Geometric Deep Learning for Post-Menstrual Age Prediction Based on the Neonatal White Matter Cortical Surface

Vitalis Vosylius, Andy Wang, Cemlyn Waters, Alexey Zakharov, Francis Ward, Loic Le Folgoc, John Cupitt, Antonios Makropoulos, Andreas Schuh, Daniel Rueckert, Amir Alansary

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Abstract

Accurate estimation of the age in neonates is useful for measuring neurodevelopmental, medical, and growth outcomes. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to predict the post-menstrual age (PA) at scan, using techniques from geometric deep learning, based on the neonatal white matter cortical surface. We utilize and compare multiple specialized neural network architectures that predict the age using different geometric representations of the cortical surface; we compare MeshCNN, Pointnet++, GraphCNN, and a volumetric benchmark. The dataset is part of the Developing Human Connectome Project (dHCP), and is a cohort of healthy and premature neonates. We evaluate our approach on 650 subjects (727 scans) with PA ranging from 27 to 45 weeks. Our results show accurate prediction of the estimated PA, with mean error less than one week.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUncertainty for Safe Utilization of Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, and Graphs in Biomedical Image Analysis - 2nd International Workshop, UNSURE 2020, and 3rd International Workshop, GRAIL 2020, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2020, Proceedings
EditorsCarole H. Sudre, Hamid Fehri, Tal Arbel, Christian F. Baumgartner, Adrian Dalca, Ryutaro Tanno, Koen Van Leemput, William M. Wells, Aristeidis Sotiras, Bartlomiej Papiez, Enzo Ferrante, Sarah Parisot
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages174-186
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783030603649
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Workshop on Uncertainty for Safe Utilization of Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, UNSURE 2020, and the 3rd International Workshop on Graphs in Biomedical Image Analysis, GRAIL 2020, held in conjunction with the 23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2020 - Lima, Peru
Duration: 8 Oct 20208 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12443 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd International Workshop on Uncertainty for Safe Utilization of Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, UNSURE 2020, and the 3rd International Workshop on Graphs in Biomedical Image Analysis, GRAIL 2020, held in conjunction with the 23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2020
Country/TerritoryPeru
CityLima
Period8/10/208/10/20

Keywords

  • Brain age
  • Cortical surface
  • Developing brain
  • Geometric deep learning
  • Graph neural networks
  • MeshCNN
  • PointNet

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