Lozoya RC, Berte B, Cochet H, Jais P, Ayache N, Sermesant M. Model-Based Feature Augmentation for Cardiac Ablation Target Learning From Images.
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2018;
66:30-40. [PMID:
29993400 DOI:
10.1109/tbme.2018.2818300]
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Abstract
GOAL
We present a model-based feature augmentation scheme to improve the performance of a learning algorithm for the detection of cardiac radio-frequency ablation (RFA) targets with respect to learning from images alone.
METHODS
Initially, we compute image features from delayed-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DE-MRI) to describe local tissue heterogeneities and feed them into a machine learning framework with uncertainty assessment for the identification of potential ablation targets. Next, we introduce the use of a patient-specific image-based model derived from DE-MRI coupled with the Mitchell-Schaeffer electrophysiology model and a dipole formulation for the simulation of intracardiac electrograms. Relevant features are extracted from these simulated signals which serve as a feature augmentation scheme for the learning algorithm. We assess the classifier's performance when using only image features and with model-based feature augmentation.
RESULTS
We obtained average classification scores of 97.2 % accuracy, 82.4 % sensitivity, and 95.0 % positive predictive value by using a model-based feature augmentation scheme. Preliminary results also show that training the algorithm on the closest patient from the database, instead of using all the patients, improves the classification results.
CONCLUSION
We presented a feature augmentation scheme based on biophysical cardiac electrophysiology modeling to increase the prediction scores of a machine learning framework for the RFA target prediction.
SIGNIFICANCE
The results derived from this study are a proof of concept that the use of model-based feature augmentation strengthens the performance of a purely image driven learning scheme for the prediction of cardiac ablation targets.
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