{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Artificial intelligence-based evaluation of carotid artery compressibility via point-of-care ultrasound in determining the return of spontaneous circulation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
{Author}: Park S;Yoon H;Yeon Kang S;Joon Jo I;Heo S;Chang H;Eun Park J;Lee G;Kim T;Yeon Hwang S;Park S;Jin Chung M;
{Journal}: Resuscitation
{Volume}: 0
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2024 Jul 5
{Factor}: 6.251
{DOI}: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110302
{Abstract}: <B>OBJECTIVE: </B>This study introduces RealCAC-Net, an artificial intelligence (AI) system, to quantify carotid artery compressibility (CAC) and determine the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>A prospective study based on data from a South Korean emergency department from 2022 to 2023 investigated carotid artery compressibility in adult patients with cardiac arrest using a novel AI model, RealCAC-Net. The data comprised 11,958 training images from 161 cases and 15,080 test images from 134 cases. RealCAC-Net processes images in three steps: TransUNet-based segmentation, the carotid artery compressibility measurement algorithm for improved segmentation and CAC calculation, and CAC-based classification from 0 (indicating a circular shape) to 1 (indicating high compression). The accuracy of the ROSC classification model was tested using metrics such as the dice similarity coefficient, intersection-over-union, precision, recall, and F1 score.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>RealCAC-Net, which applied the carotid artery compressibility measurement algorithm, performed better than the baseline model in cross-validation, with an average dice similarity coefficient of 0.90, an intersection-over-union of 0.84, and a classification accuracy of 0.96. The test set achieved a classification accuracy of 0.96 and an F1 score of 0.97, demonstrating its efficacy in accurately identifying ROSC in cardiac arrest situations.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>RealCAC-Net enabled precise CAC quantification for ROSC determination during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Future research should integrate this AI-enhanced ultrasound approach to revolutionize emergency care.