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ArticleJournal of imaging informatics in medicine2024

Left Ventricular Segmentation, Warping, and Myocardial Registration for Automated Strain Measurement.

Kuan-Chih Huang, Donna Shu-Han Lin, Geng-Shi Jeng, Ting-Tse Lin, Lian-Yu Lin, Chih-Kuo Lee, Lung-Chun Lin

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Kuan-Chih HuangGraduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Donna Shu-Han LinDivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Geng-Shi JengInstitute of Electronics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Ting-Tse LinSection of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Lian-Yu LinSection of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chih-Kuo LeeNational Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Lung-Chun LinSection of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. anniejou@ms28.hinet.net.ORCID 0000-0002-7325-0823

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Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 110-2314-B002-210-MY3Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 111-2628-B-002-034-MY3
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Abstract

The left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) is a crucial prognostic indicator. However, inconsistencies in measurements due to the speckle tracking algorithm and manual adjustments have hindered its standardization and democratization. To solve this issue, we proposed a fully automated strain measurement by artificial intelligence-assisted LV segmentation contours. The LV segmentation model was trained from echocardiograms of 368 adults (11,125 frames). We compared the registration-like effects of dynamic time warping (DTW) with speckle tracking on a synthetic echocardiographic dataset in experiment-1. In experiment-2, we enrolled 80 patients to compare the DTW method with commercially available software. In experiment-3, we combined the segmentation model and DTW method to create the artificial intelligence (AI)-DTW method, which was then tested on 40 patients with general LV morphology, 20 with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP), and 20 with transthyretin-associated cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA), 20 with severe aortic stenosis (AS), and 20 with severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Experiments-1 and -2 revealed that the DTW method is consistent with dedicated software. In experiment-3, the AI-DTW strain method showed comparable results for general LV morphology (bias - 0.137 ± 0.398%), DCMP (- 0.397 ± 0.607%), ATTR-CA (0.095 ± 0.581%), AS (0.334 ± 0.358%), and MR (0.237 ± 0.490%). Moreover, the strain curves showed a high correlation in their characteristics, with R-squared values of 0.8879-0.9452 for those LV morphology in experiment-3. Measuring LVGLS through dynamic warping of segmentation contour is a feasible method compared to traditional tracking techniques. This approach has the potential to decrease the need for manual demarcation and make LVGLS measurements more efficient and user-friendly for daily practice.

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EchocardiographyHeart VentriclesAdultAgedAlgorithmsArtificial IntelligenceFemaleHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMaleMiddle AgedSoftwareArtificial intelligenceDynamic time warpingLeft ventricular global longitudinal strainLeft ventricular myocardial segmentation

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PMCPMC11522271

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