Improved amyloid burden quantification with nonspecific estimates using deep learning
| Autor: | Tomotaka Tanaka, Edward G. Robins, Christopher Chen, Anthonin Reilhac, Jim O' Doherty, Francis N. Saridin, Bibek Gyanwali, Haohui Liu, Ying-Hwey Nai, Saima Hilal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Amyloid
Computer science Nonspecific uptake Standardized uptake value Convolutional neural network Alzheimer Disease Quantification Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Amyloid burden Amyloid beta-Peptides Aniline Compounds Load measurement business.industry Deep learning Brain Pattern recognition General Medicine Pet imaging Positron emission tomography (PET) Positron-Emission Tomography Image translation Original Article Artificial intelligence business Alzheimer’s disease Generative adversarial network |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging |
| ISSN: | 1619-7089 1619-7070 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00259-020-05131-z |
| Popis: | Purpose Standardized uptake value ratio (SUVr) used to quantify amyloid-β burden from amyloid-PET scans can be biased by variations in the tracer’s nonspecific (NS) binding caused by the presence of cerebrovascular disease (CeVD). In this work, we propose a novel amyloid-PET quantification approach that harnesses the intermodal image translation capability of convolutional networks to remove this undesirable source of variability. Methods Paired MR and PET images exhibiting very low specific uptake were selected from a Singaporean amyloid-PET study involving 172 participants with different severities of CeVD. Two convolutional neural networks (CNN), ScaleNet and HighRes3DNet, and one conditional generative adversarial network (cGAN) were trained to map structural MR to NS PET images. NS estimates generated for all subjects using the most promising network were then subtracted from SUVr images to determine specific amyloid load only (SAβL). Associations of SAβL with various cognitive and functional test scores were then computed and compared to results using conventional SUVr. Results Multimodal ScaleNet outperformed other networks in predicting the NS content in cortical gray matter with a mean relative error below 2%. Compared to SUVr, SAβL showed increased association with cognitive and functional test scores by up to 67%. Conclusion Removing the undesirable NS uptake from the amyloid load measurement is possible using deep learning and substantially improves its accuracy. This novel analysis approach opens a new window of opportunity for improved data modeling in Alzheimer’s disease and for other neurodegenerative diseases that utilize PET imaging. |
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