XiaoQing Cheng1, XiaoQin Su1, JiaQian Shi2, QuanHui Liu2, ChangSheng Zhou1, Zheng Dong2, Wei Xing3, HaiTao Lu3, ChengWei Pan4, XiuLi Li4, YiZhou Yu4, LongJiang Zhang5, GuangMing Lu6,7. 1. Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China. 2. Department of Medical Imaging, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China. 3. Radiology Department, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, China. 4. DeepWise AI Lab, Beijing, China. 5. Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China. kevinzhlj@163.com. 6. Department of Medical Imaging, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu, China. cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com. 7. Department of Medical Imaging, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China. cjr.luguangming@vip.163.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the DWI-Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score calculated by a deep learning-based automatic software tool (eDWI-ASPECTS) with the neuroradiologists' evaluation for the acute stroke, with emphasis on its performance on 10 individual ASPECTS regions, and to determine the reasons for inconsistencies between eDWI-ASPECTS and neuroradiologists' evaluation. METHODS: This retrospective study included patients with middle cerebral artery stroke who underwent MRI from 2010 to 2019. All scans were evaluated by eDWI-ASPECTS and two independent neuroradiologists (with 15 and 5 years of experience in stroke study). Inter-rater agreement and agreement between manual vs. automated methods for total and each region were evaluated by calculating Kendall's tau-b, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and kappa coefficient. RESULTS: In total, 309 patients met our study criteria. For total ASPECTS, eDWI-ASPECTS and manual raters had a strong positive correlation (Kendall's tau-b = 0.827 for junior raters vs. eDWI-ASPECTS; Kendall's tau-b = 0.870 for inter-raters; Kendall's tau-b = 0.848 for senior raters vs. eDWI-ASPECTS) and excellent agreement (ICC = 0.923 for junior raters and automated scores; ICC = 0.954 for inter-raters; ICC = 0.939 for senior raters and automated scores). Agreement was different for individual ASPECTS regions. All regions except for M5 region (κ = 0.216 for junior raters and automated scores), internal capsule (κ = 0.525 for junior raters and automated scores), and caudate (κ = 0.586 for senior raters and automated scores) showed good to excellent concordance. CONCLUSION: The eDWI-ASPECTS performed equally well as senior neuroradiologists' evaluation, although interference by uncertain scoring rules and midline shift resulted in poor to moderate consistency in the M5, internal capsule, and caudate nucleus regions. KEY POINTS: • The eDWI-ASPECTS based on deep learning perform equally well as senior neuroradiologists' evaluations. • Among the individual ASPECTS regions, the M5, internal capsule, and caudate regions mainly affected the overall consistency. • Uncertain scoring rules and midline shift are the main reasons for regional inconsistency.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the DWI-Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score calculated by a deep learning-based automatic software tool (eDWI-ASPECTS) with the neuroradiologists' evaluation for the acute stroke, with emphasis on its performance on 10 individual ASPECTS regions, and to determine the reasons for inconsistencies between eDWI-ASPECTS and neuroradiologists' evaluation. METHODS: This retrospective study included patients with middle cerebral artery stroke who underwent MRI from 2010 to 2019. All scans were evaluated by eDWI-ASPECTS and two independent neuroradiologists (with 15 and 5 years of experience in stroke study). Inter-rater agreement and agreement between manual vs. automated methods for total and each region were evaluated by calculating Kendall's tau-b, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and kappa coefficient. RESULTS: In total, 309 patients met our study criteria. For total ASPECTS, eDWI-ASPECTS and manual raters had a strong positive correlation (Kendall's tau-b = 0.827 for junior raters vs. eDWI-ASPECTS; Kendall's tau-b = 0.870 for inter-raters; Kendall's tau-b = 0.848 for senior raters vs. eDWI-ASPECTS) and excellent agreement (ICC = 0.923 for junior raters and automated scores; ICC = 0.954 for inter-raters; ICC = 0.939 for senior raters and automated scores). Agreement was different for individual ASPECTS regions. All regions except for M5 region (κ = 0.216 for junior raters and automated scores), internal capsule (κ = 0.525 for junior raters and automated scores), and caudate (κ = 0.586 for senior raters and automated scores) showed good to excellent concordance. CONCLUSION: The eDWI-ASPECTS performed equally well as senior neuroradiologists' evaluation, although interference by uncertain scoring rules and midline shift resulted in poor to moderate consistency in the M5, internal capsule, and caudate nucleus regions. KEY POINTS: • The eDWI-ASPECTS based on deep learning perform equally well as senior neuroradiologists' evaluations. • Among the individual ASPECTS regions, the M5, internal capsule, and caudate regions mainly affected the overall consistency. • Uncertain scoring rules and midline shift are the main reasons for regional inconsistency.
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Brain ischemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Middle cerebral artery; Stroke
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