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ArticleThe Laryngoscope2024

Predicting Therapeutic Response to Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Using Deep Learning.

Rahul Alapati, Bryan Renslo, Laura Jackson, Hanna Moradi, Jamie R Oliver, Mohsena Chowdhury, Tejas Vyas, Antonio Bon Nieves, Amelia Lawrence, Sarah F Wagoner and 4 more

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Article in The Laryngoscope, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Artificial intelligence in surgical planning and outcome prediction for obstructive sleep apnea: emerging hype or the future standard?Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025
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14 authors.

Rahul AlapatiDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0003-1283-382X
Bryan RensloDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0001-6093-9421
Laura JacksonUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Hanna MoradiUniversity of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Jamie R OliverDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Mohsena ChowdhuryToronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Tejas VyasToronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Antonio Bon NievesDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Amelia LawrenceDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Sarah F WagonerDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0003-1534-4394
David RouseDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Christopher G LarsenDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.
Ganghui WangToronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Andrés M BurDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.ORCID 0000-0001-6879-6453

Funding

Using Integrated Omics to Identify Dysfunctional Genetic Mechanisms Influencing Schizophrenia and Sleep DisturbancesP20GM130423 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI Kalyani Pyaram, Steven Allan Soper · 2019 to 2026
$21.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM130423NIGMS NIH HHS P20GM130423
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo develop and validate machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) models using drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) images to predict the therapeutic efficacy of hypoglossal nerve stimulator (HGNS) implantation.

methodsPatients who underwent DISE and subsequent HGNS implantation at a tertiary care referral center were included. Six DL models and five ML algorithms were trained on images from the base of tongue (BOT) and velopharynx (VP) from patients classified as responders or non-responders as defined by Sher's criteria (50% reduction in apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and AHI < 15 events/h). Precision, recall, F1 score, and overall accuracy were evaluated as measures of performance.

resultsIn total, 25,040 images from 127 patients were included, of which 16,515 (69.3%) were from responders and 8,262 (30.7%) from non-responders. Models trained on the VP dataset had greater overall accuracy when compared to BOT alone and combined VP and BOT image sets, suggesting that VP images contain discriminative features for identifying therapeutic efficacy. The VCG-16 DL model had the best overall performance on the VP image set with high training accuracy (0.833), F1 score (0.78), and recall (0.883). Among ML models, the logistic regression model had the greatest accuracy (0.685) and F1 score (0.813).

conclusionDeep neural networks have potential to predict HGNS therapeutic efficacy using images from DISE, facilitating better patient selection for implantation. Development of multi-institutional data and image sets will allow for development of generalizable predictive models. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: NA Laryngoscope, 134:5210-5216, 2024.

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Deep LearningElectric Stimulation TherapyHypoglossal NerveSleep Apnea, ObstructiveAdultEndoscopyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTongueTreatment Outcomedeep learningobstructive sleep apneaupper airway stimulation

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PMID38934474
PMCPMC11563902

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