The proposed deep learning framework automatically detected late-activating regions of the left ventricle, estimating the Time to the Onset of circumferential Shortening significantly faster than the baseline active contour algorithm (0.001s vs. 0.676s per image).
Absolute Event Rate: 0.001% vs 0.676%
This paper presents a novel method to automatically identify late-activating regions of the left ventricle from cine Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echo (DENSE) MR images. We develop a deep learning framework that identifies late mechanical activation in heart failure patients by detecting the Time to the Onset of circumferential Shortening (TOS). In particular, we build a cascade network performing end-to-end (i) segmentation of the left ventricle to analyze cardiac function, (ii) prediction of TOS based on spatiotemporal circumferential strains computed from displacement maps, and (iii) 3D visualization of delayed activation maps. Our approach results in dramatic savings of manual labors and computational time over traditional optimization-based algorithms. To evaluate the effectiveness of our method, we run tests on cardiac images and compare with recent related works. Experimental results show that the proposed approach provides fast prediction of TOS with improved accuracy.
Xing et al. (Mon,) conducted a other in Heart failure and cardiac conduction system disorders (n=108). Deep learning framework for automatic segmentation and TOS prediction vs. Active contour models (traditional optimization-based algorithm) was evaluated on Computation time for estimating the Time to the Onset of circumferential Shortening (TOS) per image. The proposed deep learning framework automatically detected late-activating regions of the left ventricle, estimating the Time to the Onset of circumferential Shortening significantly faster than the baseline active contour algorithm (0.001s vs. 0.676s per image).
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