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Table 3 Overview of study specific cardiac segmentation method, data interpretation, reference standard, cut-off values for significant stenosis and semi-quantitative and/or quantitative analysis

From: Diagnostic performance of semi-quantitative and quantitative stress CMR perfusion analysis: a meta-analysis

Study

Segmentation

Data interpretation

Reference standard

Cut-off values

Outcome variables

Al-Saadi 2000 [27]

6 segments (mid ventricular)

Territory

QCA

≥75% DS

Semi-quantitative

Bertschinger 2001 [28]

4 × 8 segments

Patient/Territory

QCA

≥50% stenosis

Semi-quantitative

Ibrahim 2002 [29]

3 short axis slices 18 segments per slice/polar maps subdivided into 6 segments

Territory

QCA

>75% DS

Semi-quantitative

Nagel 2003 [30]

5 short axis slices 6 segments per slice

Patient

Visual ICA

≥75% DS

Quantitative

Giang 2004 [31]

3 × 8 segments good quality score

Patient

QCA

≥50% DS

Semi-quantitative

Plein 2005 [32]

16 segments (AHA)

Patient

Visual ICA

>70% DS

Quantitative

Rieber 2006 [33]

16 segments (AHA)

Territory

QCA + FFR

>50% DS on QCA and FFR ≤0.75

Semi-quantitative

Positano 2006 [34]

3 short axis slices 16 segments

Segment

QCA

≥75% DS

Semi-quantitative

Costa 2007 [35]

3 short axis 8 segments per slice

Segment

QCA

>70% DS

Quantitaive

Pignitore 2008 [36]

3 short axis slices 16 segments

Segment

QCA

≥50% DS

Semi-quantitative

KrittayaPhong 2009 [37]

16 segments (AHA)

Patient

Visual ICA

≥50%

Semi-quantitative

Kirschbaum 2011 [38]

16 segments (AHA)

Patient

ICA with CFR

CFR < 2.0

Semi-quantitative

Lockie 2011 [39]

16 segments (AHA)

Territory

FFR

<0.75

Quantitative

Bernhardt 2012 [25]

16 segments (AHA)

Patient

FFR

≤0.80

Semi-quantitative

Huber 2012 [24]

18 segments (6 per slice)

Territory

QCA + FFR

>75% DS on QCA or 51 - 75% DS on QCA + FFR <0.75

Semi-quantitative/Quantitative

Motwani 2012 [40]

1 midventricular slice 6 segments

Segment

QCA

>70% DS

Quantitative

Chiribiri 2013 [41]

16 segments (AHA)

Territory

FFR

<0.80

Quantitative

Mordini 2014 [20]

3 short axis slices 12 segments per slice

Patient

QCA

>70% DS

Semi-quantitative/Quantitative

Motwani 2014 [42]

Whole heart

Territory

QCA

≥75% DS

Quantitative

Yun 2015 [43]

16 segments (AHA)

Territory

QCA

>70% DS

Semi-quantitative

Pan 2015 [44]

16 segments (AHA) (mean of 2 lowest value assigned to coronary territories)

Territory

FFR

≤0.75

Quantitative

Papanastasiou 2016 [45]

16 segments (AHA)

Patient/Territory

ICA + FFR

≥70% DS on ICA or FFR <0.80 and luminal stenosis ≥50%

Quantitative