Automatic assessment of atherosclerotic plaque features by intracoronary imaging: a scoping review.

Biccirè, Flavio Giuseppe; Mannhart, Dominik; Kakizaki, Ryota; Windecker, Stephan; Räber, Lorenz; Siontis, George C M (2024). Automatic assessment of atherosclerotic plaque features by intracoronary imaging: a scoping review. Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 11(1332925) Frontiers 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1332925

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BACKGROUND

The diagnostic performance and clinical validity of automatic intracoronary imaging (ICI) tools for atherosclerotic plaque assessment have not been systematically investigated so far.

METHODS

We performed a scoping review including studies on automatic tools for automatic plaque components assessment by means of optical coherence tomography (OCT) or intravascular imaging (IVUS). We summarized study characteristics and reported the specifics and diagnostic performance of developed tools.

RESULTS

Overall, 42 OCT and 26 IVUS studies fulfilling the eligibility criteria were found, with the majority published in the last 5 years (86% of the OCT and 73% of the IVUS studies). A convolutional neural network deep-learning method was applied in 71% of OCT- and 34% of IVUS-studies. Calcium was the most frequent plaque feature analyzed (26/42 of OCT and 12/26 of IVUS studies), and both modalities showed high discriminatory performance in testing sets [range of area under the curve (AUC): 0.91-0.99 for OCT and 0.89-0.98 for IVUS]. Lipid component was investigated only in OCT studies (n = 26, AUC: 0.82-0.86). Fibrous cap thickness or thin-cap fibroatheroma were mainly investigated in OCT studies (n = 8, AUC: 0.82-0.94). Plaque burden was mainly assessed in IVUS studies (n = 15, testing set AUC reported in one study: 0.70).

CONCLUSION

A limited number of automatic machine learning-derived tools for ICI analysis is currently available. The majority have been developed for calcium detection for either OCT or IVUS images. The reporting of the development and validation process of automated intracoronary imaging analyses is heterogeneous and lacks critical information.

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION

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