Scientific Reports (Mar 2023)

Evaluation of the second-generation whole-heart motion correction algorithm (SSF2) used to demonstrate the aortic annulus on cardiac CT

  • Yoriaki Matsumoto,
  • Chikako Fujioka,
  • Kazushi Yokomachi,
  • Nobuo Kitera,
  • Eiji Nishimaru,
  • Masao Kiguchi,
  • Toru Higaki,
  • Ikuo Kawashita,
  • Fuminari Tatsugami,
  • Yuko Nakamura,
  • Kazuo Awai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30786-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Abstract The main purpose of pre-transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) cardiac computed tomography (CT) for patients with severe aortic stenosis is aortic annulus measurements. However, motion artifacts present a technical challenge because they can reduce the measurement accuracy of the aortic annulus. Therefore, we applied the recently developed second-generation whole-heart motion correction algorithm (SnapShot Freeze 2.0, SSF2) to pre-TAVI cardiac CT and investigated its clinical utility by stratified analysis of the patient's heart rate during scanning. We found that SSF2 reconstruction significantly reduced aortic annulus motion artifacts and improved the image quality and measurement accuracy compared to standard reconstruction, especially in patients with high heart rate or a 40% R-R interval (systolic phase). SSF2 may contribute to improving the measurement accuracy of the aortic annulus.