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Journal Article
Machine learning for the automatic assessment of aortic rotational flow and wall shear stress from 4D flow cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
2022
Overview
Objective
Three-dimensional (3D) time-resolved phase-contrast cardiac magnetic resonance (4D flow CMR) allows for unparalleled quantification of blood velocity. Despite established potential in aortic diseases, the analysis is time-consuming and requires expert knowledge, hindering clinical application. The present research aimed to develop and test a fully automatic machine learning-based pipeline for aortic 4D flow CMR analysis.
Methods
Four hundred and four subjects were prospectively included. Ground-truth to train the algorithms was generated by experts. The cohort was divided into training (323 patients) and testing (81) sets and used to train and test a 3D nnU-Net for segmentation and a Deep Q-Network algorithm for landmark detection. In-plane (IRF) and through-plane (SFRR) rotational flow descriptors and axial and circumferential wall shear stress (WSS) were computed at ten planes covering the ascending aorta and arch.
Results
Automatic aortic segmentation resulted in a median Dice score (DS) of 0.949 and average symmetric surface distance of 0.839 (0.632–1.071) mm, comparable with the state of the art. Aortic landmarks were located with a precision comparable with experts in the sinotubular junction and first and third supra-aortic vessels (
p
= 0.513, 0.592 and 0.905, respectively) but with lower precision in the pulmonary bifurcation (
p
= 0.028), resulting in precise localisation of analysis planes. Automatic flow assessment showed excellent (ICC > 0.9) agreement with manual quantification of SFRR and good-to-excellent agreement (ICC > 0.75) in the measurement of IRF and axial and circumferential WSS.
Conclusion
Fully automatic analysis of complex aortic flow dynamics from 4D flow CMR is feasible. Its implementation could foster the clinical use of 4D flow CMR.
Key Points
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4D flow CMR allows for unparalleled aortic blood flow analysis but requires aortic segmentation and anatomical landmark identification, which are time-consuming, limiting 4D flow CMR widespread use.
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A fully automatic machine learning pipeline for aortic 4D flow CMR analysis was trained with data of 323 patients and tested in 81 patients, ensuring a balanced distribution of aneurysm aetiologies.
• Automatic assessment of complex flow characteristics such as rotational flow and wall shear stress showed good-to-excellent agreement with manual quantification.
