algorithm of the developed method consisted of five main steps: anatomic standardization, calculation of the z-score with a normal reference database, extraction of candidate voxels for hypoattenuation, feature extraction, and classification. The territory of the middle cerebral artery was divided into ten specified regions, according to a visually quantitative CT scoring system, the Alberta Stroke Programme Early CT Score (ASPECTS) method. Each of the ASPECTS-defined regions was classified as hypoattenuation or normality by linear discriminate analysis. The method was applied to 26 patients who had hypoattenuation areas (<6 h). The performance of this scheme for classification of hypoattenuation was evaluated using a leave-one-case-out method. As a result, an average sensitivity of 89.7% and an average specificity of 85.2% for automatically classifying hypoattenuation regions in the lentiform nucleus and the insular regions were obtained, and the average accuracy for the classification of hypoattenuation per patient was 84.6% (range 55.6-100%). The newly developed method has the potential accurately to identify hypoattenuation of acute stroke in the ASPECTS-defined regions.
Authors:
Noriyuki Takahashi; Yongbum Lee; Du-Yih Tsai; Toshibumi Kinoshita; Naoki Ouchi; Kiyoshi Ishii
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-12-1
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiological physics and technology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1865-0341     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Dec 
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Created Date:  2011-12-1     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101467995     Medline TA:  Radiol Phys Technol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiological Technology, Sendai City Hospital, 3-1 Shimizukouji, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 984-8501, Japan, kiyurino1189@happy.odn.ne.jp.
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