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Booz, Christian; Yel, Ibrahim; Martin, Simon S.; Lenga, Lukas; Eichler, Katrin; Wichmann, Julian L.; Vogl, Thomas J.; Albrecht, Moritz H.

Incremental Diagnostic Value of Virtual Noncalcium Dual-Energy Computed Tomography for the Depiction of Cervical Disk Herniation Compared With Standard Gray-Scale Computed Tomography

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Incremental Diagnostic Value of Virtual Noncalcium Dual-Energy Computed Tomography for the Depiction of Cervical Disk Herniation Compared With Standard Gray-Scale Computed Tomography
  • Contributor: Booz, Christian; Yel, Ibrahim; Martin, Simon S.; Lenga, Lukas; Eichler, Katrin; Wichmann, Julian L.; Vogl, Thomas J.; Albrecht, Moritz H.
  • imprint: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2021
  • Published in: Investigative Radiology
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1097/rli.0000000000000734
  • ISSN: 1536-0210; 0020-9996
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  • Description: <jats:sec> <jats:title>Objectives</jats:title> <jats:p>The aim of this study was to investigative the diagnostic accuracy of colored dual-energy computed tomography (CT) virtual noncalcium (VNCa) series for analyzing cervical disk herniation compared with standard gray-scale CT images, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) serving as standard of reference.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Materials and Methods</jats:title> <jats:p>Data from 57 patients who underwent noncontrast dual-source CT and 3.0-Tesla (T) MRI within 2 weeks between January 2017 and December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. Five radiologists analyzed standard gray-scale dual-energy CT scans for the presence and degree of cervical disk herniation and spinal nerve root impingement. Readers reassessed scans after 8 weeks using colored VNCa series. Two experienced radiologists set the reference standard in consensus MRI reading sessions. Primary indices of diagnostic accuracy for both CT approaches were sensitivity and specificity, which were compared by application of the McNemar test.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Results</jats:title> <jats:p>A total of 57 patients (mean age, 64 ± 11 years; 30 women) were evaluated (337 intervertebral disks). Magnetic resonance imaging indicated a total of 103 cervical disk herniations. The VNCa reconstructions had higher overall sensitivity compared with gray-scale CT (487/515 [95%; 95% confidence interval (CI), 91%–98%] vs 392/515 [76%; 95% CI, 70%–83%]), as well as higher specificity (1107/1170 [95%; 95% CI, 90%–99%] vs 906/1170 [77%; 95% CI, 72%–82%]) for assessing cervical disk herniation (all <jats:italic toggle="yes">P &lt;</jats:italic> 0.001). The VNCa reconstructions had higher diagnostic accuracy for analyzing spinal nerve root impingement in comparison with gray-scale CT (sensitivity, 195/230 [85%; 95% CI, 79%–90%] vs 115/230 [50%; 95% CI, 40%–59%]; specificity, 1430/1455 [98%; 95% CI, 94%–100%] vs 1325/1455 [91%; 95% CI, 88%–98%]; accuracy, 1625/1685 [96%; 95% CI, 93%–99%] vs 1440/1685 [86%; 95% CI, 82%–90%]; all <jats:italic toggle="yes">P &lt;</jats:italic> 0.001).</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title> <jats:p>Color-coded VNCa series improved the diagnostic accuracy for assessing cervical disk herniation and spinal nerve root impingement compared with standard gray-scale CT.</jats:p> </jats:sec>