Objectives: This study aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of spectral photon-counting CT (SPCCT) in quantifying fibrous cap (FC) thickness, FC area, and lipid-rich necrotic core (LRNC) area, in excised carotid atherosclerotic plaques by comparing it with histopathological measurements.
Methods: This is a single-center ex vivo cross-sectional observational study. Excised plaques of 20 patients (71 +/- 6 years; 13 men), obtained from carotid endarterectomy were scanned with SPCCT using standardized acquisition settings (120k Vp/19 μA; 7-18 keV, 18-30 keV, 30-45 keV, 45-75 keV, and 75-118 keV). FC thickness, FC area, and LRNC area were quantified and compared between high-resolution 3D multi-energy CT images and histopathology using the Wilcoxon signed-ranks test and Bland-Altman analysis. Images were interpreted twice by two radiologists separately, blinded to the histopathology; inter- and intra-rater reliability were assessed with the intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC).
Results: FC thickness and FC area did not show significant differences between the SPCCT-derived radiological measurements versus the histopathological measurements (p value range 0.15-0.51 for FC thickness and 0.053-0.30 for FC area). For the LRNC area, the p value was statistically non-significant for reader 1 (range 0.36-0.81). The Bland-Altman analysis showed mean difference and 95% confidence interval for FC thickness, FC area, and LRNC area, 0.04 (-0.36 to 0.12) square root mm, -0.18 (-0.34 to -0.02) log mm and 0.10 (-0.088. to 0.009) log mm respectively.
Conclusion: The result demonstrated a viable technique for quantifying FC thickness, FC area, and LRNC area due to the combined effect of high spatial and energy resolution of SPCCT.
Key Points: • SPCCT can identify and quantify different components of carotid atherosclerotic plaque in ex vivo study. • Components of atherosclerotic plaque did not show significant differences between the SPCCT-derived radiological measurements versus the histopathological measurements.
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