Prediction of Hearing Prognosis of Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome Based on the PyTorch Deep Learning Model.

Journal: Journal of healthcare engineering
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Abstract

In order to compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of patients with large vestibular aqueduct syndrome (LVAS) in the stable hearing loss (HL) group and the fluctuating HL group, this paper provides reference for clinicians' early intervention. From January 2001 to January 2016, patients with hearing impairment diagnosed as LVAS in infancy in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University were collected and divided into the stable HL group ( = 29) and the fluctuating HL group ( = 30). MRI images at initial diagnosis were collected, and various deep learning neural network training models were established based on PyTorch to classify and predict the two series. Vgg16_bn, vgg19_bn, and ResNet18, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with fewer layers, had favorable effects for model building, with accs of 0.9, 0.8, and 0.85, respectively. ResNet50, a CNN with multiple layers and an acc of 0.54, had relatively poor effects. The GoogLeNet-trained model performed best, with an acc of 0.98. We conclude that deep learning-based radiomics can assist doctors in accurately predicting LVAS patients to classify them into either fluctuating or stable HL types and adopt differentiated treatment methods.

Authors

  • Bo Duan
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China.
  • Zhengmin Xu
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China.
  • Lili Pan
    School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China; SMILE Lab, School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
  • Wenxia Chen
    Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 201102, China.
  • Zhongwei Qiao