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Use of biplane quantitative angiographic imaging with ensemble neural networks to assess reperfusion status during mechanical thrombectomy

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Abstract

Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is the main imaging modality used to assess reperfusion during mechanical thrombectomy (MT) when treating large vessel occlusion (LVO) ischemic strokes. To improve this visual and subjective assessment, hybrid models combining angiographic parametric imaging (API) with deep learning tools have been proposed. These models use convolutional neural networks (CNN) with single view individual API maps, thus restricting use of complementary information from multiple views and maps resulting in loss of relevant clinical information. This study investigates use of ensemble networks to combine hemodynamic information from multiple bi-plane API maps to assess level of reperfusion. Three-hundred-eighty-three anteroposterior (AP) and lateral view DSAs were retrospectively collected from patients who underwent MTs of anterior circulation LVOs. API peak height (PH) and area under time density curve (AUC) maps were generated. CNNs were developed to classify maps as adequate/inadequate reperfusion as labeled by two neuro-interventionalists. Outputs from individual networks were combined by weighting each output, using a grid search algorithm. Ensembled, AP-AUC, AP-PH, lateral-AUC, and lateral-PH networks achieved accuracies of 83.0% (95% confidence-interval: 81.2%-84.8%), 74.4% (72.0%-76.7%), 74.2% (72.8%-75.7%), 74.9% (72.2%-77.7%), and 76.9% (74.4%-79.5%); area under receiver operating characteristic curves of 0.86 (0.84-0.88), 0.81 (0.79-0.83), 0.83 (0.81-0.84), 0.82 (0.8-0.84), and 0.84 (0.82-0.87); and Matthews correlation coefficients of 0.66 (0.63-0.70), 0.48 (0.43- 0.53), 0.49 (0.46-0.52), 0.51 (0.45-0.56), and 0.54 (0.49-0.59) respectively. Ensembled network performance was significantly better than individual networks (McNemar's p-value<0.05). This study proved feasibility of using ensemble networks to combine hemodynamic information from multiple bi-plane API maps to assess level of reperfusion during MTs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Imaging 2021
Subtitle of host publicationComputer-Aided Diagnosis
EditorsMaciej A. Mazurowski, Karen Drukker
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510640238
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
EventMedical Imaging 2021: Computer-Aided Diagnosis - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Feb 15 2021Feb 19 2021

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume11597

Conference

ConferenceMedical Imaging 2021: Computer-Aided Diagnosis
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period02/15/2102/19/21

Keywords

  • Acute ischemic stroke
  • Angiographic parametric imaging
  • Ensemble network
  • Large vessel occlusion
  • Machine learning
  • Mechanical thrombectomy
  • Thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI)

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