Use of Fetal Magnetic Resonance Image Analysis and Machine Learning to Predict the Need for Postnatal Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion in Fetal Ventriculomegaly.

Journal: JAMA pediatrics
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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Which children with fetal ventriculomegaly, or enlargement of the cerebral ventricles in utero, will develop hydrocephalus requiring treatment after birth is unclear.

Authors

  • Jared M Pisapia
    Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
  • Hamed Akbari
    Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
  • Martin Rozycki
    Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
  • Hannah Goldstein
    Department of Neurosurgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.
  • Spyridon Bakas
    Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • Saima Rathore
    DCIS, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan; DCS&IT, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir. Electronic address: saimarathore_2k6@yahoo.com.
  • Julie S Moldenhauer
    Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, Special Delivery Unit, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Phillip B Storm
    Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Deborah M Zarnow
    Division of Neuroradiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Richard C E Anderson
    Department of Neurosurgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.
  • Gregory G Heuer
    Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
  • Christos Davatzikos
    Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Imaging Laboratory (AIBIL), Center for and Data Science for Integrated Diagnostics (AID), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.