Personalized Management of Intracranial Aneurysms Using Computer-aided Analytics

NIH RePORTER · NIH · R01 · $346,966 · view on reporter.nih.gov ↗

Abstract

Abstract The primary objective is to develop an artificial intelligence-centric, quantitative and noninvasive software platform that can be integrated into 3D angiographic scanners (DSA, CTA or MRA) to provide guidance regarding the diagnosis and management of intracranial aneurysms (IA). Hemorrhagic stroke secondary to ruptured IAs leads to significant morbidity and mortality and affects over 35,000 patients on a yearly basis in the United States. The diagnosis of asymptomatic IAs is on the rise with the increasing use of cerebral imaging. However, guidance regarding which aneurysms should be treated has not advanced. Leveraging recent advances in computational science and technology, particularly artificial intelligence, the proposed software platform built on two enabling technologies can (1) propel automated “patient-specific” hemodynamic evaluations into the clinical workflow and (2) conduct “data-driven” risk assessments of IA rupture on an individual basis. Specific research aims are to (1) develop a clinically-oriented CFD platform that enables automated “patient-specific” hemodynamic evaluations of IAs, (2) investigate data-driven analytics toward prediction of rupture risk for IAs and (3) evaluate the data-driven analytics in a blind study. Once validated, a follow-up R01 project is planned to examine the clinical utility of the proposed software platform in a prospective clinical study as a single gateway for computer-aided evaluation of cerebral aneurysms.

Key facts

NIH application ID
10121043
Project number
1R01EB029570-01A1
Recipient
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator
Jingfeng Jiang
Activity code
R01
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2021
Award amount
$346,966
Award type
1
Project period
2021-04-07 → 2024-12-31