Improving robustness of automatic cardiac function quantification from cine magnetic resonance imaging using synthetic image data

Gheorghiță, BA; Itu, LM; Sharma, P; Suciu, C; Wetzl, J; Geppert, C; Ali, MAA; Lee, AM; Piechnik, SK; Neubauer, S; Petersen, SE; Schulz-Menger, J; Chițiboi, T

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Improving robustness of automatic cardiac function quantification from cine magnetic resonance imaging using synthetic image data

Abstract:: Information about autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity may be valuable for personalized atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment but is not easily accessible from the ECG. In this study, we propose a new approach for ECG-based assessment of respiratory modulation in AV nodal refractory period and conduction delay. A 1-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN) was trained to estimate respiratory modulation of AV nodal conduction properties from 1-minute segments of RR series, respiration signals, and atrial fibrillatory rates (AFR) using synthetic data that replicates clinical ECG-derived data. The synthetic data were generated using a network model of the AV node and 4 million unique model parameter sets. The 1D-CNN was then used to analyze respiratory modulation in clinical deep breathing test data of 28 patients in AF, where a ECG-derived respiration signal was extracted using a novel approach based on periodic component analysis. We demonstrated using synthetic data that the 1D-CNN can predict the respiratory modulation from RR series alone ($\rho$ = 0.805) and that the addition of either respiration signal ($\rho$ = 0.830), AFR ($\rho$ = 0.837), or both ($\rho$ = 0.855) improves the prediction. Results from analysis of clinical ECG data of 20 patients with sufficient signal quality suggest that respiratory modulation decreased in response to deep breathing for five patients, increased for five patients, and remained similar for ten patients, indicating a large inter-patient variability.Comment: 20 pages, 7 figures, 5 table

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APA Style

Gheorghiță, B. A., Itu, L. M., Sharma, P., Suciu, C., Wetzl, J., Geppert, C., Ali, M. A. A., Lee, A. M., Piechnik, S. K., Neubauer, S., Petersen, S. E., Schulz-Menger, J., & Chițiboi, T. (2022). Improving robustness of automatic cardiac function quantification from cine magnetic resonance imaging using synthetic image data. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 2391–2391.

MLA Style

Gheorghiță, BA, et al. “Improving Robustness of Automatic Cardiac Function Quantification from Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Synthetic Image Data.” Scientific Reports, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022, pp. 2391–91.

Chicago Style

Gheorghiță, BA, LM Itu, P Sharma, et al. 2022. “Improving Robustness of Automatic Cardiac Function Quantification from Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Synthetic Image Data.” Scientific Reports 12 (1): 2391–91.
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