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Artif Intell Med Imaging. Jun 28, 2020; 1(1): 31-39
Published online Jun 28, 2020. doi: 10.35711/aimi.v1.i1.31
Published online Jun 28, 2020. doi: 10.35711/aimi.v1.i1.31
Machine learning for diagnosis of coronary artery disease in computed tomography angiography: A survey
Feng-Jun Zhao, Si-Qi Fan, Jing-Fang Ren, Xiao-Wei He, School of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, Shaanxi Province, China
Feng-Jun Zhao, Si-Qi Fan, Jing-Fang Ren, Xiao-Wei He, Xi’an Key Lab of Radiomics and Intelligent Perception, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, Shaanxi Province, China
Karen M von Deneen, Xue-Li Chen, Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an 710126, Shaanxi Province, China
Author contributions: Zhao FJ performed the majority of the writing and the investigation of articles; Fan SQ performed writing for coronary plaque detection; Ren JF performed writing for coronary artery extraction; He XW and von Deneen KM polished the language and expression of the paper; Chen XL checked the organization and revised the writing of the paper.
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Nos. 61971350, 81627807 and 11727813 ; the National Key R& D Program of China, No. 2016YFC1300300 ; the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation , No. 2019M653717 ; Shaanxi Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars , No. 2020JC-27 ; Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation , No. 161104 ; and Program for the Young Top-notch Talent of Shaanxi Province .
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Xue-Li Chen, PhD, Professor, Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, No. 266, Xinglong Section of Xifeng Road, Xi’an 710126, Shaanxi Province, China. xlchen@xidian.edu.cn
Received: May 7, 2020
Peer-review started: May 7, 2020
First decision: June 4, 2020
Revised: June 12, 2020
Accepted: June 17, 2020
Article in press: June 17, 2020
Published online: June 28, 2020
Peer-review started: May 7, 2020
First decision: June 4, 2020
Revised: June 12, 2020
Accepted: June 17, 2020
Article in press: June 17, 2020
Published online: June 28, 2020
Core Tip
Core tip: There are reviews that contributed to the segmentation of the coronary artery, detection of calcified plaques, and calculation of fractional flow reserve. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper to survey the machine learning algorithms for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in computed tomography angiography images, including extraction of coronary arteries, detection of calcified, soft and mixed plaques, identification of plaque vulnerability features including low density plaque, positive remodeling, spot calcification, and napkin ring sign, assessment of both anatomically and hemodynamically significant stenosis, and the challenges and perspectives of these machine learning-based analysis methods.