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Qasempour Y, Mohammadi A, Rezaei M, Pouryazadanpanah P, Ziaddini F, Borbori A, Shiri I, Hajianfar G, Janati A, Ghasemirad S, Abdollahi H. Radiographic Texture Reproducibility: The Impact of Different Materials, their Arrangement, and Focal Spot Size. J Med Signals Sens 2020; 10:275-285. [PMID: 33575200 PMCID: PMC7866945 DOI: 10.4103/jmss.jmss_64_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Background: Feature reproducibility is a critical issue in quantitative radiomic studies. The aim of this study is to assess how radiographic radiomic textures behave against changes in phantom materials, their arrangements, and focal spot size. Method: A phantom with detachable parts was made using wood, sponge, Plexiglas, and rubber. Each material had 1 cm thickness and was imaged for consecutive time. The phantom also was imaged by change in the arrangement of its materials. Imaging was done with two focal spot sizes including 0.6 and 1.2 mm. All images were acquired with a digital radiography machine. Several texture features were extracted from the same size region of interest in all images. To assess reproducibility, coefficient of variation (COV), intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and Bland–Altman tests were used. Results: Results show that 59%, 50%, and 4.5% of all features are most reproducible (COV ≤5%) against change in focal spot size, material arrangements, and phantom's materials, respectively. Results on Bland–Altman analysis showed that there is just a nonreproducible feature against change in the focal spot size. On the ICC results, we observed that the ICCs for more features are >0.90 and there were few features with ICC lower than 0.90. Conclusion: We showed that radiomic textures are vulnerable against changes in materials, arrangement, and different focal spot sizes. These results suggest that a careful analysis of the effects of these parameters is essential before any radiomic clinical application.
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Affiliation(s)
- Younes Qasempour
- Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Rajaiee Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Paramedical Sciences, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.,Department of Radiologic Sciences and Medical Physics, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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