Scientific Reports (Jan 2023)

Head CT deep learning model is highly accurate for early infarct estimation

  • Romane Gauriau,
  • Bernardo C. Bizzo,
  • Donnella S. Comeau,
  • James M. Hillis,
  • Christopher P. Bridge,
  • John K. Chin,
  • Jayashri Pawar,
  • Ali Pourvaziri,
  • Ivana Sesic,
  • Elshaimaa Sharaf,
  • Jinjin Cao,
  • Flavia T. C. Noro,
  • Walter F. Wiggins,
  • M. Travis Caton,
  • Felipe Kitamura,
  • Keith J. Dreyer,
  • John F. Kalafut,
  • Katherine P. Andriole,
  • Stuart R. Pomerantz,
  • Ramon G. Gonzalez,
  • Michael H. Lev

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27496-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Abstract Non-contrast head CT (NCCT) is extremely insensitive for early ( 0.98). When this 150 CT test set was expanded to include a total of 364 CT scans with a more heterogeneous distribution of infarct locations (94 stroke-negative, 270 stroke-positive mixed territory infarcts), model sensitivity was 97%, specificity 99%, for detection of infarcts larger than the 70 mL volume threshold used for patient selection in several major randomized controlled trials of thrombectomy treatment.