A4 Refereed article in a conference publication
Evaluation of Spatiotemporal Fetal Cardiac Imaging Using Deep Learning Techniques
Authors: Nidhi Dipak, Srivastav Khushboo, Heikkonen Jukka, Kanth Rajeev
Editors: Sarika Jain, Sven Groppe, Nandana Mihindukulasooriya
Edition: 990
Conference name: International Health Informatics Conference
Publication year: 2023
Journal: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Book title : Proceedings of the International Health Informatics Conference: IHIC 2022
Series title: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume: 990
First page : 285
Last page: 298
ISBN: 978-981-19-9089-2
eISBN: 978-981-19-9090-8
ISSN: 1876-1100
eISSN: 1876-1119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9090-8_25
Web address : https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-9090-8_25
Fetal echocardiography is a standard diagnostic tool used to evaluate and monitor fetuses with a defective heart associated with a number of fetal conditions. Deep learning is a machine learning technology which can perform specific tasks with specific goals. Deep learning techniques are used to evaluate fetal cardiac ultrasound cine loops and improve the evaluation of fetal abnormalities. Convolutional neural network along with recurrent neural network was applied in this study as CNN + LSTM, CNN + GRU, and 3D CNN for the processing and classification of ultrasonographic cine loops into various classes. The models were able to sort the fetal cardiac cine loops into five standard views with 92.63%, 94.99%, and 82.69% accuracy, respectively. Furthermore, the models were able to diagnose Tricuspid atresia (TA) and Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) with an accuracy of 94.61%, 91.99%, and 86.54%, respectively. These deep learning-based algorithms were found to be effective tools for evaluating and monitoring normal and abnormal fetal heart cine loops.