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Abstract #1023

StackGen-Net: A Stacked Generalization of 3D Orthogonal Convolutional Neural Networks for Improved Detection of White Matter Hyperintensities

Lavanya Umapathy1, Gloria J Guzman Perez-Carrillo2, Mahesh Bharath Keerthivasan2,3, Maria I Altbach2, Blair Winegar2, Craig Weinkauf4, and Ali Bilgin1,2,5
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, 2Department of Medical Imaging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, 3Siemens Healthcare USA, Tucson, AZ, United States, 4Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, 5Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

Detection and quantification of White Matter Hyperintensities (WMH) on T2-FLAIR images can provide valuable information to assess neurological disease progression. We propose a fully automated stacked generalization ensemble of three orthogonal 3D Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), StackGen-Net, to detect WMH on 3D FLAIR images. Each orthogonal CNN predicts WMH on axial, sagittal, and coronal orientations. The posteriors are then combined using a Meta CNN. StackGen-Net outperforms individual CNNs in the ensemble, their ensemble combination, as well as some state-of-the-art deep learning-based models. StackGen-Net can reliably detect and quantify WMH in clinically feasible times, with performance comparable to human inter-observer variability.

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