An automated deep learning method and novel cardiac index to detect canine cardiomegaly from simple radiography

Since most of degenerative canine heart diseases accompany cardiomegaly, early detection of cardiac enlargement is main priority healthcare issue for dogs. In this study, we developed a new deep learning-based radiographic index quantifying canine heart size using retrospective data. The proposed “a...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2022-08, Vol.12 (1), p.14494-14494, Article 14494
Main Authors: Jeong, Yeojin, Sung, Joohon
Format: Article
Language:English
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Algorithms
Animal training
Automation
Cardiovascular diseases
Coronary artery disease
Deep learning
Disease
Enlargement
Health care
Heart
Heart diseases
Humanities and Social Sciences
Image processing
multidisciplinary
Radiography
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Segmentation
Semantics
Teaching hospitals
Teaching methods
Thorax
Vertebrae
Veterinary medicine
X-rays
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Summary:Since most of degenerative canine heart diseases accompany cardiomegaly, early detection of cardiac enlargement is main priority healthcare issue for dogs. In this study, we developed a new deep learning-based radiographic index quantifying canine heart size using retrospective data. The proposed “adjusted heart volume index” (aHVI) was calculated as the total area of the heart multiplied by the heart’s height and divided by the fourth thoracic vertebral body (T4) length from simple lateral X-rays. The algorithms consist of segmentation and measurements. For semantic segmentation, we used 1000 dogs’ radiographic images taken between Jan 2018 and Aug 2020 at Seoul National University Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital. The tversky loss functions with multiple hyperparameters were used to capture the size-unbalanced regions of heart and T4. The aHVI outperformed the current clinical standard in predicting cardiac enlargement, a common but often fatal health condition for small old dogs.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-18822-4