An effective simulation- and measurement-based workflow for enhanced diagnostics in rhinology
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An effective simulation- and measurement-based workflow for enhanced diagnostics in rhinology. / Waldmann, Moritz; Grosch, Alice; Witzler, Christian; Lehner, Matthias; Benda, Odo; Koch, Walter; Vogt, Klaus; Kohn, Christopher; Schröder, Wolfgang; Göbbert, Jens Henrik; Lintermann, Andreas.
In: MED BIOL ENG COMPUT, Vol. 60, No. 2, 02.2022, p. 365-391.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - An effective simulation- and measurement-based workflow for enhanced diagnostics in rhinology
AU - Waldmann, Moritz
AU - Grosch, Alice
AU - Witzler, Christian
AU - Lehner, Matthias
AU - Benda, Odo
AU - Koch, Walter
AU - Vogt, Klaus
AU - Kohn, Christopher
AU - Schröder, Wolfgang
AU - Göbbert, Jens Henrik
AU - Lintermann, Andreas
N1 - © 2021. The Author(s).
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Physics-based analyses have the potential to consolidate and substantiate medical diagnoses in rhinology. Such methods are frequently subject to intense investigations in research. However, they are not used in clinical applications, yet. One issue preventing their direct integration is that these methods are commonly developed as isolated solutions which do not consider the whole chain of data processing from initial medical to higher valued data. This manuscript presents a workflow that incorporates the whole data processing pipeline based on a Jupyter environment. Therefore, medical image data are fully automatically pre-processed by machine learning algorithms. The resulting geometries employed for the simulations on high-performance computing systems reach an accuracy of up to 99.5% compared to manually segmented geometries. Additionally, the user is enabled to upload and visualize 4-phase rhinomanometry data. Subsequent analysis and visualization of the simulation outcome extend the results of standardized diagnostic methods by a physically sound interpretation. Along with a detailed presentation of the methodologies, the capabilities of the workflow are demonstrated by evaluating an exemplary medical case. The pipeline output is compared to 4-phase rhinomanometry data. The comparison underlines the functionality of the pipeline. However, it also illustrates the influence of mucosa swelling on the simulation. Graphical Abstract Workflow for enhanced diagnostics in rhinology.
AB - Physics-based analyses have the potential to consolidate and substantiate medical diagnoses in rhinology. Such methods are frequently subject to intense investigations in research. However, they are not used in clinical applications, yet. One issue preventing their direct integration is that these methods are commonly developed as isolated solutions which do not consider the whole chain of data processing from initial medical to higher valued data. This manuscript presents a workflow that incorporates the whole data processing pipeline based on a Jupyter environment. Therefore, medical image data are fully automatically pre-processed by machine learning algorithms. The resulting geometries employed for the simulations on high-performance computing systems reach an accuracy of up to 99.5% compared to manually segmented geometries. Additionally, the user is enabled to upload and visualize 4-phase rhinomanometry data. Subsequent analysis and visualization of the simulation outcome extend the results of standardized diagnostic methods by a physically sound interpretation. Along with a detailed presentation of the methodologies, the capabilities of the workflow are demonstrated by evaluating an exemplary medical case. The pipeline output is compared to 4-phase rhinomanometry data. The comparison underlines the functionality of the pipeline. However, it also illustrates the influence of mucosa swelling on the simulation. Graphical Abstract Workflow for enhanced diagnostics in rhinology.
KW - Algorithms
KW - Computer Simulation
KW - Machine Learning
KW - Software
KW - Workflow
U2 - 10.1007/s11517-021-02446-3
DO - 10.1007/s11517-021-02446-3
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 34950998
VL - 60
SP - 365
EP - 391
JO - MED BIOL ENG COMPUT
JF - MED BIOL ENG COMPUT
SN - 0140-0118
IS - 2
ER -