Yaping Zhang1, Niels R van der Werf2,3, Beibei Jiang1, Robbert van Hamersvelt2, Marcel J W Greuter4, Xueqian Xie5. 1. Radiology Department, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, HaiNing Rd.100, Shanghai, 200080, China. 2. Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 3. Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 4. University Medical Center Groningen, Radiology Department, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands. 5. Radiology Department, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, HaiNing Rd.100, Shanghai, 200080, China. xiexueqian@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To classify motion-induced blurred images of calcified coronary plaques so as to correct coronary calcium scores on nontriggered chest CT, using a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) trained by images of motion artifacts. METHODS: Three artificial coronary arteries containing nine calcified plaques of different densities (high, medium, and low) and sizes (large, medium, and small) were attached to a moving robotic arm. The artificial arteries moving at 0-90 mm/s were scanned to generate nine categories (each from one calcified plaque) of images with motion artifacts. An inception v3 CNN was fine-tuned and validated. Agatston scores of the predicted classification by CNN were considered as corrected scores. Variation of Agatston scores on moving plaque and by CNN correction was calculated using the scores at rest as reference. RESULTS: The overall accuracy of CNN classification was 79.2 ± 6.1% for nine categories. The accuracy was 88.3 ± 4.9%, 75.9 ± 6.4%, and 73.5 ± 5.0% for the high-, medium-, and low-density plaques, respectively. Compared with the Agatston score at rest, the overall median score variation was 37.8% (1st and 3rd quartile, 10.5% and 68.8%) in moving plaques. CNN correction largely decreased the variation to 3.7% (1.9%, 9.1%) (p < 0.001, Mann-Whitney U test) and improved the sensitivity (percentage of non-zero scores among all the scores) from 65 to 85% for detection of coronary calcifications. CONCLUSIONS: In this experimental study, CNN showed the ability to classify motion-induced blurred images and correct calcium scores derived from nontriggered chest CT. CNN correction largely reduces the overall Agatston score variation and increases the sensitivity to detect calcifications. KEY POINTS: • A deep CNN architecture trained by CT images of motion artifacts showed the ability to correct coronary calcium scores from blurred images. • A correction algorithm based on deep CNN can be used for a tenfold reduction in Agatston score variations from 38 to 3.7% of moving coronary calcified plaques and to improve the sensitivity from 65 to 85% for the detection of calcifications. • This experimental study provides a method to improve its accuracy for coronary calcium scores that is a fundamental step towards a real clinical scenario.
OBJECTIVE: To classify motion-induced blurred images of calcified coronary plaques so as to correct coronary calcium scores on nontriggered chest CT, using a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) trained by images of motion artifacts. METHODS: Three artificial coronary arteries containing nine calcified plaques of different densities (high, medium, and low) and sizes (large, medium, and small) were attached to a moving robotic arm. The artificial arteries moving at 0-90 mm/s were scanned to generate nine categories (each from one calcified plaque) of images with motion artifacts. An inception v3 CNN was fine-tuned and validated. Agatston scores of the predicted classification by CNN were considered as corrected scores. Variation of Agatston scores on moving plaque and by CNN correction was calculated using the scores at rest as reference. RESULTS: The overall accuracy of CNN classification was 79.2 ± 6.1% for nine categories. The accuracy was 88.3 ± 4.9%, 75.9 ± 6.4%, and 73.5 ± 5.0% for the high-, medium-, and low-density plaques, respectively. Compared with the Agatston score at rest, the overall median score variation was 37.8% (1st and 3rd quartile, 10.5% and 68.8%) in moving plaques. CNN correction largely decreased the variation to 3.7% (1.9%, 9.1%) (p < 0.001, Mann-Whitney U test) and improved the sensitivity (percentage of non-zero scores among all the scores) from 65 to 85% for detection of coronary calcifications. CONCLUSIONS: In this experimental study, CNN showed the ability to classify motion-induced blurred images and correct calcium scores derived from nontriggered chest CT. CNN correction largely reduces the overall Agatston score variation and increases the sensitivity to detect calcifications. KEY POINTS: • A deep CNN architecture trained by CT images of motion artifacts showed the ability to correct coronary calcium scores from blurred images. • A correction algorithm based on deep CNN can be used for a tenfold reduction in Agatston score variations from 38 to 3.7% of moving coronary calcified plaques and to improve the sensitivity from 65 to 85% for the detection of calcifications. • This experimental study provides a method to improve its accuracy for coronary calcium scores that is a fundamental step towards a real clinical scenario.
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