Echocardiographic Detection of Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities Using Artificial Intelligence Compared to Human Readers.

Journal: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although regional wall motion abnormality (RWMA) detection is foundational to transthoracic echocardiography, current methods are prone to interobserver variability. We aimed to develop a deep learning (DL) model for RWMA assessment and compare it to expert and novice readers.

Authors

  • Jeremy A Slivnick
    University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Nils T Gessert
    Philips Healthcare, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Juan I Cotella
    University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Lucas Oliveira
    Clinical Informatics Solutions and Service, Philips Research North America, NY, USA.
  • Nicola Pezzotti
    Philips Healthcare, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Parastou Eslami
    Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Ali Sadeghi
  • Simon Wehle
    Philips Healthcare, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • David Prabhu
    Case Western Reserve Univ., United States.
  • Irina Waechter-Stehle
    Philips Healthcare, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Ashish M Chaudhari
    Philips Healthcare, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Teodora Szasz
    Philips Healthcare, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Linda Lee
    Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago Medicine, 5758 S. Maryland Ave., MC 9067, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA.
  • Marie Altenburg
    University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Giancarlo Saldana
    University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Michael Randazzo
    University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Jeanne M DeCara
    Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago Medicine, 5758 S. Maryland Ave., MC 9067, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA. jdecara@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu.
  • Karima Addetia
    Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5758 South Maryland Ave, MC 9067 Room 5513, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Victor Mor-Avi
    Cardiac Imaging Center, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Roberto M Lang
    Cardiac Imaging Center, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.