The Impact of Fatty Infiltration on MRI Segmentation of Lower Limb Muscles in Neuromuscular Diseases: A Comparative Study of Deep Learning Approaches.

Journal: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Deep learning methods have been shown to be useful for segmentation of lower limb muscle MRIs of healthy subjects but, have not been sufficiently evaluated on neuromuscular disease (NDM) patients.

Authors

  • Marc-Adrien Hostin
    Aix Marseille University, CNRS, CRMBM, Marseille, France.
  • Augustin C Ogier
    Aix-Marseille Universite, CNRS, Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale, UMR, Marseille, France.
  • Constance P Michel
    Aix Marseille University, CNRS, CRMBM, Marseille, France.
  • Yann Le Fur
    Aix Marseille University, CNRS, CRMBM, Marseille, France.
  • Maxime Guye
    From the Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Laboratory (R.S.G., H.-M.L., B.C., S.-J.H., N.B., A.B.), Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Pediatric Neurology Unit and Laboratories (C.B., M.L., R.G.), Children's Hospital A. Meyer-University of Florence, Italy; Epilepsy Unit (F.D.) and Neuroradiology (L.D.), Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milan, Italy; Department of Neurology (V.C.M.C., F.C.), University of Campinas, Brazil; The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and The University of Melbourne (M.S., G.J.), Victoria, Australia; Department of Pediatrics (D.V.S.), British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada; Aix Marseille University (F.B.), INSERM UMR 1106, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes; Aix Marseille University (M.G.), CNRS, CRMBM UMR 7339, Marseille, France; Freiburg Epilepsy Center (A.S.-B., H.U.), Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany; Department of Neurology (K.H.C.), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Neurology (R.E.H.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
  • Shahram Attarian
    Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases and ALS, APHM, University Hospital of Marseille/Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France.
  • Etienne Fortanier
    Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases and ALS, APHM, University Hospital of Marseille/Timone University Hospital, Marseille, France.
  • Marc-Emmanuel Bellemare
    Aix Marseille University, CNRS, LIS, Marseille, France.
  • David Bendahan
    Aix-Marseille Universite, CNRS, Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale, UMR, Marseille, France.