Deep Learning of Coronary Calcium Scores From PET/CT Attenuation Maps Accurately Predicts Adverse Cardiovascular Events |
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Institution: | 1. Departments of Medicine (Division of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine), Biomedical Sciences and Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA;2. Department of Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland;3. Department of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;4. Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland;5. Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;6. Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
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Abstract: | BackgroundAssessment of coronary artery calcium (CAC) by computed tomographic (CT) imaging provides an accurate measure of atherosclerotic burden. CAC is also visible in computed tomographic attenuation correction (CTAC) scans, always acquired with cardiac positron emission tomographic (PET) imaging.ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to develop a deep-learning (DL) model capable of fully automated CAC definition from PET CTAC scans.MethodsThe novel DL model, originally developed for video applications, was adapted to rapidly quantify CAC. The model was trained using 9,543 expert-annotated CT scans and was tested in 4,331 patients from an external cohort undergoing PET/CT imaging with major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) (follow-up 4.3 years), including same-day paired electrocardiographically gated CAC scans available in 2,737 patients. MACE risk stratification in 4 CAC score categories (0, 1-100, 101-400, and >400) was analyzed and CAC scores derived from electrocardiographically gated CT scans (standard scores) by expert observers were compared with automatic DL scores from CTAC scans.ResultsAutomatic DL scoring required <6 seconds per scan. DL CTAC scores provided stepwise increase in the risk for MACE across the CAC score categories (HR up to 3.2; P < 0.001). Net reclassification improvement of standard CAC scores over DL CTAC scores was nonsignificant (?0.02; 95% CI: ?0.11 to 0.07). The negative predictive values for MACE of zero CAC with standard (85%) and DL CTAC (83%) CAC scores were similar (P = 0.19).ConclusionsDL CTAC scores predict cardiovascular risk similarly to standard CAC scores quantified manually by experienced operators from dedicated electrocardiographically gated CAC scans and can be obtained almost instantly, with no changes to PET/CT scanning protocol. |
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