Automatic coronary artery calcium scoring from unenhanced-ECG-gated CT using deep learning.

Journal: Diagnostic and interventional imaging
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Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate an algorithm that can automatically estimate the amount of coronary artery calcium (CAC) from unenhanced electrocardiography (ECG)-gated computed tomography (CT) cardiac volume acquisitions by using convolutional neural networks (CNN).

Authors

  • Nicolas Gogin
    General Electric Healthcare, 78530 Buc, France.
  • Mario Viti
    General Electric Healthcare, 78530 Buc, France; CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, Inria, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
  • Luc Nicodème
    General Electric Healthcare, 78530 Buc, France.
  • Mickaël Ohana
    Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Radio B), Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 67000, France.
  • Hugues Talbot
    OPIS - Optimisation Imagerie et Santé, Université Paris-Saclay, Inria, CentraleSupélec, CVN - Centre de vision numérique, 91190 Gif-Sur-Yvette, France.
  • Umit Gencer
    Radiology Department, AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Georges Pompidou, Université de Paris, PARCC, INSERM, 75015 Paris, France.
  • Magloire Mekukosokeng
    Centre Hospitalier de Douai, 59507 Douai, France.
  • Thomas Caramella
    Institut Arnault Tzanck, 06123 Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France.
  • Yann Diascorn
    Institut Arnault Tzanck, 06123 Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France.
  • Jean-Yves Airaud
    Department of Radiology, Polyclinique Inkermann, 79000 Niort, France.
  • Marc-Samir Guillot
    Radiology Department, AP-HP, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Georges Pompidou, Université de Paris, PARCC, INSERM, 75015 Paris, France.
  • Zoubir Bensalah
    Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier de Perpignan, 66000 Perpignan, France.
  • Caroline Dam Hieu
    General Electric Healthcare, 78530 Buc, France.
  • Bassam Abdallah
    General Electric Healthcare, 78530 Buc, France.
  • Imad Bousaid
    Direction de la Transformation Numérique et des Systèmes d'Information, Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France.
  • Nathalie Lassau
    Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale Multimodale Paris-Saclay, BIOMAPS, UMR 1281, Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CNRS, CEA, 94800 Villejuif, France; Department of Imaging, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay. 94800 Villejuif, France.
  • Elie Mousseaux
    Department of Radiology, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, APHP, University of Paris & INSERM, U970 29 rue Leblanc, 75015, Paris, France.