CASSIA (cardiology software suite for image analysis): a potential new tool for the evaluation of [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT in the setting of infective endocarditis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Due to the high morbidity and mortality of infective endocarditis (IE), medical imaging techniques are combined to ensure a correct diagnosis. [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT has demonstrated the ability to improve diagnostic accuracy compared with the conventional modified Duke criteria in patients with suspected IE, especially those with prosthetic valve infective endocarditis (PVIE). The aim of this study is to provide an adjunctive diagnostic tool to improve the diagnostic accuracy in cardiovascular infections, specifically PVIE.

Methods

A segmentation tool to extract quantitative measures of [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT image studies of prosthetic heart valve regions was developed and validated in 20 cases of suspected PVIE, of which 9 were confirmed. For that, Valvula

SUBMITTER: Palomino-Fernandez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9883360 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature