Quantitative ultrasound and machine learning for assessment of steatohepatitis in a rat model.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To develop a machine learning model based on quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters to improve classification of steatohepatitis with shear wave elastography in rats by using histopathology scoring as the reference standard.

Authors

  • An Tang
    Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montreal, Canada.
  • Francois Destrempes
  • Siavash Kazemirad
    School of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  • Julian Garcia-Duitama
    Université de Montréal, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
  • Bich N Nguyen
    Department of Pathology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada.
  • Guy Cloutier