Machine Learning with Scarce Data: Ejection Fraction Prediction Using PLAX View

Speaker:     Zhiyuan (Jeffrey) Gao

Time:          14:00, Jan. 4th.

Location:    SIST 1A-200

Host:           Prof. Tao Wu

Abstract:

We developed a machine learning model to predict left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF/EF) from parasternal long-axis (PLAX) echocardiographic videos. Because public datasets with labeled PLAX videos are virtually non-existent, our work focuses on an innovative data generation strategy to overcome this scarcity. By leveraging a time-based correlation between clinical notes and echocardiographic videos, combined with fine-tuning view classifiers and proxy labeling, we effectively created a large labeled PLAX dataset and achieved a mean absolute error (MAE) of 6.86%. Given that Apical four-chamber methods, the clinical standard, report MAE values of 6%-7%, our results demonstrate that EF estimation from PLAX views is both feasible and clinically relevant. This surpasses the performance of existing methods and provides a clinically useful solution for situations where apical views may not be feasible.

The graduate student life in Caltech and abroad application will be covered in the talk !

Bio:

Bachelor at ShanghaiTech University SIST, 2017-2021

Visiting Student at UC Berkeley 2019/08-2020/06

Master at Caltech EE, 2021-2023