Minimizing human-induced variability in quantitative angiography for a robust and explainable AI-based occlusion prediction in flow diverter-treated aneurysms.

Journal: Journal of neurointerventional surgery
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Bias from contrast injection variability is a significant obstacle to accurate intracranial aneurysm (IA) occlusion prediction using quantitative angiography (QA) and deep neural networks (DNNs). This study explores bias removal and explainable AI (XAI) for outcome prediction.

Authors

  • Parmita Mondal
    Biomedical Department, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
  • Mohammad Mahdi Shiraz Bhurwani
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.
  • Swetadri Vasan Setlur Nagesh
    Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
  • Pui Man Rosalind Lai
    Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
  • Jason M Davies
    Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
  • Elad I Levy
    Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA; Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
  • Kunal Vakharia
    Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA.
  • Michael Levitt
    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • Adnan H Siddiqui
    2Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York.
  • Ciprian N Ionita
    Department of Medical Physics, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.

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