From Motion to Meaning: Biomechanics-Informed Neural Network for Explainable Cardiovascular Disease Identification

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05783v1
• Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:43:05 GMT
• Title: From Motion to Meaning: Biomechanics-Informed Neural Network for Explainable Cardiovascular Disease Identification
• Authors: Comte Valentin, Gemma Piella, Mario Ceresa, Miguel A. Gonzalez Ballester,
• Abstract summary: We utilize the energy strain formulation of Neo-Hookean material to model cardiac tissue deformations.<n>We estimate the local strains within the moving heart and extract a detailed set of features used for cardiovascular disease classification.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Cardiac diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, which requires accurate and timely diagnostic strategies. In this study, we introduce an innovative approach that combines deep learning image registration with physics-informed regularization to predict the biomechanical properties of moving cardiac tissues and extract features for disease classification. We utilize the energy strain formulation of Neo-Hookean material to model cardiac tissue deformations, optimizing the deformation field while ensuring its physical and biomechanical coherence. This explainable approach not only improves image registration accuracy, but also provides insights into the underlying biomechanical processes of the cardiac tissues. Evaluation on the Automated Cardiac Diagnosis Challenge (ACDC) dataset achieved Dice scores of 0.945 for the left ventricular cavity, 0.908 for the right ventricular cavity, and 0.905 for the myocardium. Subsequently, we estimate the local strains within the moving heart and extract a detailed set of features used for cardiovascular disease classification. We evaluated five classification algorithms, Logistic Regression, Multi-Layer Perceptron, Support Vector Classifier, Random Forest, and Nearest Neighbour, and identified the most relevant features using a feature selection algorithm. The best performing classifier obtained a classification accuracy of 98% in the training set and 100% in the test set of the ACDC dataset. By integrating explainable artificial intelligence, this method empowers clinicians with a transparent understanding of the model's predictions based on cardiac mechanics, while also significantly improving the accuracy and reliability of cardiac disease diagnosis, paving the way for more personalized and effective patient care.

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