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However, major assumptions remain with the outflow boundary conditions (BCs) representing coronary microvasculature, especially in hyperaemia. We here propose a novel method to estimate patient-specific microvascular response to hyperaemia for CT-FFR calculations, based on patients\u2019 routinely available demographic data.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A statistical model to predict microvascular flow response (MFR) from routinely collected patient demographic parameters was derived using PET-based perfusion data of 101 patients with coronary artery disease. CT-FFR computations were then conducted with patient-specific anatomical models and outflow BCs derived from various MFR models including the proposed approach. The FFR values were calculated for an independent test cohort of 10 patients who had undergone CT coronary angiography, CT perfusion imaging and invasive FFR measurement. Computed FFR values were compared against invasive FFR and other CT-FFR algorithms.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A multivariate regression model predicting patient-specific MFR was derived as a function of sex, diabetes and smoking status of the patient. FFR values computed using our model agreed well with the invasive FFR (0.76\u2009\u00b1\u20090.09 vs. 0.75\u2009\u00b1\u20090.10,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.217). The FFRs predicted with our model were also comparable to those calculated using outflow BC tuned with patient-specific perfusion data (FFR: 0.74\u2009\u00b1\u20090.10,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.233 vs. invasive FFR) and showed marked improvement over the conventional approach (FFR: 0.68\u2009\u00b1\u20090.11,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.004 vs. invasive FFR). Diagnostic accuracy vs. invasive FFR were 100, 91 and 82% for CT-FFR with CTP-based MFR, demography-based MFR, and conventional approach, respectively.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The proposed demography-based MFR model significantly improves FFR computation accuracy compared with a typical conventional model that assumes constant, healthy and population average MFR. Although its diagnostic accuracy is slightly lower than that of CT-FFR calibrated with patient-specific perfusion imaging data (91 vs. 100%), the demography-based model offers a substantial practical advantage by not requiring additional non-standard data acquisition, such as perfusion imaging. 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