Development of Automated Neural Network Prediction for Echocardiographic Left ventricular Ejection Fraction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12152v1
• Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:09:22 GMT
• Title: Development of Automated Neural Network Prediction for Echocardiographic Left ventricular Ejection Fraction
• Authors: Yuting Zhang, Boyang Liu, Karina V. Bunting, David Brind, Alexander Thorley, Andreas Karwath, Wenqi Lu, Diwei Zhou, Xiaoxia Wang, Alastair R. Mobley, Otilia Tica, Georgios Gkoutos, Dipak Kotecha, Jinming Duan,
• Abstract summary: This paper proposes a new pipeline method based on deep neural networks and ensemble learning to quantify left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) The method was developed and validated in an open-source dataset containing 10,030 echocardiograms. This study demonstrates that an automated neural network-based calculation of LVEF is comparable to expert clinicians performing frame-by-frame manual evaluation of cardiac systolic function.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: The echocardiographic measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is fundamental to the diagnosis and classification of patients with heart failure (HF). In order to quantify LVEF automatically and accurately, this paper proposes a new pipeline method based on deep neural networks and ensemble learning. Within the pipeline, an Atrous Convolutional Neural Network (ACNN) was first trained to segment the left ventricle (LV), before employing the area-length formulation based on the ellipsoid single-plane model to calculate LVEF values. This formulation required inputs of LV area, derived from segmentation using an improved Jeffrey's method, as well as LV length, derived from a novel ensemble learning model. To further improve the pipeline's accuracy, an automated peak detection algorithm was used to identify end-diastolic and end-systolic frames, avoiding issues with human error. Subsequently, single-beat LVEF values were averaged across all cardiac cycles to obtain the final LVEF. This method was developed and internally validated in an open-source dataset containing 10,030 echocardiograms. The Pearson's correlation coefficient was 0.83 for LVEF prediction compared to expert human analysis (p<0.001), with a subsequent area under the receiver operator curve (AUROC) of 0.98 (95% confidence interval 0.97 to 0.99) for categorisation of HF with reduced ejection (HFrEF; LVEF<40%). In an external dataset with 200 echocardiograms, this method achieved an AUC of 0.90 (95% confidence interval 0.88 to 0.91) for HFrEF assessment. This study demonstrates that an automated neural network-based calculation of LVEF is comparable to expert clinicians performing time-consuming, frame-by-frame manual evaluation of cardiac systolic function.

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