Automated quality assessment of cardiac MR images using convolutional neural networks

Le Zhang*, Ali Gooya, Bo Dong, Rui Hua, Steffen E. Petersen, Pau Medrano-Gracia, Alejandro F. Frangi

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Abstract

Image quality assessment (IQA) is crucial in large-scale population imaging so that high-throughput image analysis can extract meaningful imaging biomarkers at scale. Specifically, in this paper, we address a seemingly basic yet unmet need: the automatic detection of missing (apical and basal) slices in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMRI) scans, which is currently performed by tedious visual assessment. We cast the problem as classification tasks, where the bottom and top slices are tested for the presence of typical basal and apical patterns. Inspired by the success of deep learning methods, we train Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) to construct a set of discriminative features. We evaluated our approach on a subset of the UK Biobank datasets. Precision and Recall figures for detecting missing apical slice (MAS) (81.61% and 88.73 %) and missing basal slice (MBS) (74.10% and 88.75 %) are superior to other state-of-the-art deep learning architectures. Cross-dataset experiments show the generalization ability of our approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSimulation and Synthesis in Medical Imaging
Subtitle of host publication1st International Workshop, SASHIMI 2016 held in conjunction with MICCAI 2016, Proceedings
EditorsSotirios A. Tsaftaris, Ali Gooya, Alejandro F. Frangi, Jerry L. Prince
PublisherSpringer-Verlag Italia
Pages138-145
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783319466293
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event1st International Workshop on Simulation and Synthesis in Medical Imaging, SASHIMI 2016 held in conjunction with 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2016 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 21 Oct 201621 Oct 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9968 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Workshop on Simulation and Synthesis in Medical Imaging, SASHIMI 2016 held in conjunction with 19th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2016
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period21/10/1621/10/16

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