Author:
Gerard Sarah E.,Herrmann Jacob,Xin Yi,Martin Kevin T.,Rezoagli Emanuele,Ippolito Davide,Bellani Giacomo,Cereda Maurizio,Guo Junfeng,Hoffman Eric A.,Kaczka David W.,Reinhardt Joseph M.
Abstract
AbstractThe purpose of this study was to develop a fully-automated segmentation algorithm, robust to various density enhancing lung abnormalities, to facilitate rapid quantitative analysis of computed tomography images. A polymorphic training approach is proposed, in which both specifically labeled left and right lungs of humans with COPD, and nonspecifically labeled lungs of animals with acute lung injury, were incorporated into training a single neural network. The resulting network is intended for predicting left and right lung regions in humans with or without diffuse opacification and consolidation. Performance of the proposed lung segmentation algorithm was extensively evaluated on CT scans of subjects with COPD, confirmed COVID-19, lung cancer, and IPF, despite no labeled training data of the latter three diseases. Lobar segmentations were obtained using the left and right lung segmentation as input to the LobeNet algorithm. Regional lobar analysis was performed using hierarchical clustering to identify radiographic subtypes of COVID-19. The proposed lung segmentation algorithm was quantitatively evaluated using semi-automated and manually-corrected segmentations in 87 COVID-19 CT images, achieving an average symmetric surface distance of $$0.495\pm 0.309$$
0.495
±
0.309
mm and Dice coefficient of $$0.985\pm 0.011$$
0.985
±
0.011
. Hierarchical clustering identified four radiographical phenotypes of COVID-19 based on lobar fractions of consolidated and poorly aerated tissue. Lower left and lower right lobes were consistently more afflicted with poor aeration and consolidation. However, the most severe cases demonstrated involvement of all lobes. The polymorphic training approach was able to accurately segment COVID-19 cases with diffuse consolidation without requiring COVID-19 cases for training.
Funder
National Institutes of Health
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Cited by
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