A token-mixer architecture for CAD-RADS classification of coronary stenosis on multiplanar reconstruction CT images
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
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A token-mixer architecture for CAD-RADS classification of coronary stenosis on multiplanar reconstruction CT images / M. Penso, S. Moccia, E.G. Caiani, G. Caredda, M.L. Lampus, M.L. Carerj, M. Babbaro, M. Pepi, M. Chiesa, G. Pontone. - In: COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. - ISSN 0010-4825. - 153:(2023 Feb), pp. 106484.1-106484.10. [10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.106484]
Abstract:
Background and objective: In patients with suspected Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), the severity of stenosis needs to be assessed for precise clinical management. An automatic deep learning-based algorithm to classify coronary stenosis lesions according to the Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS) in multiplanar reconstruction images acquired with Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) is proposed.Methods: In this retrospective study, 288 patients with suspected CAD who underwent CCTA scans were included. To model long-range semantic information, which is needed to identify and classify stenosis with challenging appearance, we adopted a token-mixer architecture (ConvMixer), which can learn structural relationship over the whole coronary artery. ConvMixer consists of a patch embedding layer followed by repeated convolutional blocks to enable the algorithm to learn long-range dependences between pixels. To visually assess ConvMixer performance, Gradient-Weighted Class Activation Mapping (Grad-CAM) analysis was used.Results: Experimental results using 5-fold cross-validation showed that our ConvMixer can classify significant coronary artery stenosis (i.e., stenosis with luminal narrowing >50%) with accuracy and sensitivity of 87% and 90%, respectively. For CAD-RADS 0 vs. 1-2 vs. 3-4 vs. 5 classification, ConvMixer achieved accuracy and sensitivity of 72% and 75%, respectively. Additional experiments showed that ConvMixer achieved a better trade-off between performance and complexity compared to pyramid-shaped convolutional neural networks.Conclusions: Our algorithm might provide clinicians with decision support, potentially reducing the interobserver variability for coronary artery stenosis evaluation.
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01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
CAD-RADS; ConvMixer; Coronary CT angiography; Coronary artery disease; Deep learning; Stenosis classification; Token-Mixer architecture
Elenco autori:
M. Penso, S. Moccia, E.G. Caiani, G. Caredda, M.L. Lampus, M.L. Carerj, M. Babbaro, M. Pepi, M. Chiesa, G. Pontone
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