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Purpose: X-map is a non-contrast dual-energy CT (DECT) application to identify acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Our aim was to verify region-specific characteristics of early ischemic changes (EIC) on X-map compared with simulated 120-kVp mixed-CT image and DWI.
Methods: Fifty AIS patients who underwent DECT and DWI were enrolled (mean age, 76 years; 34 men, 16 women). All datasets including mixed-CT image, X-map, and DWI were transformed into a standard brain atlas with 11 × 2 ROIs based on the ASPECTS + W system. ROIs with EIC on DWI, mixed-CT image, and X-map were defined as DWI-positive, mixed-CT-positive, and X-map-positive, and those with normal finding were DWI-negative, mixed-CT-negative, and X-map-negative respectively, in visual assessment by two neuroradiologists in consensus.
Results: EIC on X-maps were visually relevant to those on the other images: of 221 ROIs with mixed-CT-positive and X-map-positive, 198 (89.6%) were DWI-positive. X-map revealed moderate diagnostic accuracy for AIS compared with DWI in ROC curve analysis (AUC = 0.732). X-map identified EIC in deep white matter more sensitively than mixed-CT image: of 15 ROIs with mixed-CT-negative and X-map-positive in W segments, 14 (93.3%) were DWI-positive. X-map often showed EIC in cortical regions that were not detected on the other images: of 67 ROIs with mixed-CT-negative and X-map-positive in I and M1-M6 segments, 47 (70.1%) were DWI-negative.
Conclusions: X-map is useful to detect EIC, especially in deep white matter, and may also provide additional information in acute ischemic lesions where DWI cannot be detected.
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