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Gottardelli B, Gouthamchand V, Masciocchi C, Boldrini L, Martino A, Mazzarella C, Massaccesi M, Monshouwer R, Findhammer J, Wee L, Dekker A, Gambacorta MA, Damiani A. A distributed feature selection pipeline for survival analysis using radiomics in non-small cell lung cancer patients. Sci Rep 2024; 14:7814. [PMID: 38570606 PMCID: PMC10991291 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58241-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Predictive modelling of cancer outcomes using radiomics faces dimensionality problems and data limitations, as radiomics features often number in the hundreds, and multi-institutional data sharing is ()often unfeasible. Federated learning (FL) and feature selection (FS) techniques combined can help overcome these issues, as one provides the means of training models without exchanging sensitive data, while the other identifies the most informative features, reduces overfitting, and improves model interpretability. Our proposed FS pipeline based on FL principles targets data-driven radiomics FS in a multivariate survival study of non-small cell lung cancer patients. The pipeline was run across datasets from three institutions without patient-level data exchange. It includes two FS techniques, Correlation-based Feature Selection and LASSO regularization, and Cox Proportional-Hazard regression with Overall Survival as endpoint. Trained and validated on 828 patients overall, our pipeline yielded a radiomic signature comprising "intensity-based energy" and "mean discretised intensity". Validation resulted in a mean Harrell C-index of 0.59, showcasing fair efficacy in risk stratification. In conclusion, we suggest a distributed radiomics approach that incorporates preliminary feature selection to systematically decrease the feature set based on data-driven considerations. This aims to address dimensionality challenges beyond those associated with data constraints and interpretability concerns.
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- Benedetta Gottardelli
- Department of Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Data Science, GROW School of Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Real World Data Facility, Gemelli Generator, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro), GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro), GROW-School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Real World Data Facility, Gemelli Generator, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Nguyen HS, Ho DKN, Nguyen NN, Tran HM, Tam KW, Le NQK. Predicting EGFR Mutation Status in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Using Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Acad Radiol 2024; 31:660-683. [PMID: 37120403 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2023.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 03/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) render a substantial promise for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status prediction in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We aimed to evaluate the performance and quality of AI algorithms that use radiomics features in predicting EGFR mutation status in patient with NSCLC. MATERIALS AND METHODS We searched PubMed (Medline), EMBASE, Web of Science, and IEEExplore for studies published up to February 28, 2022. Studies utilizing an AI algorithm (either conventional machine learning [cML] and deep learning [DL]) for predicting EGFR mutations in patients with NSLCL were included. We extracted binary diagnostic accuracy data and constructed a bivariate random-effects model to obtain pooled sensitivity, specificity, and 95% confidence interval. This study is registered with PROSPERO, CRD42021278738. RESULTS Our search identified 460 studies, of which 42 were included. Thirty-five studies were included in the meta-analysis. The AI algorithms exhibited an overall area under the curve (AUC) value of 0.789 and pooled sensitivity and specificity levels of 72.2% and 73.3%, respectively. The DL algorithms outperformed cML in terms of AUC (0.822 vs. 0.775) and sensitivity (80.1% vs. 71.1%), but had lower specificity (70.0% vs. 73.8%, p-value < 0.001) compared to cML. Subgroup analysis revealed that the use of positron-emission tomography/computed tomography, additional clinical information, deep feature extraction, and manual segmentation can improve diagnostic performance. CONCLUSION DL algorithms can serve as a novel method for increasing predictive accuracy and thus have considerable potential for use in predicting EGFR mutation status in patient with NSCLC. We also suggest that guidelines on using AI algorithms in medical image analysis should be developed with a focus on oncologic radiomics.
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- Hung Song Nguyen
- International Ph.D. Program in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan (H.S.N., N.N.N.); Department of Pediatrics, Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam (H.S.N.); Intensive Care Unit Department, Children's Hospital 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam (H.S.N.)
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- School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan (D.K.N.H.)
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- International Ph.D. Program in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan (H.S.N., N.N.N.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam (H.M.T.)
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- Center for Evidence-based Health Care, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-W.T.); Cochrane Taiwan, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-W.T.); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-W.T.); Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-W.T.)
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- Professional Master Program in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan (N.Q.K.L.); Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan (N.Q.K.L.); AIBioMed Research Group, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan (N.Q.K.L.); Translational Imaging Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan (N.Q.K.L.).
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Gu R, Tan S, Xu Y, Pan D, Wang C, Zhao M, Wang J, Wu L, Zhao S, Wang F, Yang M. CT radiomics prediction of CXCL9 expression and survival in ovarian cancer. J Ovarian Res 2023; 16:180. [PMID: 37644593 PMCID: PMC10466849 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-023-01248-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 9 (CXCL9), which is involved in the pathological processes of various human cancers, has become a hot topic in recent years. We developed a radiomic model to identify CXCL9 status in ovarian cancer (OC) and evaluated its prognostic significance. METHODS We analyzed enhanced CT scans, transcriptome sequencing data, and corresponding clinical characteristics of CXCL9 in OC using the TCIA and TCGA databases. We used the repeat least absolute shrinkage (LASSO) and recursive feature elimination(RFE) methods to determine radiomic features after extraction and normalization. We constructed a radiomic model for CXCL9 prediction based on logistic regression and internal tenfold cross-validation. Finally, a 60-month overall survival (OS) nomogram was established to analyze survival data based on Cox regression. RESULTS CXCL9 mRNA levels and several other genes involving in T-cell infiltration were significantly relevant to OS in OC patients. The radiomic score (rad_score) of our radiomic model was calculated based on the five features for CXCL9 prediction. The areas under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves (AUC-ROC) for the training cohort was 0.781, while that for the validation cohort was 0.743. Patients with a high rad_score had better overall survival (P < 0.001). In addition, calibration curves and decision curve analysis (DCA) showed good consistency between the prediction and actual observations, demonstrating the clinical utility of our model. CONCLUSION In patients with OC, the radiomics signature(RS) of CT scans can distinguish the level of CXCL9 expression and predict prognosis, potentially fulfilling the ultimate purpose of precision medicine.
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- Rui Gu
- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, 214063, China
- Department of Gynecology, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214002, China
- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214000, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, 214063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, 214063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, 214063, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, 214063, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214002, China
- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214000, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214002, China
- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214000, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214002, China
- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214000, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214002, China.
- Department of Gynecology, The Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, 214000, China.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, China.
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Wuxi, 214063, China.
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Felfli M, Liu Y, Zerka F, Voyton C, Thinnes A, Jacques S, Iannessi A, Bodard S. Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Radiomics Quality Score Assessment of CT Radiomics-Based Models Predicting Tumor EGFR Mutation Status in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11433. [PMID: 37511192 PMCID: PMC10380456 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Assessment of the quality and current performance of computed tomography (CT) radiomics-based models in predicting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status in patients with non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Two medical literature databases were systematically searched, and articles presenting original studies on CT radiomics-based models for predicting EGFR mutation status were retrieved. Forest plots and related statistical tests were performed to summarize the model performance and inter-study heterogeneity. The methodological quality of the selected studies was assessed via the Radiomics Quality Score (RQS). The performance of the models was evaluated using the area under the curve (ROC AUC). The range of the Risk RQS across the selected articles varied from 11 to 24, indicating a notable heterogeneity in the quality and methodology of the included studies. The average score was 15.25, which accounted for 42.34% of the maximum possible score. The pooled Area Under the Curve (AUC) value was 0.801, indicating the accuracy of CT radiomics-based models in predicting the EGFR mutation status. CT radiomics-based models show promising results as non-invasive alternatives for predicting EGFR mutation status in NSCLC patients. However, the quality of the studies using CT radiomics-based models varies widely, and further harmonization and prospective validation are needed before the generalization of these models.
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- Mehdi Felfli
- Median Technologies, F-06560 Valbonne, France; (M.F.); (Y.L.); (F.Z.); (C.V.); (A.T.); (S.J.); (A.I.)
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- Median Technologies, F-06560 Valbonne, France; (M.F.); (Y.L.); (F.Z.); (C.V.); (A.T.); (S.J.); (A.I.)
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- Median Technologies, F-06560 Valbonne, France; (M.F.); (Y.L.); (F.Z.); (C.V.); (A.T.); (S.J.); (A.I.)
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- Median Technologies, F-06560 Valbonne, France; (M.F.); (Y.L.); (F.Z.); (C.V.); (A.T.); (S.J.); (A.I.)
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- Median Technologies, F-06560 Valbonne, France; (M.F.); (Y.L.); (F.Z.); (C.V.); (A.T.); (S.J.); (A.I.)
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- Median Technologies, F-06560 Valbonne, France; (M.F.); (Y.L.); (F.Z.); (C.V.); (A.T.); (S.J.); (A.I.)
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- Median Technologies, F-06560 Valbonne, France; (M.F.); (Y.L.); (F.Z.); (C.V.); (A.T.); (S.J.); (A.I.)
- Centre Antoine Lacassagne, F-06100 Nice, France
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- AP-HP, Service d’Imagerie Adulte, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Université de Paris Cité, F-75015 Paris, France
- CNRS UMR 7371, INSERM U 1146, Laboratoire d’Imagerie Biomédicale, Sorbonne Université, F-75006 Paris, France
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Jiang ZY, Qi LS, Li JT, Cui N, Li W, Liu W, Wang KZ. Radiomics: Status quo and future challenges. Artif Intell Med Imaging 2022; 3:87-96. [DOI: 10.35711/aimi.v3.i4.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Noninvasive imaging (computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, endoscopic ultrasonography, and positron emission tomography) as an important part of the clinical workflow in the clinic, but it still provides limited information for diagnosis, treatment effect evaluation and prognosis prediction. In addition, judgment and diagnoses made by experts are usually based on multiple years of experience and subjective impression which lead to variable results in the same case. With accumulation of medical imaging data, radiomics emerges as a relatively new approach for analysis. Via artificial intelligence techniques, high-throughput quantitative data which is invisible to the naked eyes extracted from original images can be used in the process of patients’ management. Several studies have evaluated radiomics combined with clinical factors, pathological, or genetic information would assist in the diagnosis, particularly in the prediction of biological characteristics, risk of recurrence, and survival with encouraging results. In various clinical settings, there are limitations and challenges needing to be overcome before transformation. Therefore, we summarize the concepts and method of radiomics including image acquisition, region of interest segmentation, feature extraction and model development. We also set forth the current applications of radiomics in clinical routine. At last, the limitations and related deficiencies of radiomics are pointed out to direct the future opportunities and development.
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- Zhi-Yun Jiang
- Department of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China
- Department of Interventional Vascular Surgery, The 4th Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150081, Heilongjiang Province, China
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Huang W, Wang J, Wang H, Zhang Y, Zhao F, Li K, Su L, Kang F, Cao X. PET/CT Based EGFR Mutation Status Classification of NSCLC Using Deep Learning Features and Radiomics Features. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:898529. [PMID: 35571081 PMCID: PMC9092283 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.898529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to compare the performance of radiomics and deep learning in predicting EGFR mutation status in patients with lung cancer based on PET/CT images, and tried to explore a model with excellent prediction performance to accurately predict EGFR mutation status in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Method: PET/CT images of 194 NSCLC patients from Xijing Hospital were collected and divided into a training set and a validation set according to the ratio of 7:3. Statistics were made on patients' clinical characteristics, and a large number of features were extracted based on their PET/CT images (4306 radiomics features and 2048 deep learning features per person) with the pyradiomics toolkit and 3D convolutional neural network. Then a radiomics model (RM), a deep learning model (DLM), and a hybrid model (HM) were established. The performance of the three models was compared by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, calibration curves, and decision curves. In addition, a nomogram based on a deep learning score (DS) and the most significant clinical characteristic was plotted. Result: In the training set composed of 138 patients (64 with EGFR mutation and 74 without EGFR mutation), the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of HM (0.91, 95% CI: 0.86-0.96) was higher than that of RM (0.82, 95% CI: 0.75-0.89) and DLM (0.90, 95% CI: 0.85-0.95). In the validation set composed of 57 patients (32 with EGFR mutation and 25 without EGFR mutation), the AUC of HM (0.85, 95% CI: 0.77-0.93) was also higher than that of RM (0.68, 95% CI: 0.52-0.84) and DLM (0.79, 95% CI: 0.67-0.91). In all, HM achieved better diagnostic performance in predicting EGFR mutation status in NSCLC patients than two other models. Conclusion: Our study showed that the deep learning model based on PET/CT images had better performance than radiomics model in diagnosing EGFR mutation status of NSCLC patients based on PET/CT images. Combined with the most statistically significant clinical characteristic (smoking) and deep learning features, our hybrid model had better performance in predicting EGFR mutation types of patients than two other models, which could enable NSCLC patients to choose more personalized treatment schemes.
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- Weicheng Huang
- School of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.,National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Cultural Heritage Digitization, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.,National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Cultural Heritage Digitization, Xi'an, China
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- School of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.,National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Cultural Heritage Digitization, Xi'an, China
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- School of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.,National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Cultural Heritage Digitization, Xi'an, China
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- School of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.,National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Cultural Heritage Digitization, Xi'an, China
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- School of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.,National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Cultural Heritage Digitization, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- School of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.,National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Cultural Heritage Digitization, Xi'an, China
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Huang X, Sun Y, Tan M, Ma W, Gao P, Qi L, Lu J, Yang Y, Wang K, Chen W, Jin L, Kuang K, Duan S, Li M. Three-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network-Based Prediction of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Expression Status in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Front Oncol 2022; 12:772770. [PMID: 35186727 PMCID: PMC8848731 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.772770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Objectives EGFR testing is a mandatory step before targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer patients. Combining some quantifiable features to establish a predictive model of EGFR expression status, break the limitations of tissue biopsy. Materials and Methods We retrospectively analyzed 1074 patients of non-small cell lung cancer with complete reports of EGFR gene testing. Then manually segmented VOI, captured the clinicopathological features, analyzed traditional radiology features, and extracted radiomic, and deep learning features. The cases were randomly divided into training and test set. We carried out feature screening; then applied the light GBM algorithm, Resnet-101 algorithm, logistic regression to develop sole models, and fused models to predict EGFR mutation conditions. The efficiency of models was evaluated by ROC and PRC curves. Results We successfully established Modelclinical, Modelradiomic, ModelCNN (based on clinical-radiology, radiomic and deep learning features respectively), Modelradiomic+clinical (combining clinical-radiology and radiomic features), and ModelCNN+radiomic+clinical (combining clinical-radiology, radiomic, and deep learning features). Among the prediction models, ModelCNN+radiomic+clinical showed the highest performance, followed by ModelCNN, and then Modelradiomic+clinical. All three models were able to accurately predict EGFR mutation with AUC values of 0.751, 0.738, and 0.684, respectively. There was no significant difference in the AUC values between ModelCNN+radiomic+clinical and ModelCNN. Further analysis showed that ModelCNN+radiomic+clinical effectively improved the efficacy of Modelradiomic+clinical and showed better efficacy than ModelCNN. The inclusion of clinical-radiology features did not effectively improve the efficacy of Modelradiomic. Conclusions Either deep learning or radiomic signature-based models can provide a fairly accurate non-invasive prediction of EGFR expression status. The model combined both features effectively enhanced the performance of radiomic models and provided marginal enhancement to deep learning models. Collectively, fusion models offer a novel and more reliable way of providing the efficacy of currently developed prediction models, and have far-reaching potential for the optimization of noninvasive EGFR mutation status prediction methods.
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- Xuemei Huang
- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Precision Health Institution, GE Healthcare, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated With Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Araujo-Filho JAB, Mayoral M, Horvat N, Santini F, Gibbs P, Ginsberg MS. Radiogenomics in personalized management of lung cancer patients: Where are we? Clin Imaging 2022; 84:54-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2022.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Wang T, Wang H, Wang Y, Liu X, Ling L, Zhang G, Yang G, Zhang H. MR-based radiomics-clinical nomogram in epithelial ovarian tumor prognosis prediction: tumor body texture analysis across various acquisition protocols. J Ovarian Res 2022; 15:6. [PMID: 35022079 PMCID: PMC8753904 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-021-00941-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most malignant gynecological tumor in women. This study aimed to construct and compare radiomics-clinical nomograms based on MR images in EOC prognosis prediction. Methods A total of 186 patients with pathologically proven EOC were enrolled and randomly divided into a training cohort (n = 130) and a validation cohort (n = 56). Clinical characteristics of each patient were retrieved from the hospital information system. A total of 1116 radiomics features were extracted from tumor body on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), T1-weighted imaging (T1WI), diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging (CE-T1WI). Paired sequence signatures were constructed, selected and trained to build a prognosis prediction model. Radiomic-clinical nomogram was constructed based on multivariate logistic regression analysis with radiomics score and clinical features. The predictive performance was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis, decision curve analysis (DCA) and calibration curve. Results The T2WI radiomic-clinical nomogram achieved a favorable prediction performance in the training and validation cohort with an area under ROC curve (AUC) of 0.866 and 0.818, respectively. The DCA showed that the T2WI radiomic-clinical nomogram was better than other models with a greater clinical net benefit. Conclusion MR-based radiomics analysis showed the high accuracy in prognostic estimation of EOC patients and could help to predict therapeutic outcome before treatment. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13048-021-00941-7.
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- Tianping Wang
- Department of Radiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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Liu Y, Zhou J, Wu J, Wang W, Wang X, Guo J, Wang Q, Zhang X, Li D, Xie J, Ding X, Xing Y, Hu D. Development and Validation of Machine Learning Models to Predict Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Center Retrospective Radiomics Study. Cancer Control 2022; 29:10732748221092926. [PMID: 35417660 PMCID: PMC9016531 DOI: 10.1177/10732748221092926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Objective To develop and validate a generalized prediction model that can classify
epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status in
non–small cell lung cancer patients. Methods A total of 346 patients (296 in the training cohort and 50 in the validation
cohort) from four centers were included in this retrospective study. First,
1085 features were extracted using IBEX from the computed tomography images.
The features were screened using the intraclass correlation coefficient,
hypothesis tests and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator.
Logistic regression (LR), decision tree (DT), random forest (RF), and
support vector machine (SVM) were used to build a radiomics model for
classification. The models were evaluated using the following metrics: area
under the curve (AUC), calibration curve (CAL), decision curve analysis
(DCA), concordance index (C-index), and Brier score. Results Sixteen features were selected, and models were built using LR, DT, RF, and
SVM. In the training cohort, the AUCs was .723, .842, .995, and .883; In the
validation cohort, the AUCs were .658, 0567, .88, and .765. RF model with
the best AUC, its CAL, C-index (training cohort=.998; validation
cohort=.883), and Brier score (training cohort=.007; validation
cohort=0.137) showed a satisfactory predictive accuracy; DCA indicated that
the RF model has better clinical application value. Conclusion Machine learning models based on computed tomography images can be used to
evaluate EGFR status in patients with non–small cell lung
cancer, and the RF model outperformed LR, DT, and SVM.
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- Yafeng Liu
- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China.,Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and Safety, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Prevention and Control & Occupational Safety and Health of the Ministry of Education, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China.,Cancer Hospital of Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China.,School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, Anhui Zhongke Gengjiu Hospital, Hefei, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China.,Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory of Occupational Health and Safety, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Industrial Dust Prevention and Control & Occupational Safety and Health of the Ministry of Education, 91594Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, P.R. China
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Stability of Liver Radiomics across Different 3D ROI Sizes-An MRI In Vivo Study. Tomography 2021; 7:866-876. [PMID: 34941645 PMCID: PMC8706942 DOI: 10.3390/tomography7040073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We aimed to evaluate the stability of radiomic features in the liver of healthy individuals across different three-dimensional regions of interest (3D ROI) sizes in T1-weighted (T1w) and T2-weighted (T2w) images from different MR scanners. We retrospectively included 66 examinations of patients without known diseases or pathological imaging findings acquired on three MRI scanners (3 Tesla I: 25 patients, 3 Tesla II: 19 patients, 1.5 Tesla: 22 patients). 3D ROIs of different diameters (10, 20, 30 mm) were drawn on T1w GRE and T2w TSE images into the liver parenchyma (segment V–VIII). We extracted 93 radiomic features from the different ROIs and tested features for significant differences with the Mann–Whitney-U (MWU)-test. The MWU-test revealed significant differences for most second- and higher-order features, indicating a systematic difference dependent on the ROI size. The features mean, median, root mean squared (RMS), 10th percentile, and 90th percentile were not significantly different. We also assessed feature robustness to ROI size variation with overall concordance correlation coefficients (OCCCs). OCCCs across the different ROI-sizes for mean, median, and RMS were excellent (>0.90) in both sequences on all three scanners. These features, therefore, seem robust to ROI-size variation and suitable for radiomic studies of liver MRI.
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Yoon JH, Sun SH, Xiao M, Yang H, Lu L, Li Y, Schwartz LH, Zhao B. Convolutional Neural Network Addresses the Confounding Impact of CT Reconstruction Kernels on Radiomics Studies. Tomography 2021; 7:877-892. [PMID: 34941646 PMCID: PMC8707549 DOI: 10.3390/tomography7040074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Achieving high feature reproducibility while preserving biological information is one of the main challenges for the generalizability of current radiomics studies. Non-clinical imaging variables, such as reconstruction kernels, have shown to significantly impact radiomics features. In this study, we retrain an open-source convolutional neural network (CNN) to harmonize computerized tomography (CT) images with various reconstruction kernels to improve feature reproducibility and radiomic model performance using epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation prediction in lung cancer as a paradigm. In the training phase, the CNN was retrained and tested on 32 lung cancer patients’ CT images between two different groups of reconstruction kernels (smooth and sharp). In the validation phase, the retrained CNN was validated on an external cohort of 223 lung cancer patients’ CT images acquired using different CT scanners and kernels. The results showed that the retrained CNN could be successfully applied to external datasets with different CT scanner parameters, and harmonization of reconstruction kernels from sharp to smooth could significantly improve the performance of radiomics model in predicting EGFR mutation status in lung cancer. In conclusion, the CNN based method showed great potential in improving feature reproducibility and generalizability by harmonizing medical images with heterogeneous reconstruction kernels.
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- Jin H. Yoon
- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10039, USA; (J.H.Y.); (S.H.S.); (H.Y.); (L.H.S.); (B.Z.)
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10039, USA; (J.H.Y.); (S.H.S.); (H.Y.); (L.H.S.); (B.Z.)
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China;
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10039, USA; (J.H.Y.); (S.H.S.); (H.Y.); (L.H.S.); (B.Z.)
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10039, USA; (J.H.Y.); (S.H.S.); (H.Y.); (L.H.S.); (B.Z.)
- Correspondence: (L.L.); (Y.L.); Tel.: +1-212-342-3018 (L.L.)
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China;
- Correspondence: (L.L.); (Y.L.); Tel.: +1-212-342-3018 (L.L.)
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10039, USA; (J.H.Y.); (S.H.S.); (H.Y.); (L.H.S.); (B.Z.)
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10039, USA; (J.H.Y.); (S.H.S.); (H.Y.); (L.H.S.); (B.Z.)
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Lin Z, Cai W, Hou W, Chen Y, Gao B, Mao R, Wang L, Li Z. CT-Guided Survival Prediction of Esophageal Cancer. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform 2021; 26:2660-2669. [PMID: 34855605 DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2021.3132173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Survival prediction of esophageal cancer is an essential task for doctors to make personalized cancer treatment plans. However, handcrafted features from medical images need prior medical knowledge, which is usually limited and not complete, yielding unsatisfying survival predictions. To address these challenges, we propose a novel and efficient deep learning-based survival prediction framework for evaluating clinical outcomes before concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The proposed model consists of two key components: a 3D Coordinate Attention Convolutional Autoencoder (CACA) and an uncertainty-based jointly Optimizing Cox Model (UOCM). The CACA is built upon an autoencoder structure with 3D coordinate attention layers, capturing latent representations and encoding 3D spatial characteristics with precise positional information. Additionally, we designed an Uncertainty-based jointly Optimizing Cox Model, which jointly optimizes the CACA and survival prediction task. The survival prediction task models the interactions between a patient's feature signatures and clinical outcome to predict a reliable hazard ratio of patients. To verify the effectiveness of our model, we conducted extensive experiments on a dataset including computed tomography of 285 patients with esophageal cancer. Experimental results demonstrated that the proposed method achieved a C-index of 0.72, outperforming the state-of-the-art method.
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Lu L, Ahmed FS, Akin O, Luk L, Guo X, Yang H, Yoon J, Hakimi AA, Schwartz LH, Zhao B. Uncontrolled Confounders May Lead to False or Overvalued Radiomics Signature: A Proof of Concept Using Survival Analysis in a Multicenter Cohort of Kidney Cancer. Front Oncol 2021; 11:638185. [PMID: 34123789 PMCID: PMC8191735 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.638185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Purpose We aimed to explore potential confounders of prognostic radiomics signature predicting survival outcomes in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) patients and demonstrate how to control for them. Materials and Methods Preoperative contrast enhanced abdominal CT scan of ccRCC patients along with pathological grade/stage, gene mutation status, and survival outcomes were retrieved from The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA)/The Cancer Genome Atlas-Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma (TCGA-KIRC) database, a publicly available dataset. A semi-automatic segmentation method was applied to segment ccRCC tumors, and 1,160 radiomics features were extracted from each segmented tumor on the CT images. Non-parametric principal component decomposition (PCD) and unsupervised hierarchical clustering were applied to build the radiomics signature models. The factors confounding the radiomics signature were investigated and controlled sequentially. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression analyses were performed to test the association between radiomics signatures and survival outcomes. Results 183 patients of TCGA-KIRC cohort with available imaging, pathological, and clinical outcomes were included in this study. All 1,160 radiomics features were included in the first radiomics signature. Three additional radiomics signatures were then modelled in successive steps removing redundant radiomics features first, removing radiomics features biased by CT slice thickness second, and removing radiomics features dependent on tumor size third. The final radiomics signature model was the most parsimonious, unbiased by CT slice thickness, and independent of tumor size. This final radiomics signature stratified the cohort into radiomics phenotypes that are different by cancer-specific and recurrence-free survival; HR (95% CI) = 3.0 (1.5-5.7), p <0.05 and HR (95% CI) = 6.6 (3.1-14.1), p <0.05, respectively. Conclusion Radiomics signature can be confounded by multiple factors, including feature redundancy, image acquisition parameters like slice thickness, and tumor size. Attention to and proper control for these potential confounders are necessary for a reliable and clinically valuable radiomics signature.
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- Lin Lu
- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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Combining radiomic phenotypes of non-small cell lung cancer with liquid biopsy data may improve prediction of response to EGFR inhibitors. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9984. [PMID: 33976268 PMCID: PMC8113313 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88239-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Among non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with therapeutically targetable tumor mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), not all patients respond to targeted therapy. Combining circulating-tumor DNA (ctDNA), clinical variables, and radiomic phenotypes may improve prediction of EGFR-targeted therapy outcomes for NSCLC. This single-center retrospective study included 40 EGFR-mutant advanced NSCLC patients treated with EGFR-targeted therapy. ctDNA data included number of mutations and detection of EGFR T790M. Clinical data included age, smoking status, and ECOG performance status. Baseline chest CT scans were analyzed to extract 429 radiomic features from each primary tumor. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering was used to group tumors into phenotypes. Kaplan–Meier (K–M) curves and Cox proportional hazards regression were modeled for progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Likelihood ratio test (LRT) was used to compare fit between models. Among 40 patients (73% women, median age 62 years), consensus clustering identified two radiomic phenotypes. For PFS, the model combining radiomic phenotypes with ctDNA and clinical variables had c-statistic of 0.77 and a better fit (LRT p = 0.01) than the model with clinical and ctDNA variables alone with a c-statistic of 0.73. For OS, adding radiomic phenotypes resulted in c-statistic of 0.83 versus 0.80 when using clinical and ctDNA variables (LRT p = 0.08). Both models showed separation of K–M curves dichotomized by median prognostic score (p < 0.005). Combining radiomic phenotypes, ctDNA, and clinical variables may enhance precision oncology approaches to managing advanced non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutations.
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Zhao B. Understanding Sources of Variation to Improve the Reproducibility of Radiomics. Front Oncol 2021; 11:633176. [PMID: 33854969 PMCID: PMC8039446 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.633176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Radiomics is the method of choice for investigating the association between cancer imaging phenotype, cancer genotype and clinical outcome prediction in the era of precision medicine. The fast dispersal of this new methodology has benefited from the existing advances of the core technologies involved in radiomics workflow: image acquisition, tumor segmentation, feature extraction and machine learning. However, despite the rapidly increasing body of publications, there is no real clinical use of a developed radiomics signature so far. Reasons are multifaceted. One of the major challenges is the lack of reproducibility and generalizability of the reported radiomics signatures (features and models). Sources of variation exist in each step of the workflow; some are controllable or can be controlled to certain degrees, while others are uncontrollable or even unknown. Insufficient transparency in reporting radiomics studies further prevents translation of the developed radiomics signatures from the bench to the bedside. This review article first addresses sources of variation, which is illustrated using demonstrative examples. Then, it reviews a number of published studies and progresses made to date in the investigation and improvement of feature reproducibility and model performance. Lastly, it discusses potential strategies and practical considerations to reduce feature variability and improve the quality of radiomics study. This review focuses on CT image acquisition, tumor segmentation, quantitative feature extraction, and the disease of lung cancer.
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- Binsheng Zhao
- Department of Radiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States
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On the performance of lung nodule detection, segmentation and classification. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2021; 89:101886. [PMID: 33706112 DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2021.101886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Computed tomography (CT) screening is an effective way for early detection of lung cancer in order to improve the survival rate of such a deadly disease. For more than two decades, image processing techniques such as nodule detection, segmentation, and classification have been extensively studied to assist physicians in identifying nodules from hundreds of CT slices to measure shapes and HU distributions of nodules automatically and to distinguish their malignancy. Thanks to new parallel computation, multi-layer convolution, nonlinear pooling operation, and the big data learning strategy, recent development of deep-learning algorithms has shown great progress in lung nodule screening and computer-assisted diagnosis (CADx) applications due to their high sensitivity and low false positive rates. This paper presents a survey of state-of-the-art deep-learning-based lung nodule screening and analysis techniques focusing on their performance and clinical applications, aiming to help better understand the current performance, the limitation, and the future trends of lung nodule analysis.
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Lu L, Sun SH, Afran A, Yang H, Lu ZF, So J, Schwartz LH, Zhao B. Identifying Robust Radiomics Features for Lung Cancer by Using In-Vivo and Phantom Lung Lesions. Tomography 2021; 7:55-64. [PMID: 33681463 PMCID: PMC7934702 DOI: 10.3390/tomography7010005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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We propose a novel framework for determining radiomics feature robustness by considering the effects of both biological and noise signals. This framework is preliminarily tested in a study predicting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Pairs of CT images (baseline, 3-week post therapy) of 46 NSCLC patients with known EGFR mutation status were collected and a FDA-customized anthropomorphic thoracic phantom was scanned on two vendors' scanners at four different tube currents. Delta radiomics features were extracted from the NSCLC patient CTs and reproducible, non-redundant, and informative features were identified. The feature value differences between EGFR mutant and EGFR wildtype patients were quantitatively measured as the biological signal. Similarly, radiomics features were extracted from the phantom CTs. A pairwise comparison between settings resulted in a feature value difference that was quantitatively measured as the noise signal. Biological signals were compared to noise signals at each setting to determine if the distributions were significantly different by two-sample t-test, and thus robust. Four optimal features were selected to predict EGFR mutation status, Tumor-Mass, Sigmoid-Offset-Mean, Gabor-Energy and DWT-Energy, which quantified tumor mass, tumor-parenchyma density transition at boundary, line-like pattern inside tumor and intratumoral heterogeneity, respectively. The first three variables showed robustness across the majority of studied CT acquisition parameters. The textual feature DWT-Energy was less robust. The proposed framework was able to determine robustness of radiomics features at specific settings by comparing biological signal to noise signal. Identification of robust radiomics features may improve the generalizability of radiomics models in future studies.
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- Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA; (L.L.); (S.H.S.); (A.A.); (H.Y.); (Z.F.L.); (J.S.); (L.H.S.)
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Comparison of three freeware software packages for 18F-FDG PET texture feature calculation. Jpn J Radiol 2021; 39:710-719. [PMID: 33595789 DOI: 10.1007/s11604-021-01100-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare texture feature estimates obtained from 18F-FDG-PET images using three different software packages. METHODS PET images from 15 patients with head and neck cancer were processed with three different freeware software: CGITA, LIFEx, and Metavol. For each lesion, 38 texture features were extracted from each software package. To evaluate the statistical agreement among the features across packages a non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test was used. Differences in the features between each couple of software were assessed using a subsequent Dunn test. Correlation between texture features was evaluated via the Spearman coefficient. RESULTS Twenty-three of 38 features showed a significant agreement across the three software (P < 0.05). The agreement was better between LIFEx vs. Metavol (36 of 38) and worse between CGITA and Metavol (24 of 38), and CGITA vs. LIFEx (23 of 38). All features resulted correlated (ρ > = 0.70, P < 0.001) in comparing LIFEx vs. Metavol. Seven of 38 features were found not in agreement and slightly or not correlated (ρ < 0.70, P < 0.001) in comparing CGITA vs. LIFEx, and CGITA vs. Metavol. CONCLUSION Some texture discrepancies across software packages exist. Our findings reinforce the need to continue the standardization process, and to succeed in building a reference dataset to be used for comparisons.
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Kothari G, Korte J, Lehrer EJ, Zaorsky NG, Lazarakis S, Kron T, Hardcastle N, Siva S. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prognostic value of radiomics based models in non-small cell lung cancer treated with curative radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 2020; 155:188-203. [PMID: 33096167 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Radiomics allows extraction of quantifiable features from imaging. This study performs a systematic review and meta-analysis of the performance of radiomics based prognostic models in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS A literature review was performed following PRISMA guidelines. Medline, EMBASE and Cochrane databases were searched for articles investigating radiomics features predictive of overall survival (OS) in NSCLC treated with curative intent radiotherapy. A random-effects meta-analysis of Harrell's Concordance Index (C-index) was performed on the performance of radiomics models. RESULTS Of the 2746 articles retrieved, 40 studies of 55 datasets and 6223 patients were eligible for inclusion in the systematic review. There was significant heterogeneity in the methodology for feature selection and model development. Twelve datasets reported the C-index of radiomics based models in predicting OS and were included in the meta-analysis. The C-index random effects estimate was 0.57 (95% CI 0.53-0.62). There was significant heterogeneity (I2 = 70.3%). CONCLUSIONS Based on this review, radiomics based models for lung cancer have to date demonstrated modest prognostic capabilities. Future research should consider using standardised radiomics features, robust feature selection and model development, and deep learning techniques, absolving the need for pre-defined features, to improve imaging-based models.
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- Gargi Kothari
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, USA
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- Health Sciences Library, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Parkville, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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Abstract
The National Cancer Institute's Quantitative Imaging Network (QIN) has thrived over the past 12 years with an emphasis on the development of image-based decision support software tools for improving measurements of imaging metrics. An overarching goal has been to develop advanced tools that could be translated into clinical trials to provide for improved prediction of response to therapeutic interventions. This article provides an overview of the successes in development and translation of new algorithms into the clinical workflow by the many research teams of the Quantitative Imaging Network.
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