A Multicenter, Scan-Rescan, Human and Machine Learning CMR Study to Test Generalizability and Precision in Imaging Biomarker Analysis

BACKGROUND: Automated analysis of cardiac structure and function using machine learning (ML) has great potential, but is currently hindered by poor generalizability. Comparison is traditionally against clinicians as a reference, ignoring inherent human inter- and intraobserver error, and ensuring that ML cannot demonstrate superiority. Measuring precision (scan:rescan reproducibility) addresses this. We compared precision of ML and humans using a multicenter, multi-disease, scan:rescan cardiovascular magnetic resonance data set.

METHODS: One hundred ten patients (5 disease categories, 5 institutions, 2 scanner manufacturers, and 2 field strengths) underwent scan:rescan cardiovascular magnetic resonance (96% within one week). After identification of the most precise human technique, left ventricular chamber volumes, mass, and ejection fraction were measured by an expert, a trained junior clinician, and a fully automated convolutional neural network trained on 599 independent multicenter disease cases. Scan:rescan coefficient of variation and 1000 bootstrapped 95% CIs were calculated and compared using mixed linear effects models.

RESULTS: Clinicians can be confident in detecting a 9% change in left ventricular ejection fraction, with greater than half of coefficient of variation attributable to intraobserver variation. Expert, trained junior, and automated scan:rescan precision were similar (for left ventricular ejection fraction, coefficient of variation 6.1 [5.2%-7.1%], P=0.2581; 8.3 [5.6%-10.3%], P=0.3653; 8.8 [6.1%-11.1%], P=0.8620). Automated analysis was 186× faster than humans (0.07 versus 13 minutes).

CONCLUSIONS: Automated ML analysis is faster with similar precision to the most precise human techniques, even when challenged with real-world scan:rescan data. Assessment of multicenter, multi-vendor, multi-field strength scan:rescan data (available at www.thevolumesresource.com) permits a generalizable assessment of ML precision and may facilitate direct translation of ML to clinical practice.

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CommentIn: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Oct;12(10):e009759. - PMID 31547690

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging - 12(2019), 10 vom: 28. Okt., Seite e009214

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bhuva, Anish [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Wenjia [VerfasserIn]
Lau, Clement [VerfasserIn]
Davies, Rhodri [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Bulluck, Heeraj [VerfasserIn]
McAlindon, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Culotta, Veronica [VerfasserIn]
Swoboda, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Captur, Gabriella [VerfasserIn]
Treibel, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Augusto, Joao [VerfasserIn]
Knott, Kristopher [VerfasserIn]
Seraphim, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Cole, Graham [VerfasserIn]
Petersen, Steffen [VerfasserIn]
Edwards, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Greenwood, John [VerfasserIn]
Bucciarelli-Ducci, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Hughes, Alun [VerfasserIn]
Rueckert, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Moon, James [VerfasserIn]
Manisty, Charlotte [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Artificial intelligence
Biomarkers
Image processing
Journal Article
Left ventricular remodeling
Magnetic resonance imaging, cine
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ventricular function

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Date Completed 08.06.2020

Date Revised 06.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Oct;12(10):e009759. - PMID 31547690

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.119.009214

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM301556296