Journal
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages 405-413Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-010-9207-5
Keywords
Ischemia; myocardial; myocardial perfusion imaging: SPECT; basic science
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The purpose of this study is to develop and analyze an open-source artificial intelligence program built on artificial neural networks that can participate in and support the decision making of nuclear medicine physicians in detecting coronary artery disease from myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS). Two hundred and forty-three patients, who had MPS and coronary angiography within three months, were selected to train neural networks. Six nuclear medicine residents, one experienced nuclear medicine physician, and neural networks evaluated images of 65 patients for presence of coronary artery stenosis. Area under the curve (AUC) of receiver operating characteristics analysis for networks and expert was .74 and .84, respectively. The AUC of the other physicians ranged from .67 to .80. There were no significant differences between expert, neural networks, and standard quantitative values, summed stress score and total stress defect extent. The open-source neural networks developed in this study may provide a framework for further testing, development, and integration of artificial intelligence into nuclear cardiology environment.
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