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@ARTICLE{Bounias:302012,
author = {D. Bounias$^*$ and T. Führes and L. Brock and J. Graber
and L. A. Kapsner and A. Liebert and H. Schreiter and J.
Eberle and D. Hadler and D. Skwierawska and R. O. Floca$^*$
and P. Neher$^*$ and B. Kovacs$^*$ and E. Wenkel and S.
Ohlmeyer and M. Uder and K. Maier-Hein$^*$ and S.
Bickelhaupt},
title = {{AI}-{B}ased screening for thoracic aortic aneurysms in
routine breast {MRI}.},
journal = {Nature Communications},
volume = {16},
number = {1},
issn = {2041-1723},
address = {[London]},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-01210},
pages = {5299},
year = {2025},
note = {#EA:E230#},
abstract = {Prognosis for thoracic aortic aneurysms is significantly
worse for women than men, with a higher mortality rate
observed among female patients. The increasing use of
magnetic resonance breast imaging (MRI) offers a unique
opportunity for simultaneous detection of both breast cancer
and thoracic aortic aneurysms. We retrospectively validate a
fully-automated artificial neural network (ANN) pipeline on
5057 breast MRI examinations from public (Duke University
Hospital/EA1141 trial) and in-house (Erlangen University
Hospital) data. The ANN, benchmarked against 3D-ground-truth
segmentations, clinical reports, and a multireader panel,
demonstrates high technical robustness (dice/clDice
0.88-0.91/0.97-0.99) across different vendors and field
strengths. The ANN improves aneurysm detection rates by
3.5-fold compared with routine clinical readings,
highlighting its potential to improve early diagnosis and
patient outcomes. Notably, a higher odds ratio (OR = 2.29,
CI: [0.55,9.61]) for thoracic aortic aneurysms is observed
in women with breast cancer or breast cancer history,
suggesting potential further benefits from integrated
simultaneous assessment for cancer and aortic aneurysms.},
keywords = {Humans / Female / Magnetic Resonance Imaging: methods /
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic: diagnostic imaging / Aortic
Aneurysm, Thoracic: diagnosis / Breast Neoplasms: diagnostic
imaging / Middle Aged / Neural Networks, Computer /
Retrospective Studies / Breast: diagnostic imaging / Aged /
Male / Mass Screening: methods / Adult},
cin = {E230 / HD01},
ddc = {500},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)E230-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)HD01-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40506431},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-025-59694-2},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/302012},
}