eprintid: 10054536 rev_number: 23 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/05/45/36 datestamp: 2018-08-20 16:01:39 lastmod: 2020-02-12 22:14:17 status_changed: 2018-08-20 16:01:39 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Jacob, J creators_name: Bartholmai, BJ creators_name: Brun, AL creators_name: Egashira, R creators_name: Rajagopalan, S creators_name: Karwoski, R creators_name: Kouranos, V creators_name: Kokosi, M creators_name: Hansell, DM creators_name: Wells, AU title: Evaluation of visual and computer-based CT analysis for the identification of functional patterns of obstruction and restriction in hypersensitivity pneumonitis ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D17 divisions: K71 keywords: Air trapping, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, pulmonary vessel volume, quantitative computer analysis, visual computed tomography analysis, Adult, Aged, Airway Obstruction, Airway Remodeling, Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic, Carbon Monoxide, Female, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Lung, Male, Middle Aged, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Respiratory Function Tests, Tomography, X-Ray Computed note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To determine whether computer-based quantification (CALIPER software) is superior to visual computed tomography (CT) scoring in the identification of CT patterns indicative of restrictive and obstructive functional indices in hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP). METHODS: A total of 135 consecutive HP patients had CT parenchymal patterns evaluated quantitatively by both visual scoring and CALIPER. Results were evaluated against: forced vital capacity (FVC), total lung capacity (TLC), diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO ) and a composite physiological index (CPI) to identify which CT scoring method better correlated with functional indices. RESULTS: CALIPER-derived scores of total interstitial lung disease extent correlated more strongly than visual scores: FVC (CALIPER R = 0.73, visual R = 0.51); DLCO (CALIPER R = 0.61, visual R = 0.48); and CPI (CALIPER R = 0·70, visual R = 0·55). The CT variable that correlated most strongly with restrictive functional indices was CALIPER pulmonary vessel volume (PVV): FVC R = 0.75, DLCO R = 0.68 and CPI R = 0.76. Ground-glass opacity quantified by CALIPER alone demonstrated strong associations with restrictive functional indices: CALIPER FVC R = 0.65; DLCO R = 0.59; CPI R = 0.64; and visual = not significant. Decreased attenuation lung quantified by CALIPER was a better morphological measure of obstructive lung disease than equivalent visual scores as judged by relationships with TLC (CALIPER R = 0.63 and visual R = 0.12). All results were maintained on multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION: CALIPER improved on visual scoring in HP as judged by restrictive and obstructive functional correlations. Decreased attenuation regions of the lung quantified by CALIPER demonstrated better linkages to obstructive lung physiology than visually quantified CT scores. A novel CALIPER variable, the PVV, demonstrated the strongest linkages with restrictive functional indices and could represent a new automated index of disease severity in HP. date: 2017-07-11 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13122 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1544147 doi: 10.1111/resp.13122 lyricists_name: Jacob, Joseph lyricists_id: JJACO76 actors_name: Stacey, Thomas actors_id: TSSTA20 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Respirology volume: 22 number: 8 pagerange: 1585-1591 event_location: Australia issn: 1440-1843 citation: Jacob, J; Bartholmai, BJ; Brun, AL; Egashira, R; Rajagopalan, S; Karwoski, R; Kouranos, V; ... Wells, AU; + view all <#> Jacob, J; Bartholmai, BJ; Brun, AL; Egashira, R; Rajagopalan, S; Karwoski, R; Kouranos, V; Kokosi, M; Hansell, DM; Wells, AU; - view fewer <#> (2017) Evaluation of visual and computer-based CT analysis for the identification of functional patterns of obstruction and restriction in hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Respirology , 22 (8) pp. 1585-1591. 10.1111/resp.13122 <https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13122>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10054536/1/Jacob%20Evaluation%20of%20visual%20and%20computer-based%20CT%20analysis.pdf