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Mannina D, Kulkarni A, van der Pol CB, Al Mazroui R, Abdullah P, Joshi S, Alabousi A. Utilization of Texture Analysis in Differentiating Benign and Malignant Breast Masses: Comparison of Grayscale Ultrasound, Shear Wave Elastography, and Radiomic Features. JOURNAL OF BREAST IMAGING 2024; 6:513-519. [PMID: 39027926 DOI: 10.1093/jbi/wbae037] [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: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to determine which qualitative and quantitative US features are independently associated with malignancy, including those derived from grayscale imaging morphology, shear wave elastography (SWE), and texture analysis. METHODS This single-center retrospective study was approved by the institutional research ethics board. Consecutive breast US studies performed between January and December 2020 were included. Images were acquired using a Canon Aplio i800 US unit (Canon Medical Systems, Inc., CA) and i18LX5 wideband linear matrix transducer. Grayscale US features, SWE mean, and median elasticity were obtained. Single representative grayscale images were analyzed using dedicated software (LIFEx, version 6.30). First-order and gray-level co-occurrence matrix second-order texture features were extracted. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to assess for predictors of malignancy (STATA v16.1). RESULTS One hundred forty-seven cases with complete SWE data were selected for analysis (mean age 54.3, range 21-92). The following variables were found to be independently associated with malignancy: age (P <.001), family history (P = .013), irregular mass shape (P = .024), and stiffness on SWE (mean SWE ≥40 kPa; P <.001). Remaining variables (including texture features) were not found to be independently associated with malignancy (P >.05). CONCLUSION US texture analysis features were not associated with malignancy independent of other qualitative and quantitative US characteristics currently utilized in clinical practice. This suggests texture analysis may not be warranted when differentiating benign and malignant breast masses on US. In contrast, irregular mass shape on grayscale imaging and increased stiffness on SWE were found to be independent predictors of malignancy.
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- Daniel Mannina
- Department of Radiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, McMaster University, Juravinski Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Muscat, Oman
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- Department of Kinesiology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Hospital for Sick Children, IMS-University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, McMaster University, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Yadav N, Dass R, Virmani J. A systematic review of machine learning based thyroid tumor characterisation using ultrasonographic images. J Ultrasound 2024; 27:209-224. [PMID: 38536643 PMCID: PMC11178762 DOI: 10.1007/s40477-023-00850-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
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Ultrasonography is widely used to screen thyroid tumors because it is safe, easy to use, and low-cost. However, it is simultaneously affected by speckle noise and other artifacts, so early detection of thyroid abnormalities becomes difficult for the radiologist. Therefore, various researchers continuously address the limitations of sonography and improve the diagnosis potential of US images for thyroid tissue from the last three decays. Accordingly, the present study extensively reviewed various CAD systems used to classify thyroid tumor US (TTUS) images related to datasets, despeckling algorithms, segmentation algorithms, feature extraction and selection, assessment parameters, and classification algorithms. After the exhaustive review, the achievements and challenges have been reported, and build a road map for the new researchers.
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- Niranjan Yadav
- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology Murthal, Sonepat, 131039, India.
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- Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology Murthal, Sonepat, 131039, India
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- Central Scientific Instruments Organization, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Chandigarh, 160030, India
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Galarraga-Vinueza ME, Barootchi S, Mancini L, Sabri H, Schwarz F, Gallucci GO, Tavelli L. Echo-intensity characterization at implant sites and novel diagnostic ultrasonographic markers for peri-implantitis. J Clin Periodontol 2024. [PMID: 38561985 DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.13976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 03/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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AIM To apply high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) echo intensity for characterizing peri-implant tissues at healthy and diseased sites and to investigate the possible ultrasonographic markers of health versus disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty patients presenting 60 implants diagnosed as healthy (N = 30) and peri-implantitis (N = 30) were assessed with HFUS. HFUS scans were imported into a software where first-order greyscale outcomes [i.e., mean echo intensity (EI)] and second-order greyscale outcomes were assessed. Other ultrasonographic outcomes of interest involved the vertical extension of the hypoechoic supracrestal area (HSA), soft-tissue area (STA) and buccal bone dehiscence (BBD), among others. RESULTS HFUS EI mean values obtained from peri-implant soft tissue at healthy and diseased sites were 122.9 ± 19.7 and 107.9 ± 24.7 grey levels (GL); p = .02, respectively. All the diseased sites showed the appearance of an HSA that was not present in healthy implants (area under the curve = 1). The proportion of HSA/STA was 37.9% ± 14.8%. Regression analysis showed that EI of the peri-implant soft tissue was significantly different between healthy and peri-implantitis sites (odds ratio 0.97 [95% confidence interval: 0.94-0.99], p = .019). CONCLUSIONS HFUS EI characterization of peri-implant tissues shows a significant difference between healthy and diseased sites. HFUS EI and the presence/absence of an HSA may be valid diagnostic ultrasonographic markers to discriminate peri-implant health status.
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- Maria Elisa Galarraga-Vinueza
- Department of Prosthodontics, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- School of Dentistry, Universidad de las Américas (UDLA), Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Division of Periodontology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Periodontics & Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Center for Clinical Research and Evidence Synthesis In oral TissuE RegeneratION (CRITERION), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Division of Periodontology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Center for Clinical Research and Evidence Synthesis In oral TissuE RegeneratION (CRITERION), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Periodontics & Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Center for Clinical Research and Evidence Synthesis In oral TissuE RegeneratION (CRITERION), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Oral Surgery and Implantology, Carolinum, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Division of Periodontology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Periodontics & Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Center for Clinical Research and Evidence Synthesis In oral TissuE RegeneratION (CRITERION), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Mancini L, Khehra A, Nguyen T, Barootchi S, Tavelli L. Echo intensity and gray-level co-occurrence matrix analysis of soft tissue grafting biomaterials and dental implants: an in vitro ultrasonographic pilot study. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2023; 52:20230033. [PMID: 37427600 PMCID: PMC10552129 DOI: 10.1259/dmfr.20230033] [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: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To characterize different allogeneic and xenogeneic soft tissue graft substitutes and to assess their echo intensity and grayscale texture-related outcomes by using high-frequency ultrasonography (HFUS). METHODS Ten samples from each of the following biomaterials were scanned using HFUS: bilayered collagen matrix (CM), cross-linked collagen matrix (CCM), multilayered cross-linked collagen matrix (MCCM), human-derived acellular dermal matrix (HADM), porcine-derived acellular dermal matrix (PADM), collagen tape dressing (C) and dental implants (IMPs). The obtained images were then imported in a commercially available software for grayscale analysis. First-order grayscale outcomes included mean echo intensity (EI), standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis, while second-order grayscale outcomes comprised entropy, contrast, correlation, energy and homogeneity derive from the gray-level co-occurrence matrix analysis. Descriptive statistics were performed for visualization of results, and one-way analysis of variance with Bonferroni post-hoc tests were performed to relative assessments of the biomaterials. RESULTS The statistical analysis revealed a statistically significant difference among the groups for EI (p < .001), with the group C showing the lowest EI, and the IMP group presenting with the greatest EI values. All groups showed significantly higher EI when compared with C (p < .001). No significant differences were observed for energy, and correlation, while a statistically significant difference among the groups was found in terms of entropy (p < 0.01), contrast (p < .001) and homogeneity (p < .001). IMP exhibited the highest contrast, that was significantly higher than C, HADM, PADM, CCM and CM. CONCLUSIONS HFUS grayscale analysis can be applied to characterize the structure of different biomaterials and holds potential for translation to in-vivo assessment following soft tissue grafting-related procedures.
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- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Division of Periodontology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Division of Periodontology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
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Cao CL, Li QL, Tong J, Shi LN, Li WX, Xu Y, Cheng J, Du TT, Li J, Cui XW. Artificial intelligence in thyroid ultrasound. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1060702. [PMID: 37251934 PMCID: PMC10213248 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1060702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly deep learning (DL) algorithms, has demonstrated remarkable progress in image-recognition tasks, enabling the automatic quantitative assessment of complex medical images with increased accuracy and efficiency. AI is widely used and is becoming increasingly popular in the field of ultrasound. The rising incidence of thyroid cancer and the workload of physicians have driven the need to utilize AI to efficiently process thyroid ultrasound images. Therefore, leveraging AI in thyroid cancer ultrasound screening and diagnosis cannot only help radiologists achieve more accurate and efficient imaging diagnosis but also reduce their workload. In this paper, we aim to present a comprehensive overview of the technical knowledge of AI with a focus on traditional machine learning (ML) algorithms and DL algorithms. We will also discuss their clinical applications in the ultrasound imaging of thyroid diseases, particularly in differentiating between benign and malignant nodules and predicting cervical lymph node metastasis in thyroid cancer. Finally, we will conclude that AI technology holds great promise for improving the accuracy of thyroid disease ultrasound diagnosis and discuss the potential prospects of AI in this field.
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- Chun-Li Cao
- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Central Asia High Incidence Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Central Asia High Incidence Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Central Asia High Incidence Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Central Asia High Incidence Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Central Asia High Incidence Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- Department of Medical Ultrasound, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Chen H, Bao X, Wan L. Application of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Combined with Elastic Imaging Technology in Differential Diagnosis of Salivary Gland Tumors. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2022; 2022:4600751. [PMID: 35449870 PMCID: PMC9018177 DOI: 10.1155/2022/4600751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This paper proposes the effect of contrast-enhanced ultrasound combined with real-time elastic imaging technology in the differential diagnosis of salivary gland tumors. 200 patients were selected, including 120 males and 60 females. The age ranged from 9 to 83 years, with an average of 55.4 years. Among the 200 cases, there were 90 cases of single parotid gland on the right, 77 cases of single parotid gland on the left, 2 cases of bilateral (single parotid gland on each side), 2 cases of multiple parotid gland on the right (2 lesions), 1 case of 2 lesions on the left and 1 lesion on the right, and 1 case of multiple parotid gland on the left (4 lesions). 135 cases were located in the superficial lobe (78%) and 38 cases (22%) in the deep lobe of parotid gland. The ARIETTA 70 color Doppler ultrasound diagnostic instrument is used. The equipment is equipped with high-frequency contrast probe, real-time elastic imaging technology, and related software. The results showed that the detection rate of salivary gland tumors by ultrasound was 100% and the diagnostic coincidence rate was 71% (123/173). Ultrasound can not only identify the tumors in and around the parotid gland but also identify the location, size, and internal structure of the tumors. Combined with CDFI, it can make qualitative diagnosis of most benign and malignant salivary gland tumors and provide help for clinical treatment and operation plan. It is proved that contrast-enhanced ultrasound and real-time elastic imaging technology have advantages over gray-scale ultrasound in differentiating benign and malignant superficial enlarged lymph nodes, and the combined use can effectively improve the diagnostic efficiency.
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- Hong Chen
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Imaging, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, China
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Application of Machine Learning Methods to Improve the Performance of Ultrasound in Head and Neck Oncology: A Literature Review. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14030665. [PMID: 35158932 PMCID: PMC8833587 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14030665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Ultrasound (US) is a non-invasive imaging method that is routinely utilized in head and neck cancer patients to assess the anatomic extent of tumors, nodal and non-nodal neck masses and for imaging the salivary glands. In this review, we summarize the present evidence on whether the application of machine learning (ML) methods can potentially improve the performance of US in head and neck cancer patients. We found that published clinical literature on ML methods applied to US datasets was limited but showed evidence of improved diagnostic and prognostic performance. However, a majority of these studies were based on retrospective evaluation and conducted at a single center with a limited number of datasets. The conduct of multi-center studies could help better validate the performance of ML-based US radiomics and facilitate the integration of these approaches into routine clinical practice. Abstract Radiomics is a rapidly growing area of research within radiology that involves the extraction and modeling of high-dimensional quantitative imaging features using machine learning/artificial intelligence (ML/AI) methods. In this review, we describe the published clinical evidence on the application of ML methods to improve the performance of ultrasound (US) in head and neck oncology. A systematic search of electronic databases (MEDLINE, PubMed, clinicaltrials.gov) was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Of 15,080 initial articles identified, 34 studies were selected for in-depth analysis. Twenty-five out of 34 studies (74%) focused on the diagnostic application of US radiomics while 6 (18%) studies focused on response assessment and 3 (8%) studies utilized US radiomics for modeling normal tissue toxicity. Support vector machine (SVM) was the most commonly employed ML method (47%) followed by multivariate logistic regression (24%) and k-nearest neighbor analysis (21%). Only 11/34 (~32%) of the studies included an independent validation set. A majority of studies were retrospective in nature (76%) and based on single-center evaluation (85%) with variable numbers of patients (12–1609) and imaging datasets (32–1624). Despite these limitations, the application of ML methods resulted in improved diagnostic and prognostic performance of US highlighting the potential clinical utility of this approach.
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Sharafeldeen A, Elsharkawy M, Khaled R, Shaffie A, Khalifa F, Soliman A, Abdel Razek AAK, Hussein MM, Taman S, Naglah A, Alrahmawy M, Elmougy S, Yousaf J, Ghazal M, El-Baz A. Texture and shape analysis of diffusion-weighted imaging for thyroid nodules classification using machine learning. Med Phys 2021; 49:988-999. [PMID: 34890061 DOI: 10.1002/mp.15399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To assess whether the integration between (a) functional imaging features that will be extracted from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI); and (b) shape and texture imaging features as well as volumetric features that will be extracted from T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can noninvasively improve the diagnostic accuracy of thyroid nodules classification. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a retrospective study of 55 patients with pathologically proven thyroid nodules, T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted MRI scans of the thyroid gland were acquired. Spatial maps of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were reconstructed in all cases. To quantify the nodules' morphology, we used spherical harmonics as a new parametric shape descriptor to describe the complexity of the thyroid nodules in addition to traditional volumetric descriptors (e.g., tumor volume and cuboidal volume). To capture the inhomogeneity of the texture of the thyroid nodules, we used the histogram-based statistics (e.g., kurtosis, entropy, skewness, etc.) of the T2-weighted signal. To achieve the main goal of this paper, a fusion system using an artificial neural network (NN) is proposed to integrate both the functional imaging features (ADC) with the structural morphology and texture features. This framework has been tested on 55 patients (20 patients with malignant nodules and 35 patients with benign nodules), using leave-one-subject-out (LOSO) for training/testing validation tests. RESULTS The functionality, morphology, and texture imaging features were estimated for 55 patients. The accuracy of the computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system steadily improved as we integrate the proposed imaging features. The fusion system combining all biomarkers achieved a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, F1-score, and accuracy of 92.9 % (confidence interval [CI]: 78.9 % -- 99.5 % ), 95.8 % (CI: 87.4 % -- 99.7 % ), 93 % (CI: 80.7 % -- 99.5 % ), 96 % (CI: 88.8 % -- 99.7 % ), 92.8 % (CI: 83.5 % -- 98.5 % ), and 95.5 % (CI: 88.8 % -- 99.2 % ), respectively, using the LOSO cross-validation approach. CONCLUSION The results demonstrated in this paper show the promise that integrating the functional features with morphology as well as texture features by using the current state-of-the-art machine learning approaches will be extremely useful for identifying thyroid nodules as well as diagnosing their malignancy.
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- Ahmed Sharafeldeen
- BioImaging Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- BioImaging Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Radiology Department, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- BioImaging Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- BioImaging Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- BioImaging Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Radiology Department, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- BioImaging Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Computer Science Department, Faculty of Computers and Information, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Computer Science Department, Faculty of Computers and Information, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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- BioImaging Laboratory, Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Zaworski C, Cheah J, Koff MF, Breighner R, Lin B, Harrison J, Donnelly E, Stein EM. MRI-based Texture Analysis of Trabecular Bone for Opportunistic Screening of Skeletal Fragility. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021; 106:2233-2241. [PMID: 33999148 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgab342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CONTEXT Many individuals at high risk for osteoporosis and fragility fracture are never screened by traditional methods. Opportunistic use of imaging obtained for other clinical purposes is required to foster identification of these patients. OBJECTIVE The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate texture features as a measure of bone fragility, by comparing clinically acquired magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans from individuals with and without a history of fragility fracture. METHODS This study retrospectively investigated 100 subjects who had lumbar spine MRI performed at our institution. Cases (n = 50) were postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and a confirmed history of fragility fracture. Controls (n = 50) were age- and race-matched postmenopausal women with no known fracture history. Trabecular bone from the lumbar vertebrae was segmented to create regions of interest within which a gray level co-occurrence matrix was used to quantify the distribution and spatial organization of voxel intensity. Heterogeneity in the trabecular bone texture was assessed by several features, including contrast (variability), entropy (disorder), and angular second moment (homogeneity). RESULTS Texture analysis revealed that trabecular bone was more heterogeneous in fracture patients. Specifically, fracture patients had greater texture variability (+76% contrast; P = 0.005), greater disorder (+10% entropy; P = 0.005), and less homogeneity (-50% angular second moment; P = 0.005) compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS MRI-based textural analysis of trabecular bone discriminated between patients with known osteoporotic fractures and controls. Further investigation is required to validate this promising methodology, which could greatly expand the number of patients screened for skeletal fragility.
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- Caroline Zaworski
- Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging - MRI, Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging - MRI, Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging - MRI, Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY 10021, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Bone Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, NY, NY 10021, USA
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Park KW, Shin JH, Hahn SY, Kim JH, Lim Y, Choi JY. The role of histogram analysis of grayscale sonograms to differentiate thyroid nodules identified by 18F-FDG PET-CT. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020; 99:e23252. [PMID: 33235082 PMCID: PMC7710223 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000023252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The role of histogram based on ultrasound (US) images for thyroid nodules found in fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET-CT) is unknown. We aimed to assess whether histogram analysis using gray scale US could differentiate thyroid nodules detected by PET-CT.In this study, 71 thyroid nodules ≥1 cm were identified in 71 patients by conducting 18F-FDG PET-CT, from January 2010 to June 2013. Subsequently, either grayscale US-guided fine needle aspirations or core needle biopsies were performed on each patient. Each grayscale US feature was categorized according to the Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (K-TIRADS). Histogram parameters (skewness, kurtosis, intensity, uniformity, and entropy) were extracted from the grayscale US images followed by statistical analysis using the Chi-Squared or Mann-Whitney U tests.The 71 nodules comprised 30 (42.3%) benign nodules, 30 (42.3%) primary thyroid malignancies, and 11 (15.4%) metastatic lesions. Tumor size, US findings, and histogram parameters were significantly different between the benign and malignant thyroid nodules (P = .011, P = .000, and P < .02, respectively). A comparison showed that parallel orientation and an absence of calcifications were found more frequently in metastatic thyroid nodules than in primary thyroid malignancies (P = .04, P < .000, respectively). However, histogram parameters and K-TIRADS were not significantly different between primary thyroid malignancies and metastatic lesions.There is a limit to replacing cytopathological confirmation with texture analysis for the differentiation of thyroid nodules detected by PET-CT. Therefore, cytopathological confirmation of nodules appearing malignant on US images cannot be avoided for an ultimate diagnosis of metastasis.
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- Ko Woon Park
- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine
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- Department of Applied Statistics, Chung-Ang University, 221, Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
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Zhou H, Jin Y, Dai L, Zhang M, Qiu Y, Wang K, Tian J, Zheng J. Differential Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules Using Deep Learning Radiomics of Thyroid Ultrasound Images. Eur J Radiol 2020; 127:108992. [PMID: 32339983 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.108992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PURPOSE We aimed to propose a highly automatic and objective model named deep learning Radiomics of thyroid (DLRT) for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules from ultrasound (US) images. METHODS We retrospectively enrolled and finally include US images and fine-needle aspiration biopsies from 1734 patients with 1750 thyroid nodules. A basic convolutional neural network (CNN) model, a transfer learning (TL) model, and a newly designed model named deep learning Radiomics of thyroid (DLRT) were used for the investigation. Their diagnostic accuracy was further compared with human observers (one senior and one junior US radiologist). Moreover, the robustness of DLRT over different US instruments was also validated. Analysis of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were performed to calculate optimal area under it (AUC) for benign and malignant nodules. One observer helped to delineate the nodules. RESULTS AUCs of DLRT were 0.96 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.94-0.98), 0.95 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.93-0.97) and 0.97 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.95-0.99) in the training, internal and external validation cohort, respectively, which were significantly better than other deep learning models (P < 0.01) and human observers (P < 0.001). No significant difference was found when applying DLRT on thyroid US images acquired from different US instruments. CONCLUSIONS DLRT shows the best overall performance comparing with other deep learning models and human observers. It holds great promise for improving the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules.
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- Hui Zhou
- HwaMei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 41 Xibei Street, Ningbo, 315010, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 95 Zhongguancun East Road, Beijing, 100190, China; School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19 (A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, China
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- HwaMei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 41 Xibei Street, Ningbo, 315010, China
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- HwaMei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 41 Xibei Street, Ningbo, 315010, China
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- HwaMei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 41 Xibei Street, Ningbo, 315010, China
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- HwaMei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 41 Xibei Street, Ningbo, 315010, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 95 Zhongguancun East Road, Beijing, 100190, China; School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19 (A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 95 Zhongguancun East Road, Beijing, 100190, China; School of Artificial Intelligence, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19 (A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- HwaMei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 41 Xibei Street, Ningbo, 315010, China.
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Zhou H, Wang K, Tian J. Online Transfer Learning for Differential Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules With Ultrasound Images. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2020; 67:2773-2780. [PMID: 32011998 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2020.2971065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to propose a highly automatic and objective model named online transfer learning (OTL) for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules from ultrasound (US) images. METHODS The OTL mothed combined the strategy of transfer learning and online learning. Two datasets (1750 thyroid nodules with 1078 benign and 672 malignant nodules, and 3852 thyroid nodules with 3213 benign and 639 malignant nodules) were collected to develop the model. The diagnostic accuracy was also compared with VGG-16 based transfer learning model and different input images based model. Analysis of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were performed to calculate optimal area under it (AUC) for benign and malignant nodules. RESULTS AUC, sensitivity and specificity of OTL were 0.98 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.97-0.99), 98.7% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 97.8%-99.6%) and 98.8% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 97.9%-99.7%) in the final online learning step, which was significantly better than other deep learning models (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION OTL model shows the best overall performance comparing with other deep learning models. The model holds a good potential for improving the overall diagnostic efficacy in thyroid nodule US examinations. SIGNIFICANCE The proposed OTL model could be seamlessly integrated into the conventional work-flow of thyroid nodule US examinations.
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Park VY, Han K, Kim HJ, Lee E, Youk JH, Kim EK, Moon HJ, Yoon JH, Kwak JY. Radiomics signature for prediction of lateral lymph node metastasis in conventional papillary thyroid carcinoma. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0227315. [PMID: 31940386 PMCID: PMC6961896 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Purpose Preoperative neck ultrasound (US) for lateral cervical lymph nodes is recommended for all patients undergoing thyroidectomy for thyroid malignancy, but it is operator dependent. We aimed to develop a radiomics signature using US images of the primary tumor to preoperatively predict lateral lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with conventional papillary thyroid carcinoma (cPTC). Methods Four hundred consecutive cPTC patients from January 2004 to February 2006 were enrolled as the training cohort, and 368 consecutive cPTC patients from March 2006 to February 2007 served as the validation cohort. A radiomics signature, which consisted of 14 selected features, was generated by the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression model in the training cohort. The discriminating performance of the radiomics signature was assessed in the validation cohort with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Results The radiomics signature was significantly associated with lateral cervical lymph node status (p < 0.001). The AUC of its performance in discriminating metastatic and non-metastatic lateral cervical lymph nodes was 0.710 (95% CI: 0.649–0.770) in the training cohort and was 0.621 (95% CI: 0.560–0.682) in the validation cohort. Conclusions The present study showed that US radiomic features of the primary tumor were associated with lateral cervical lymph node status. Although their discriminatory performance was slightly lower in the validation cohort, our study shows that US radiomic features of the primary tumor alone have the potential to predict lateral LNM.
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- Vivian Y. Park
- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Xie X, Yu Y. Effect of the location and size of thyroid nodules on the diagnostic performance of ultrasound elastography: A retrospective analysis. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2020; 75:e1720. [PMID: 32578824 PMCID: PMC7297523 DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2020/e1720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsies are recommended for the detection of suspicious thyroid nodules. However, the best approach regarding suspicious ultrasound features for thyroid nodules is still unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of location and size of thyroid nodules on the diagnostic performance of strain ultrasound elastography. In addition, this study evaluated whether ultrasound elastography predicts malignancy in thyroid nodules. METHODS Data regarding the size, depth, and distance from the carotid artery of nodules, the elasticity contrast index, and the nature of nodules were analyzed. RESULTS There was no significant difference in the depth (p=0.092) and the distance from the carotid artery (p=0.061) between benign and suspicious nodules. Suspicious nodules were smaller than benign nodules (p<0.0001, q=23.84) and had a higher elasticity contrast index (p<0.0001, q=21.05). The depth of nodules and the size of the nodule were not associated with the correct value of the elasticity contrast index (p>0.05 for both). The diagnostic performance of ultrasound elastography was not affected by the distance of the nodules from the carotid artery if they were located ≥15 mm from the carotid artery (p=0.5960). However, if the suspicious nodules were located <15 mm from the carotid artery, the diagnostic accuracy was hampered (p=0.006). CONCLUSIONS The strain ultrasound elastography should be carefully evaluated when small thyroid nodules are located near the carotid artery.
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- Xinxin Xie
- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, 230022
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, 230022
- *Corresponding author. E-mail:
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Tomita H, Kuno H, Sekiya K, Otani K, Sakai O, Li B, Hiyama T, Nomura K, Mimura H, Kobayashi T. Quantitative Assessment of Thyroid Nodules Using Dual-Energy Computed Tomography: Iodine Concentration Measurement and Multiparametric Texture Analysis for Differentiating between Malignant and Benign Lesions. Int J Endocrinol 2020; 2020:5484671. [PMID: 32256574 PMCID: PMC7104273 DOI: 10.1155/2020/5484671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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RESULTS The 34 nodules comprised 14 benign nodules and 20 malignant nodules. Iodine content and Hounsfield unit curve slopes did not differ significantly between benign and malignant thyroid nodules (P = 0.480-0.670). However, significant differences in the texture features of monochromatic images were observed between benign and malignant nodules: histogram mean and median, co-occurrence matrix contrast, gray-level gradient matrix (GLGM) skewness, and mean gradients and variance of gradients for GLGM at 80 keV (P = 0.014-0.044). The highest AUC was 0.77, for the histogram mean and median of images acquired at 80 keV. CONCLUSIONS Texture features extracted from monochromatic images using DECT, specifically acquired at high keV, may be a promising diagnostic approach for thyroid nodules. A further large study for incidental thyroid nodules using DECT texture analysis is required to validate our results.
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- Hayato Tomita
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba 277-8577, Japan
- Department of Radiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba 277-8577, Japan
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- AT Innovation Department, Siemens Healthcare K. K., Tokyo 141-8644, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston 02118, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston 02118, USA
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba 277-8577, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki 216-8511, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba 277-8577, Japan
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Chambara N, Ying M. The Diagnostic Efficiency of Ultrasound Computer-Aided Diagnosis in Differentiating Thyroid Nodules: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:E1759. [PMID: 31717365 PMCID: PMC6896127 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11111759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 11/03/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) techniques have emerged to complement qualitative assessment in the diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules. The aim of this review was to summarize the current evidence on the diagnostic performance of various ultrasound CAD in characterizing thyroid nodules. PUBMED, EMBASE and Cochrane databases were searched for studies published until August 2019. The Quality Assessment of Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy included in Systematic Review 2 (QUADAS-2) tool was used to assess the methodological quality of the studies. Reported diagnostic performance data were analyzed and discussed. Fourteen studies with 2232 patients and 2675 thyroid nodules met the inclusion criteria. The study quality based on QUADAS-2 assessment was moderate. At best performance, grey scale CAD had a sensitivity of 96.7% while Doppler CAD was 90%. Combined techniques of qualitative grey scale features and Doppler CAD assessment resulted in overall increased sensitivity (92%) and optimal specificity (85.1%). The experience of the CAD user, nodule size and the thyroid malignancy risk stratification system used for interpretation were the main potential factors affecting diagnostic performance outcomes. The diagnostic performance of CAD of thyroid ultrasound is comparable to that of qualitative visual assessment; however, combined techniques have the potential for better optimized diagnostic accuracy.
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, China;
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Prediction of Immunohistochemistry of Suspected Thyroid Nodules by Use of Machine Learning-Based Radiomics. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2019; 213:1348-1357. [PMID: 31461321 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.19.21626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a radiomics model for evaluating immunohistochemical characteristics in patients with suspected thyroid nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS. A total of 103 patients (training cohort-to-validation cohort ratio, ≈ 3:1) with suspected thyroid nodules who had undergone thyroidectomy and immunohistochemical analysis were enrolled. The immunohistochemical markers were cytokeratin 19, galectin 3, thyroperoxidase, and high-molecular-weight cytokeratin. All patients underwent CT before surgery, and a 3D slicer was used to analyze images of the surgical specimen. Test-retest and Spearman correlation coefficient (ρ) were used to select reproducible and nonredundant features. The Kruskal-Wallis test (p < 0.05) was used for feature selection, and a feature-based model was built by support vector machine methods. The performance of the radiomic models was assessed with respect to accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, corresponding AUC, and independent validation. RESULTS. Eighty-six reproducible and nonredundant features selected from the 828 features were used to build the model. The best performance of the cytokeratin 19 model yielded accuracy of 84.4% in the training cohort and 80.0% in the validation cohort. The thyroperoxidase and galectin 3 predictive models yielded accuracies of 81.4% and 82.5% in the training cohort and 84.2% and 85.0% in the validation cohort. The performance of the high-molecular-weight cytokeratin predictive model was not good (accuracy, 65.7%) and could not be validated. CONCLUSION. A radiomics model with excellent performance was developed for individualized noninvasive prediction of the presence of cytokeratin 19, galectin 3, and thyroperoxidase based on CT images. This model may be used to identify benign and malignant thyroid nodules.
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Shin HJ, Kwak JY, Lee E, Lee MJ, Yoon H, Han K, Kim MJ. Texture Analysis to Differentiate Malignant Renal Tumors in Children Using Gray-Scale Ultrasonography Images. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2019; 45:2205-2212. [PMID: 31076232 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2019.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We assessed the feasibility of texture analysis to differentiate Wilms tumor, clear cell sarcoma and rhabdoid tumor of the kidney in children using gray-scale ultrasonography images. Children who had pre-operative renal ultrasonography images of the three tumors from January 2002 to February 2017 were retrospectively included as the test set, and children with the same criteria from March 2017 to December 2018 were included as the validation set. From histogram and second-order statistics, features were compared between the tumors, and diagnostic performances were assessed. Among a total of 32 children (24 children with Wilms tumors, five children with clear cell sarcomas and three children with rhabdoid tumors) from the test set, features from the second-order statistics showed an area under the curve greater than 0.89 for differentiating Wilms tumor from the others. These features aided in the differentiation of tumor type in the two children with Wilms tumors in the validation set. Therefore, texture analysis from gray-scale ultrasonography images can be used to differentiate Wilms tumors from clear cell sarcomas and rhabdoid tumors in children.
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- Hyun Joo Shin
- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Center for Clinical Imaging Data Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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Dragić M, Zarić M, Mitrović N, Nedeljković N, Grković I. Application of Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix Analysis as a New Method for Enzyme Histochemistry Quantification. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2019; 25:690-698. [PMID: 30714562 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927618016306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Enzyme histochemistry is a valuable histological method which provides a connection between morphology, activity, and spatial localization of investigated enzymes. Even though the method relies purely on arbitrary evaluations performed by the human eye, it is still wildly accepted and used in histo(patho)logy. Texture analysis emerged as an excellent tool for image quantification of subtle differences reflected in both spatial discrepancies and gray level values of pixels. The current study of texture analysis utilizes the gray-level co-occurrence matrix as a method for quantification of differences between ecto-5'-nucleotidase activities in healthy hippocampal tissue and tissue with marked neurodegeneration. We used the angular second moment, contrast (CON), correlation, inverse difference moment (INV), and entropy for texture analysis and receiver operating characteristic analysis with immunoblot and qualitative assessment of enzyme histochemistry as a validation. Our results strongly argue that co-occurrence matrix analysis could be used for the determination of fine differences in the enzyme activities with the possibility to ascribe those differences to regions or specific cell types. In addition, it emerged that INV and CON are especially useful parameters for this type of enzyme histochemistry analysis. We concluded that texture analysis is a reliable method for quantification of this descriptive technique, thus removing biases and adding it a quantitative dimension.
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- Milorad Dragić
- Department for General Physiology and Biophysics,Faculty of Biology,University of Belgrade,Belgrade,Studentski trg 3,11001 Belgrade,Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology,Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade,Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14,11001 Belgrade,Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology,Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade,Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14,11001 Belgrade,Serbia
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- Department for General Physiology and Biophysics,Faculty of Biology,University of Belgrade,Belgrade,Studentski trg 3,11001 Belgrade,Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology,Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade,Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14,11001 Belgrade,Serbia
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Burian E, Subburaj K, Mookiah MRK, Rohrmeier A, Hedderich DM, Dieckmeyer M, Diefenbach MN, Ruschke S, Rummeny EJ, Zimmer C, Kirschke JS, Karampinos DC, Baum T. Texture analysis of vertebral bone marrow using chemical shift encoding-based water-fat MRI: a feasibility study. Osteoporos Int 2019; 30:1265-1274. [PMID: 30903208 PMCID: PMC6546652 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-019-04924-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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UNLABELLED This feasibility study investigated the spatial heterogeneity of the lumbar vertebral bone marrow using chemical shift encoding-based water-fat MRI. Acquired texture features like contrast and dissimilarity allowed for differentiation of pre- and postmenopausal women and may serve as imaging biomarkers in the future. INTRODUCTION While the vertebral bone marrow fat using chemical shift encoding water-fat magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been extensively studied, its spatial heterogeneity has not been analyzed yet. Therefore, this feasibility study investigated the spatial heterogeneity of the lumbar vertebral bone marrow by using texture analysis in proton density fat fraction (PDFF) maps. METHODS Forty-one healthy pre- and postmenopausal women were recruited for this study (premenopausal (n = 15) 30 ± 7 years, postmenopausal (n = 26) 65 ± 7 years). An eight-echo 3D spoiled gradient echo sequence was used for chemical shift encoding-based water-fat separation at the lumbar spine. Vertebral bodies L1 to L5 were manually segmented. Mean PDFF values and texture features were extracted at each vertebral level, namely variance, skewness, and kurtosis, using statistical moments and second-order features (energy, contrast, correlation, homogeneity, dissimilarity, entropy, variance, and sum average). Parameters were compared between pre- and postmenopausal women and vertebral levels. RESULTS PDFF was significantly higher in post- than in premenopausal women (49.37 ± 8.14% versus 27.76 ± 7.30%, p < 0.05). Furthermore, PDFF increased from L1 to L5 (L1 37.93 ± 12.85%, L2 38.81 ± 12.77%, L3 40.23 ± 12.72%, L4 42.80 ± 13.27%, L5 45.21 ± 14.55%, p < 0.05). Bone marrow heterogeneity based on texture analysis was significantly (p < 0.05) increased in postmenopausal women. Contrast and dissimilarity performed best in differentiating pre- and postmenopausal women (AUC = 0.97 and 0.96, respectively), not significantly different compared with PDFF (AUC = 0.97). CONCLUSION Conclusively, an increased bone marrow heterogeneity could be observed in postmenopausal women. In the future, texture parameters might provide additional information to detect and monitor vertebral bone marrow alterations due to aging or hormonal changes beyond conventional anatomic imaging.
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- E. Burian
- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- 0000 0004 0500 7631grid.263662.5Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372 Singapore
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- 0000 0004 0500 7631grid.263662.5Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore, 487372 Singapore
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- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- 0000000123222966grid.6936.aDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675 Munich, Germany
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Prochazka A, Gulati S, Holinka S, Smutek D. Classification of Thyroid Nodules in Ultrasound Images Using Direction-Independent Features Extracted by Two-Threshold Binary Decomposition. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2019; 18:1533033819830748. [PMID: 30774015 PMCID: PMC6379796 DOI: 10.1177/1533033819830748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
In recent years, several computer-aided diagnosis systems emerged for the diagnosis of
thyroid gland disorders using ultrasound imaging. These systems based on machine learning
algorithms may offer a second opinion to radiologists by evaluating a malignancy risk of
thyroid tissue, thus increasing the overall diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound imaging.
Although current computer-aided diagnosis systems exhibit promising results, their use in
clinical practice is limited. One of the main limitations is that the majority of them use
direction-dependent features. Our intention has been to design a computer-aided diagnosis
system, which will use only direction-independent features, that is, it will not be
dependent on the orientation and the inclination angle of the ultrasound probe when
acquiring the image. We have, therefore, applied histogram analysis and segmentation-based
fractal texture analysis algorithm, which calculates direction-independent features only.
In our study, 40 thyroid nodules (20 malignant and 20 benign) were used to extract several
features, such as histogram parameters, fractal dimension, and mean brightness value in
different grayscale bands (obtained by 2-threshold binary decomposition). The features
were then used in support vector machine and random forests classifiers to differentiate
nodules into malignant and benign classes. Using leave-one-out cross-validation method,
the overall accuracy was 92.42% for random forests and 94.64% for support vector machine.
Results show that both methods are useful in practice; however, support vector machine
provides better results for this application. Proposed computer-aided diagnosis system can
provide support to radiologists in their current diagnosis of thyroid nodules, whereby it
can optimize the overall accuracy of ultrasound imaging.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antonin Prochazka
- 1 Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- 2 International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- 3 Third Department of Medicine, General University Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- 1 Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.,3 Third Department of Medicine, General University Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Diagnostic Performance Evaluation of a Computer-Assisted Imaging Analysis System for Ultrasound Risk Stratification of Thyroid Nodules. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2019; 213:169-174. [PMID: 30973776 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.18.20740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE. Ultrasound-based stratification of the malignancy risk of thyroid nodules has potential variability. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic effectiveness of the first commercially available system for computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) imaging analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Ultrasound images of 300 thyroid nodules (135 of which were malignant) acquired before surgical treatment were retrospectively reviewed by a thyroid expert, and his classification of each image was then compared with the classification rendered by an image analysis program (AmCAD-UT, AmCAD Biomed). The American Thyroid Association (ATA) classification system, the European Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (EU-TIRADS), and the classification system jointly proposed by American and Italian associations of clinical endocrinologists (the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists [AACE], the American College of Endocrinology [ACE], and Associazione Medici Endocrinologi [AME]) were used for risk stratification. RESULTS. The diagnostic performance of the thyroid expert when the ATA system was used was as follows: sensitivity, 87.0%; specificity, 91.2%; positive predictive value, 90.5%; and negative predictive value, 90.9%. Compared with the expert, the CADx program, when used with the three classification systems, had a similar sensitivity but a lower specificity and positive predictive value. Regarding the negative predictive value, the results of the expert did not differ from those of the CADx program when it applied the ATA classification system (90.9% vs 86.3%; p = 0.07). The ROC AUC value was 0.88 for the expert clinician and 0.72 for the CADx program when the ATA classification system was used. CONCLUSION. The CADx ultrasound image analysis program described in the present study is useful for risk stratification of thyroid nodules, but it does not perform better than a sonography expert.
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Ko SY, Lee JH, Yoon JH, Na H, Hong E, Han K, Jung I, Kim E, Moon HJ, Park VY, Lee E, Kwak JY. Deep convolutional neural network for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules on ultrasound. Head Neck 2019; 41:885-891. [DOI: 10.1002/hed.25415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2017] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Su Yeon Ko
- Department of RadiologyJeju National University Hospital, Jeju National School of Medicine Jeju Korea
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- Department of RadiologySeverance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of RadiologySeverance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Computational Science and EngineeringYonsei University Seoul Korea
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- Department of Computational Science and EngineeringYonsei University Seoul Korea
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- Department of RadiologyResearch Institute of Radiological Science, Center for Clinical Imaging Data Science Seoul Korea
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical InformaticsYonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of RadiologySeverance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of RadiologySeverance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of RadiologySeverance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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- Department of Computational Science and EngineeringYonsei University Seoul Korea
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- Department of RadiologySeverance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul Korea
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Prochazka A, Gulati S, Holinka S, Smutek D. Patch-based classification of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images using direction independent features extracted by two-threshold binary decomposition. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2018; 71:9-18. [PMID: 30453231 DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
Ultrasound imaging of the thyroid gland is considered to be the best diagnostic choice for evaluating thyroid nodules in early stages, since it has been marked as cost-effective, non-invasive and risk-free. Computer aided diagnosis (CAD) systems can offer a second opinion to radiologists, thereby increasing the overall diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound imaging. Although current CAD systems exhibit promising results, their use in clinical practice is limited. Some of the main limitations are that the majority use direction dependent features so, they are only compatible with static images in just one plane (axial or longitudinal), requiring precise segmentation of a nodule. Our intention has been to design a CAD system which will use only direction independent features i.e., not dependent upon the orientation or inclination angle of the ultrasound probe when acquiring the image. In this study, 60 thyroid nodules (20 malignant, 40 benign) were divided into small patches of 17 × 17 pixels, which were then used to extract several direction independent features by employing Two-Threshold Binary Decomposition, a method that decomposes an image into the set of binary images. The features were then used in Random Forests (RF) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifiers to categorize nodules into malignant and benign classes. Classification was evaluated using group 10-fold cross-validation method. Performance on individual patches was then averaged to classify whole nodules with the following results: overall accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and area under receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve: 95%, 95%, 95%, 0.971 for RF and; 91.6%, 95%, 90%, 0.965 for SVM respectively. The patch-based CAD system we present can provide support to radiologists in their current diagnosis of thyroid nodules, whereby it can increase the overall accuracy of ultrasound imaging.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antonin Prochazka
- Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, 1(st) Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Salmovska 1, 120 00, Prague, Czech Republic.
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- 3(rd) Department of Medicine, 1(st) Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, U Nemocnice 1, 128 08, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics and Informatics, 1(st) Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Salmovska 1, 120 00, Prague, Czech Republic; 3(rd) Department of Medicine, 1(st) Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, U Nemocnice 1, 128 08, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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Ardakani AA, Mohammadzadeh A, Yaghoubi N, Ghaemmaghami Z, Reiazi R, Jafari AH, Hekmat S, Shiran MB, Bitarafan-Rajabi A. Predictive quantitative sonographic features on classification of hot and cold thyroid nodules. Eur J Radiol 2018; 101:170-177. [PMID: 29571793 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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PURPOSE This study investigated the potentiality of ultrasound imaging to classify hot and cold thyroid nodules on the basis of textural and morphological analysis. METHODS In this research, 42 hypo (hot) and 42 hyper-function (cold) thyroid nodules were evaluated through the proposed method of computer aided diagnosis (CAD) system. To discover the difference between hot and cold nodules, 49 sonographic features (9 morphological, 40 textural) were extracted. A support vector machine classifier was utilized for the classification of LNs based on their extracted features. RESULTS In the training set data, a combination of morphological and textural features represented the best performance with area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.992. Upon testing the data set, the proposed model could classify the hot and cold thyroid nodules with an AUC of 0.948. CONCLUSIONS CAD method based on textural and morphological features is capable of distinguishing between hot from cold nodules via 2-Dimensional sonography. Therefore, it can be used as a supplementary technique in daily clinical practices to improve the radiologists' understanding of conventional ultrasound imaging for nodules characterization.
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- Ali Abbasian Ardakani
- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Radiology, Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Medical Image and Signal Processing Research Core, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Hasheminejad Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Texture analysis and machine learning to characterize suspected thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer: Where do we stand? Eur J Radiol 2018; 99:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Kwon MR, Shin JH, Hahn SY, Oh YL, Kwak JY, Lee E, Lim Y. Histogram analysis of greyscale sonograms to differentiate between the subtypes of follicular variant of papillary thyroid cancer. Clin Radiol 2018; 73:591.e1-591.e7. [PMID: 29317047 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2017.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIM To evaluate the diagnostic value of histogram analysis using ultrasound (US) to differentiate between the subtypes of follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC). MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study included 151 patients with surgically confirmed FVPTC diagnosed between January 2014 and May 2016. Their preoperative US features were reviewed retrospectively. Histogram parameters (mean, maximum, minimum, range, root mean square, skewness, kurtosis, energy, entropy, and correlation) were obtained for each nodule. RESULTS The 152 nodules in 151 patients comprised 48 non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTPs; 31.6%), 60 invasive encapsulated FVPTCs (EFVPTCs; 39.5%), and 44 infiltrative FVPTCs (28.9%). The US features differed significantly between the subtypes of FVPTC. Discrimination was achieved between NIFTPs and infiltrative FVPTC, and between invasive EFVPTC and infiltrative FVPTC using histogram parameters; however, the parameters were not significantly different between NIFTP and invasive EFVPTC. CONCLUSION It is feasible to use greyscale histogram analysis to differentiate between NIFTP and infiltrative FVPTC, but not between NIFTP and invasive EFVPTC. Histograms can be used as a supplementary tool to differentiate the subtypes of FVPTC.
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- M-R Kwon
- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Applied Statistics, Chung-Ang University, 221, Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-756, South Korea
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Shear Wave Elastography Combining with Conventional Grey Scale Ultrasound Improves the Diagnostic Accuracy in Differentiating Benign and Malignant Thyroid Nodules. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/app7111103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Haralick texture features from apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) MRI images depend on imaging and pre-processing parameters. Sci Rep 2017. [PMID: 28642480 PMCID: PMC5481454 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-04151-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In recent years, texture analysis of medical images has become increasingly popular in studies investigating diagnosis, classification and treatment response assessment of cancerous disease. Despite numerous applications in oncology and medical imaging in general, there is no consensus regarding texture analysis workflow, or reporting of parameter settings crucial for replication of results. The aim of this study was to assess how sensitive Haralick texture features of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) MR images are to changes in five parameters related to image acquisition and pre-processing: noise, resolution, how the ADC map is constructed, the choice of quantization method, and the number of gray levels in the quantized image. We found that noise, resolution, choice of quantization method and the number of gray levels in the quantized images had a significant influence on most texture features, and that the effect size varied between different features. Different methods for constructing the ADC maps did not have an impact on any texture feature. Based on our results, we recommend using images with similar resolutions and noise levels, using one quantization method, and the same number of gray levels in all quantized images, to make meaningful comparisons of texture feature results between different subjects.
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Kim SY, Lee E, Nam SJ, Kim EK, Moon HJ, Yoon JH, Han KH, Kwak JY. Ultrasound texture analysis: Association with lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0176103. [PMID: 28419171 PMCID: PMC5395228 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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This retrospective study aimed to evaluate whether ultrasound texture analysis is useful to predict lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board, and the need to obtain informed consent was waived. Between May and July 2013, 361 patients (mean age, 43.8 ± 11.3 years; range, 16-72 years) who underwent staging ultrasound (US) and subsequent thyroidectomy for conventional PTMC ≤ 10 mm between May and July 2013 were included. Each PTMC was manually segmented and its histogram parameters (Mean, Standard deviation, Skewness, Kurtosis, and Entropy) were extracted with Matlab software. The mean values of histogram parameters and clinical and US features were compared according to lymph node metastasis using the independent t-test and Chi-square test. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the independent factors associated with lymph node metastasis. Tumors with lymph node metastasis (n = 117) had significantly higher entropy compared to those without lymph node metastasis (n = 244) (mean±standard deviation, 6.268±0.407 vs. 6.171±.0.405; P = .035). No additional histogram parameters showed differences in mean values according to lymph node metastasis. Entropy was not independently associated with lymph node metastasis on multivariate logistic regression analysis (Odds ratio, 0.977 [95% confidence interval (CI), 0.482-1.980]; P = .949). Younger age (Odds ratio, 0.962 [95% CI, 0.940-0.984]; P = .001) and lymph node metastasis on US (Odds ratio, 7.325 [95% CI, 3.573-15.020]; P < .001) were independently associated with lymph node metastasis. Texture analysis was not useful in predicting lymph node metastasis in patients with PTMC.
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- Soo-Yeon Kim
- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Histogram and gray level co-occurrence matrix on gray-scale ultrasound images for diagnosing lymphocytic thyroiditis. Comput Biol Med 2016; 75:257-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2016.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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