Deep Learning Algorithms for Coronary Artery Plaque Characterisation from CCTA Scans

Denzinger F, Wels M, Breininger K, Reidelshöfer A, Eckert J, Sühling M, Schmermund A, Maier A (2020)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Original article

Publication year: 2020

Event location: Berlin DE

URI: https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.06417

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-29267-6_42

Abstract

Analysing coronary artery plaque segments with respect to their functional significance and therefore their influence to patient management in a non-invasive setup is an important subject of current research. In this work we compare and improve three deep learning algorithms for this task: A 3D recurrent convolutional neural network (RCNN), a 2D multi-view ensemble approach based on texture analysis, and a newly proposed 2.5D approach. Current state of the art methods utilising fluid dynamics based fractional flow reserve (FFR) simulation reach an AUC of up to 0.93 for the task of predicting an abnormal invasive FFR value. For the comparable task of predicting revascularisation decision, we are able to improve the performance in terms of AUC of both existing approaches with the proposed modifications, specifically from 0.80 to 0.90 for the 3D-RCNN, and from 0.85 to 0.90 for the multi-view texture-based ensemble. The newly proposed 2.5D approach achieves comparable results with an AUC of 0.90.

Authors with CRIS profile

Felix Denzinger Lehrstuhl für Informatik 5 (Mustererkennung) Katharina Breininger Lehrstuhl für Informatik 14 (Bild- und Sprachverarbeitung) Andreas Maier Lehrstuhl für Informatik 5 (Mustererkennung)

Involved external institutions

Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt am Main (KGU) DE Germany (DE) Cardioangiologische Centrum Bethanien DE Germany (DE) Siemens Healthineers DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Denzinger, F., Wels, M., Breininger, K., Reidelshöfer, A., Eckert, J., Sühling, M.,... Maier, A. (2020). Deep Learning Algorithms for Coronary Artery Plaque Characterisation from CCTA Scans. In Proceedings of the BVM Workshop 2020. Berlin, DE.

MLA:

Denzinger, Felix, et al. "Deep Learning Algorithms for Coronary Artery Plaque Characterisation from CCTA Scans." Proceedings of the BVM Workshop 2020, Berlin 2020.

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