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ArticleLa Radiologia medica2022

FLORA software: semi-automatic LGE-CMR analysis tool for cardiac lesions identification and characterization.

Silvia Pradella, Lorenzo Nicola Mazzoni, Mayla Letteriello, Paolo Tortoli, Silvia Bettarini, Cristian De Amicis, Giulia Grazzini, Simone Busoni, Pierpaolo Palumbo, Giacomo Belli and 1 more

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Silvia PradellaDepartment of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
Lorenzo Nicola MazzoniMedical Physics Unit Pistoia Prato, Azienda Usl Toscana Centro, Pistoia, Italy.
Mayla LetterielloDepartment of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
Paolo TortoliMedical Physics Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy.
Silvia BettariniMedical Physics Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy.
Cristian De AmicisDepartment of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
Giulia GrazziniDepartment of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy. grazzini.giulia@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0874-1199
Simone BusoniMedical Physics Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy.
Pierpaolo PalumboItalian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology, SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy.
Giacomo BelliMedical Physics Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy.
Vittorio MieleDepartment of Emergency Radiology, University Hospital Careggi, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi · ITSocietà Italiana di Reumatologia · IT

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purposeToday there is a growing interest in the quantification of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in ischemic and non-ischemic cardiac pathologies. We build an automatic self-made free software FLORA (For Late gadOlinium enhanced aReas clAssification) for the recognition, classification and quantification of LGE areas that allows to improve the observer's performances and that homogenizes the evaluations between different operators. MATERIAL AND

methodsWe have retrospectively selected 120 CMR exams: 40-ischemic with evident scar tissue on LGE sequences; 40-non-ischemic cardiomyopathy; 40-any myocardial alteration on CMR, especially on LGE sequences. FLORA's performance was compared to the radiologist's evaluation.

resultsFLORA identified both ischemic and non-ischemic myocardial lesions in almost all cases (80/80 and 79/80 for the double-Gaussian fit method and fixed-shift method, respectively, with sensitivity and specificity of 100%/98.8% and 55%/50%, respectively). The best results were obtained from the classification of ischemic myocardial damage, which was correctly identified in 85%-95% of cases. FLORA also increases the agreement between observers and allows a quantitative evaluation of transmurality.

conclusionsFLORA has proven to be an applicable tool that improves and facilitates the classification of LGE areas allowing their quantification.

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CardiomyopathiesGadoliniumContrast MediaHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance Imaging, CineMyocardiumRetrospective StudiesSoftwareContrast MediaGadoliniumCardiac radiologyIschemic cardiomyopathiesLate gadolinium enhancement (LGE)Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)Non-ischemic cardiomyopathiesQuantification software

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