Application of unsupervised learning to hyperspectral imaging of cardiac ablation lesions

Shuyue Guan; Huda Asfour; Narine Sarvazyan; Murray Loew

doi:10.1117/1.JMI.5.4.046003

15 December 2018 Application of unsupervised learning to hyperspectral imaging of cardiac ablation lesions

Shuyue Guan, Huda Asfour, Narine Sarvazyan, Murray Loew

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Journal of Medical Imaging, Vol. 5, Issue 4, 046003 (December 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.5.4.046003

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. It is being effectively treated using the radiofrequency ablation (RFA) procedure, which destroys culprit tissue and creates scars that prevent the spread of abnormal electrical activity. Long-term success of RFA could be improved further if ablation lesions can be directly visualized during the surgery. We have shown that autofluorescence-based hyperspectral imaging (aHSI) can help to identify lesions based on spectral unmixing. We show that use of k-means clustering, an unsupervised learning method, is capable of detecting RFA lesions without a priori knowledge of the lesions’ spectral characteristics. We also show that the number of spectral bands required for successful lesion identification can be significantly reduced, enabling the use of increased spectral bandwidth. Together, these findings can help with clinical implementation of a percutaneous aHSI catheter, since by reducing the number of spectral bands one can reduce hypercube acquisition and processing times, and by increasing the spectral width of individual bands one can collect more photons. The latter is of critical importance in low-light applications such as intracardiac aHSI. The ultimate goal of our studies is to help improve clinical outcomes for atrial fibrillation patients.

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Shuyue Guan, Huda Asfour, Narine Sarvazyan, and Murray Loew "Application of unsupervised learning to hyperspectral imaging of cardiac ablation lesions," Journal of Medical Imaging 5(4), 046003 (15 December 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.5.4.046003

Received: 22 May 2018; Accepted: 12 November 2018; Published: 15 December 2018

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