Prognosis of abdominal aortic aneurysms: A machine learning-enabled approach merging clinical, morphometric, biomechanical and texture information

Garcia Garcia, Fernando; Metaxa, Eleni; Christodoulidis, Stergios; Anthimopoulos, Marios; Kontopodis, Nikolaos; Correa-Londoño, Martina; Wyss, Thomas; Papacharilaou, Yiannis; Ioannou, Christos; von Tengg-Kobligk, Hendrik; Mougiakakou, Stavroula Georgia (2017). Prognosis of abdominal aortic aneurysms: A machine learning-enabled approach merging clinical, morphometric, biomechanical and texture information. In: 30th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems - IEEE CBMS 2017 (pp. 463-468). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 10.1109/CBMS.2017.158

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An effective surveillance strategy for the progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) may be achieved by assessing its expected growth rate in a personalized manner. Given the variety of factors with an impact on AAA growth, an integrative approach to the problem could potentially benefit from incorporating clinical and morphometric data, as well as mechanical stress characterizations. In addition, here we investigated the use of texture information on computed tomography angiography images within the AAA sac. A cohort of n=38 patients underwent a baseline examination, plus a follow-up visit to measure AAA growth rates, in terms of its maximum diameter (Dmax) divided by the elapsed time period. Subsequently, each case was labelled as ‘slow’, ‘medium’ or ‘quick’ growth, compared to the expected rate reported in demographic studies, as a function of gender and baseline Dmax. We computed a total of 102 features (5 clinical, 17 morphometric, 4 biomechanical, and 76 on texture) and used a number of machine learning (ML) algorithms; with the aim of minimizing misclassification costs. The performance of the system was evaluated with a leave-one-out cross-validation scheme. The results achieved by the best performing approach, an ensemble of decision trees (‘LPBoost’) using the entire 102-dimensional feature space, indicated that the combination of different information sources, along with ML algorithms, may have a positive impact on the AAA prognosis assessment.

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