2022
Mitigating bias in deep learning for diagnosis of coronary artery disease from myocardial perfusion SPECT images
Miller RJH, Singh A, Otaki Y, Tamarappoo BK, Kavanagh P, Parekh T, Hu LH, Gransar H, Sharir T, Einstein AJ, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann PA, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF, Liang JX, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Mitigating bias in deep learning for diagnosis of coronary artery disease from myocardial perfusion SPECT images. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2022, 50: 387-397. PMID: 36194270, PMCID: PMC10042590, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-05972-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial perfusion imagingArtery diseaseInvasive angiographyObstructive coronary artery diseaseDisease probabilityLow-risk patientsLow-risk populationHigh-risk populationTotal perfusion deficitHigh diagnostic accuracyS-TPDPerfusion deficitsPatient managementPatientsPerfusion imagingDiagnostic accuracyPerfusion SPECT imagesLower likelihoodGood calibrationCharacteristic curveAngiographySPECT imagesSelection biasDiseaseExplainable Deep Learning Improves Physician Interpretation of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging.
Miller RJH, Kuronuma K, Singh A, Otaki Y, Hayes S, Chareonthaitawee P, Kavanagh P, Parekh T, Tamarappoo BK, Sharir T, Einstein AJ, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann PA, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Carli MD, Cadet S, Liang JX, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Explainable Deep Learning Improves Physician Interpretation of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2022, 63: 1768-1774. PMID: 35512997, PMCID: PMC9635672, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.121.263686.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial perfusion imagingCoronary artery diseaseObstructive coronary artery diseasePhysician interpretationDiagnostic accuracyPerfusion imagingLeft main arteryOverall net reclassification improvementInvasive coronary angiographyNet reclassification improvementTotal perfusion deficitArtery diseaseCoronary angiographyMedian agePhysician diagnosisReclassification improvementPerfusion deficitsClinical historyCoronary segmentsRepresentative cohortMeaningful improvementsMain arteryPatientsDL resultsQuantitative perfusion
2021
Impact of age, sex, and cardiac size on the diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography: insights from the REFINE SPECT registry
Randazzo M, Elias P, Poterucha T, Sharir T, Fish M, Ruddy T, Kaufmann P, Sinusas A, Miller E, Bateman T, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Berman D, Slomka P, Einstein A. Impact of age, sex, and cardiac size on the diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography: insights from the REFINE SPECT registry. European Heart Journal 2021, 42: ehab724.0254. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery diseaseElderly patientsImpact of ageSingle photon emissionDiagnostic performanceYounger patientsFemale patientsCardiac sizeSPECT-MPILower EDVCardiac volumesObstructive coronary artery diseasePrediction of CADTomography myocardial perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusion single-photon emissionDiagnostic accuracyPerfusion single-photon emissionCardiac event rateStress total perfusion deficitReceiver-operating characteristic curveInvasive coronary angiographyEnd-diastolic volumeCardiac chamber sizeAlternative diagnostic modalityTotal perfusion deficitClinical Deployment of Explainable Artificial Intelligence of SPECT for Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease
Otaki Y, Singh A, Kavanagh P, Miller RJH, Parekh T, Tamarappoo BK, Sharir T, Einstein AJ, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann PA, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Cadet S, Liang JX, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Clinical Deployment of Explainable Artificial Intelligence of SPECT for Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2021, 15: 1091-1102. PMID: 34274267, PMCID: PMC9020794, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.04.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal perfusion deficitMyocardial perfusion imagingStandard clinical softwareStress total perfusion deficitObstructive CADTomography myocardial perfusion imagingSPECT myocardial perfusion imagingStress myocardial perfusionCoronary artery diseaseReceiver-operating characteristic curveInvasive coronary angiographyClinical softwareReader diagnosisSingle photon emissionTypical clinical workflowArtery diseaseCoronary angiographyPerfusion deficitsDiagnostic findingsMyocardial perfusionPerfusion imagingVentricular volumeStandard clinical workstationPatientsDiagnostic accuracyDiagnostic accuracy of stress-only myocardial perfusion SPECT improved by deep learning
Liu H, Wu J, Miller EJ, Liu C, Yaqiang, Liu, Liu YH. Diagnostic accuracy of stress-only myocardial perfusion SPECT improved by deep learning. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2021, 48: 2793-2800. PMID: 33511425, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-021-05202-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial perfusion imagingCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial perfusion abnormalitiesPerfusion abnormalitiesDiagnostic accuracyConvolutional neural networkTomography myocardial perfusion imagingYale-New Haven HospitalMyocardial perfusion defect sizeSPECT myocardial perfusion imagingAbnormal myocardial perfusionReceiver-operating characteristic curvePerfusion defect sizeNew Haven HospitalAUC valuesSingle photon emissionMyocardial perfusion SPECTDeep learningHigh diagnostic accuracyArtery diseaseDL methodsFinal diagnosisPatient genderMyocardial perfusionPerfusion SPECT