Accuracy of intravascular ultrasound for diameter measurement of phantom arteries.

Publication/Presentation Date

9-1-2001

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Uniplanar quantitative angiography (QA) is the standard method for measuring vessel diameter during surgical and endovascular procedures. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), a relatively new technology, is another means of obtaining this measurement. This study was designed to validate the accuracy of these two modalities by comparing each to direct caliper measurement, the gold standard, using phantom femoral artery segments (PAS).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: PAS diameter was measured with a 12.5-MHz mechanically rotating IVUS catheter (Boston Scientific Corp.) and QA (OEC Corp.) was compared to the direct caliper measurement (Mitutoyo Corp.) at 60 different locations within PAS. At each location minimal lumen diameter and perpendicular lumen diameter were measured and their mean was calculated. The intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCC) between direct caliper measurement and IVUS and uniplanar and biplanar angiography were calculated. Fisher's Z transformation was used to compare the correlation coefficients.

RESULTS: The ICCC for IVUS was 0.89. The ICCCs for uniplanar and biplanar angiography were 0.73 and 0.82, respectively. IVUS correlated more closely with direct caliper measurement than uniplanar and biplanar angiography (P = 0.00008, 0.02) Biplanar angiography correlated more closely with direct caliper measurement than uniplanar angiography (P = 0.04).

CONCLUSIONS: IVUS more accurately measures lumen diameter than uniplanar or biplanar angiography. Diameter measurement with biplanar angiography is more accurate than uniplanar angiography.

Volume

100

Issue

1

First Page

99

Last Page

105

ISSN

0022-4804

Disciplines

Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology

PubMedID

11516211

Department(s)

Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging

Document Type

Article

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