Future Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm Growth Prediction Using Mesh Convolutional Neural Networks

Kimberley M. Timmins*, Maarten J. Kamphuis, Iris N. Vos, Birgitta K. Velthuis, Irene C.van der Schaaf, Hugo J. Kuijf

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Abstract

The growth of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) is a predictor of rupture. Therefore, for further imaging surveillance and treatment planning, it is important to be able to predict if an UIA is likely to grow based on an initial baseline Time-of-Flight MRA (TOF-MRA). It is known that the size and shape of UIAs are predictors of aneurysm growth and/or rupture. We perform a feasibility study of using a mesh convolutional neural network for future UIA growth prediction from baseline TOF-MRAs. We include 151 TOF-MRAs, with 169 UIAs where 49 UIAs were classified as growing and 120 as stable, based on the clinical definition of growth (>1 mm increase in size in follow-up scan). UIAs were segmented from TOF-MRAs and meshes were automatically generated. We investigate the input of both UIA mesh only and region-of-interest (ROI) meshes including UIA and surrounding parent vessels. We develop a classification model to predict UIAs that will grow or remain stable. The model consisted of a mesh convolutional neural network including additional novel input edge features of shape index and curvedness which describe the surface topology. It was investigated if input edge mid-point co-ordinates influenced the model performance. The model with highest AUC (63.8%) for growth prediction was using UIA meshes with input edge mid-point co-ordinate features (average F1 score = 62.3%, accuracy = 66.9%, sensitivity = 57.3%, specificity = 70.8%). We present a future UIA growth prediction model based on a mesh convolutional neural network with promising results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEthical and Philosophical Issues in Medical Imaging, Multimodal Learning and Fusion Across Scales for Clinical Decision Support, and Topological Data Analysis for Biomedical Imaging
Subtitle of host publication1st International Workshop, EPIMI 2022, 12th International Workshop, ML-CDS 2022, 2nd International Workshop, TDA4BiomedicalImaging, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2022, Singapore, September 18–22, 2022, Proceedings
EditorsJohn S.H. Baxter, Islem Rekik, Roy Eagleson, Luping Zhou, Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood, Hongzhi Wang, Mustafa Hajij
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages103-112
Number of pages10
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-23223-7
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-23222-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Dec 2022
Event1st International Workshop on Ethical and Philosophical Issues in Medical Imaging, EPIMI 2022, the 12th International Workshop on Multimodal Learning and Fusion Across Scales for Clinical Decision Support, ML-CDS 2022, and the 2nd International Workshop on Topological Data Analysis for Biomedical Imaging, TDA4BiomedicalImaging 2022, held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 18 Sept 202222 Sept 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
PublisherSpringer
Volume13755
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Workshop on Ethical and Philosophical Issues in Medical Imaging, EPIMI 2022, the 12th International Workshop on Multimodal Learning and Fusion Across Scales for Clinical Decision Support, ML-CDS 2022, and the 2nd International Workshop on Topological Data Analysis for Biomedical Imaging, TDA4BiomedicalImaging 2022, held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2022
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period18/09/2222/09/22

Keywords

  • Aneurysms
  • Geometric deep learning
  • Growth prediction
  • Meshes
  • Topology

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