Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden on Abdominal CT: Automated Assessment With Deep Learning on Noncontrast and Contrast-enhanced Scans.

Journal: Academic radiology
Published Date:

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic atherosclerotic plaque burden may have clinical significance but manual measurement is time-consuming and impractical.

Authors

  • Ronald M Summers
    National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
  • Daniel C Elton
    Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10 Room 1C224D MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182.
  • Sungwon Lee
    Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10 Room 1C224D MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182.
  • Yingying Zhu
    Department of Radiology and BRIC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.
  • Jiamin Liu
  • Mohammedhadi Bagheri
    Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10 Room 1C224D MSC 1182, Bethesda, MD 20892-1182.
  • Veit Sandfort
    From the Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, E3/311 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, Wis 53792-3252 (P.M.G., P.J.P.); and Imaging Biomarkers and Computer-Aided Diagnosis Laboratory, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Md (V.S., R.M.S.).
  • Peter C Grayson
    National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
  • Nehal N Mehta
    National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: nehal.mehta@nih.gov.
  • Peter A Pinto
    Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  • W Marston Linehan
    Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
  • Alberto A Perez
    Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Peter M Graffy
    1 University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705.
  • Stacy D O'Connor
    Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Perry J Pickhardt
    University of Wisconsin Medical School, Department of Radiology, Madison, Wisconsin, United States.