Bajaj, R;
Eggermont, J;
Grainger, SJ;
Räber, L;
Parasa, R;
Khan, AHA;
Costa, C;
... Bourantas, CV; + view all
(2022)
Machine learning for atherosclerotic tissue component classification in combined near-infrared spectroscopy intravascular ultrasound imaging: Validation against histology.
Atherosclerosis
, 345
pp. 15-25.
10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.01.021.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Accurate classification of plaque composition is essential for treatment planning. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has limited efficacy in assessing tissue types, while near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) provides complementary information to IVUS but lacks depth information. The aim of this study is to train and assess the efficacy of a machine learning classifier for plaque component classification that relies on IVUS echogenicity and NIRS-signal, using histology as reference standard. METHODS: Matched NIRS-IVUS and histology images from 15 cadaveric human coronary arteries were analyzed (10 vessels were used for training and 5 for testing). Fibrous/pathological intimal thickening (F-PIT), early necrotic core (ENC), late necrotic core (LNC), and calcific tissue regions-of-interest were detected on histology and superimposed onto IVUS frames. The pixel intensities of these tissue types from the training set were used to train a J48 classifier for plaque characterization (ECHO-classification). To aid differentiation of F-PIT from necrotic cores, the NIRS-signal was used to classify non-calcific pixels outside yellow-spot regions as F-PIT (ECHO-NIRS classification). The performance of ECHO and ECHO-NIRS classifications were validated against histology. RESULTS: 262 matched frames were included in the analysis (162 constituted the training set and 100 the test set). The pixel intensities of F-PIT and ENC were similar and thus these two tissues could not be differentiated by echogenicity. With ENC and LNC as a single class, ECHO-classification showed good agreement with histology for detecting calcific and F-PIT tissues but had poor efficacy for necrotic cores (recall 0.59 and precision 0.29). Similar results were found when F-PIT and ENC were treated as a single class (recall and precision for LNC 0.78 and 0.33, respectively). ECHO-NIRS classification improved necrotic core and LNC detection, resulting in an increase of the overall accuracy of both models, from 81.4% to 91.8%, and from 87.9% to 94.7%, respectively. Comparable performance of the two models was seen in the test set where the overall accuracy of ECHO-NIRS classification was 95.0% and 95.5%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of echogenicity with NIRS-signal appears capable of overcoming limitations of echogenicity, enabling more accurate characterization of plaque components.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Machine learning for atherosclerotic tissue component classification in combined near-infrared spectroscopy intravascular ultrasound imaging: Validation against histology |
| Location: | Ireland |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.01.021 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.01.... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Intravascular ultrasound, Near-infrared spectroscopy, Plaque characterization, Machine learning |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161424 |
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