Development and validation of a cranial ultrasound imaging-based deep learning model for periventricular-intraventricular haemorrhage detection and grading: a two-centre study
- 29.07.2025
- Research
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Yahui Peng
- Zhensheng Hu
- Mianmian Wen
- Yishu Deng
- Dan Zhao
- Yuwei Yu
- Weixiang Liang
- Xianhua Dai
- Yi Wang
- Erschienen in
- Pediatric Radiology | Ausgabe 10/2025
Abstract
Background
Periventricular-intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) is the most prevalent type of neonatal intracranial haemorrhage. It is especially threatening to preterm infants, in whom it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Cranial ultrasound has become an important means of screening periventricular IVH in infants. The integration of artificial intelligence with neonatal ultrasound is promising for enhancing diagnostic accuracy, reducing physician workload, and consequently improving periventricular IVH outcomes.
Objectives
The study investigated whether deep learning-based analysis of the cranial ultrasound images of infants could detect and grade periventricular IVH.
Materials and methods
This multicentre observational study included 1,060 cases and healthy controls from two hospitals. The retrospective modelling dataset encompassed 773 participants from January 2020 to July 2023, while the prospective two-centre validation dataset included 287 participants from August 2023 to January 2024. The periventricular IVH net model, a deep learning model incorporating the convolutional block attention module mechanism, was developed. The model’s effectiveness was assessed by randomly dividing the retrospective data into training and validation sets, followed by independent validation with the prospective two-centre data. To evaluate the model, we measured its recall, precision, accuracy, F1-score, and area under the curve (AUC). The regions of interest (ROI) that influenced the detection by the deep learning model were visualised in significance maps, and the t-distributed stochastic neighbour embedding (t-SNE) algorithm was used to visualise the clustering of model detection parameters.
Results
The final retrospective dataset included 773 participants (mean (standard deviation (SD)) gestational age, 32.7 (4.69) weeks; mean (SD) weight, 1,862.60 (855.49) g). For the retrospective data, the model’s AUC was 0.99 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.98–0.99), precision was 0.92 (0.89–0.95), recall was 0.93 (0.89–0.95), and F1-score was 0.93 (0.90–0.95). For the prospective two-centre validation data, the model’s AUC was 0.961 (95% CI, 0.94–0.98) and accuracy was 0.89 (95% CI, 0.86–0.92).
Conclusion
The two-centre prospective validation results of the periventricular IVH net model demonstrated its tremendous potential for paediatric clinical applications. Combining artificial intelligence with paediatric ultrasound can enhance the accuracy and efficiency of periventricular IVH diagnosis, especially in primary hospitals or community hospitals.
Graphical Abstract
Anzeige
- Titel
- Development and validation of a cranial ultrasound imaging-based deep learning model for periventricular-intraventricular haemorrhage detection and grading: a two-centre study
- Verfasst von
-
Yahui Peng
Zhensheng Hu
Mianmian Wen
Yishu Deng
Dan Zhao
Yuwei Yu
Weixiang Liang
Xianhua Dai
Yi Wang
- Publikationsdatum
- 29.07.2025
- Verlag
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Erschienen in
-
Pediatric Radiology / Ausgabe 10/2025
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1998 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-025-06327-x
Dieser Inhalt ist nur sichtbar, wenn du eingeloggt bist und die entsprechende Berechtigung hast.
Dieser Inhalt ist nur sichtbar, wenn du eingeloggt bist und die entsprechende Berechtigung hast.
