Lung ultrasound has been used to describe common respiratory diseases both by visual and computer-assisted gray scale analysis. In the present paper, we compare both methods in assessing neonatal respiratory status keeping two oxygenation indexes as standards. Neonates admitted to the NICU for respiratory distress were enrolled. Two neonatologists not attending the patients performed a lung scan, built a single frame database and rated the images with a standardized score. The same dataset was processed using the gray scale analysis implemented with textural features and machine learning analysis. Both the oxygenation ratio (PaO2/FiO2) and the alveolar arterial oxygen gradient (A-a) were kept as reference standards. Seventy-five neonates with different respiratory status were enrolled in the study and a dataset of 600 ultrasound frames was built. Visual assessment of respiratory status correlated significantly with PaO2/FiO2 (r = -0.55; p<0.0001) and the A-a (r = 0.59; p<0.0001) with a strong interobserver agreement (K = 0.91). A significant correlation was also found between both oxygenation indexes and the gray scale analysis of lung ultrasound scans using regions of interest corresponding to 50K (r = -0.42; p<0.002 for PaO2/FiO2; r = 0.46 p<0.001 for A-a) and 100K (r = -0.35 p<0.01 for PaO2/FiO2; r = 0.58 p<0.0001 for A-a) pixels regions of interest. A semi quantitative estimate of the degree of neonatal respiratory distress was demonstrated both by a validated scoring system and by computer assisted analysis of the ultrasound scan. This data may help to implement point of care ultrasound diagnostics in the NICU.

Visual assessment versus computer-assisted gray scale analysis in the ultrasound evaluation of neonatal respiratory status / Raimondi, Francesco; Migliaro, Fiorella; Verdoliva, Luisa; Gragnaniello, Diego; Poggi, Giovanni; Kosova, Roberta; Sansone, Carlo; Vallone, Gianfranco; Capasso, Letizia. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - 13:10(2018), p. e0202397. [10.1371/journal.pone.0202397]

Visual assessment versus computer-assisted gray scale analysis in the ultrasound evaluation of neonatal respiratory status

Francesco Raimondi
Conceptualization
;
Fiorella Migliaro
Conceptualization
;
Luisa Verdoliva
Conceptualization
;
Diego Gragnaniello;Giovanni Poggi
Data Curation
;
Roberta Kosova
Investigation
;
Carlo Sansone
Data Curation
;
Gianfranco Vallone
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;
Letizia Capasso
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2018

Abstract

Lung ultrasound has been used to describe common respiratory diseases both by visual and computer-assisted gray scale analysis. In the present paper, we compare both methods in assessing neonatal respiratory status keeping two oxygenation indexes as standards. Neonates admitted to the NICU for respiratory distress were enrolled. Two neonatologists not attending the patients performed a lung scan, built a single frame database and rated the images with a standardized score. The same dataset was processed using the gray scale analysis implemented with textural features and machine learning analysis. Both the oxygenation ratio (PaO2/FiO2) and the alveolar arterial oxygen gradient (A-a) were kept as reference standards. Seventy-five neonates with different respiratory status were enrolled in the study and a dataset of 600 ultrasound frames was built. Visual assessment of respiratory status correlated significantly with PaO2/FiO2 (r = -0.55; p<0.0001) and the A-a (r = 0.59; p<0.0001) with a strong interobserver agreement (K = 0.91). A significant correlation was also found between both oxygenation indexes and the gray scale analysis of lung ultrasound scans using regions of interest corresponding to 50K (r = -0.42; p<0.002 for PaO2/FiO2; r = 0.46 p<0.001 for A-a) and 100K (r = -0.35 p<0.01 for PaO2/FiO2; r = 0.58 p<0.0001 for A-a) pixels regions of interest. A semi quantitative estimate of the degree of neonatal respiratory distress was demonstrated both by a validated scoring system and by computer assisted analysis of the ultrasound scan. This data may help to implement point of care ultrasound diagnostics in the NICU.
2018
Visual assessment versus computer-assisted gray scale analysis in the ultrasound evaluation of neonatal respiratory status / Raimondi, Francesco; Migliaro, Fiorella; Verdoliva, Luisa; Gragnaniello, Diego; Poggi, Giovanni; Kosova, Roberta; Sansone, Carlo; Vallone, Gianfranco; Capasso, Letizia. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - 13:10(2018), p. e0202397. [10.1371/journal.pone.0202397]
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