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A deep learning-based method for the diagnosis of vertebral fractures on spine MRI: retrospective training and validation of ResNet

Journal

EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL
Volume 31, Issue 8, Pages 2022-2030

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-022-07121-1

Keywords

Automated differential diagnosis; Benign spinal fractures; Less experienced radiologists; Malignant spinal fractures

Funding

  1. E-Da Hospital intramural seed grant [EDAHM108003]
  2. NIH [R01 CA127927, P30 CA062203]
  3. UC Irvine Comprehensive Cancer Center

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The study aimed to improve the diagnosis of benign and malignant spinal fractures on MRI for less experienced clinicians. By applying the ResNet50 algorithm and deep learning, a decision support system was developed, which showed promising results in assisting the clinicians and enhancing the diagnostic accuracy.
Purpose To improve the performance of less experienced clinicians in the diagnosis of benign and malignant spinal fracture on MRI, we applied the ResNet50 algorithm to develop a decision support system. Methods A total of 190 patients, 50 with malignant and 140 with benign fractures, were studied. The visual diagnosis was made by one senior MSK radiologist, one fourth-year resident, and one first-year resident. The MSK radiologist also gave the binary score for 15 qualitative imaging features. Deep learning was implemented using ResNet50, using one abnormal spinal segment selected from each patient as input. The T1W and T2W images of the lesion slice and its two neighboring slices were considered. The diagnostic performance was evaluated using tenfold cross-validation. Results The overall reading accuracy was 98, 96, and 66% for the senior MSK radiologist, fourth-year resident, and first-year resident, respectively. Of the 15 imaging features, 10 showed a significant difference between benign and malignant groups with p < = 0.001. The accuracy achieved by using the ResNet50 deep learning model for the identified abnormal vertebral segment was 92%. Compared to the first-year resident's reading, the model improved the sensitivity from 78 to 94% (p < 0.001) and the specificity from 61 to 91% (p < 0.001). Conclusion Our deep learning-based model may provide information to assist less experienced clinicians in the diagnosis of spinal fractures on MRI. Other findings away from the vertebral body need to be considered to improve the model, and further investigation is required to generalize our findings to real-world settings.

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