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Automated Detection of Cerebral Microbleeds on Two-dimensional Gradient-recalled Echo T2* Weighted Images Using a Morphology Filter Bank and Convolutional Neural Network.
Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences : MRMS 2024 March 16
PURPOSE: We present a novel algorithm for the automated detection of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) on 2D gradient-recalled echo T2* weighted images (T2*WIs). This approach combines a morphology filter bank with a convolutional neural network (CNN) to improve the efficiency of CMB detection. A technical evaluation was performed to ascertain the algorithm's accuracy.
METHODS: In this retrospective study, 60 patients with CMBs on T2*WIs were included. The gold standard was set by three neuroradiologists based on the Microbleed Anatomic Rating Scale guidelines. Images with CMBs were extracted from the training dataset comprising 30 cases using a morphology filter bank, and false positives (FPs) were removed based on the threshold of size and signal intensity. The extracted images were used to train the CNN (Vgg16). To determine the effectiveness of the morphology filter bank, the outcomes of the following two methods for detecting CMBs from the 30-case test dataset were compared: (a) employing the morphology filter bank and additional FP removal and (b) comprehensive detection without filters. The trained CNN processed both sets of initial CMB candidates, and the final CMB candidates were compared with the gold standard. The sensitivity and FPs per patient of both methods were compared.
RESULTS: After CNN processing, the morphology-filter-bank-based method had a 95.0% sensitivity with 4.37 FPs per patient. In contrast, the comprehensive method had a 97.5% sensitivity with 25.87 FPs per patient.
CONCLUSION: Through effective CMB candidate refinement with a morphology filter bank and FP removal with a CNN, we achieved a high CMB detection rate and low FP count. Combining a CNN and morphology filter bank may facilitate the accurate automated detection of CMBs on T2*WIs.
METHODS: In this retrospective study, 60 patients with CMBs on T2*WIs were included. The gold standard was set by three neuroradiologists based on the Microbleed Anatomic Rating Scale guidelines. Images with CMBs were extracted from the training dataset comprising 30 cases using a morphology filter bank, and false positives (FPs) were removed based on the threshold of size and signal intensity. The extracted images were used to train the CNN (Vgg16). To determine the effectiveness of the morphology filter bank, the outcomes of the following two methods for detecting CMBs from the 30-case test dataset were compared: (a) employing the morphology filter bank and additional FP removal and (b) comprehensive detection without filters. The trained CNN processed both sets of initial CMB candidates, and the final CMB candidates were compared with the gold standard. The sensitivity and FPs per patient of both methods were compared.
RESULTS: After CNN processing, the morphology-filter-bank-based method had a 95.0% sensitivity with 4.37 FPs per patient. In contrast, the comprehensive method had a 97.5% sensitivity with 25.87 FPs per patient.
CONCLUSION: Through effective CMB candidate refinement with a morphology filter bank and FP removal with a CNN, we achieved a high CMB detection rate and low FP count. Combining a CNN and morphology filter bank may facilitate the accurate automated detection of CMBs on T2*WIs.
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