Preliminary study of 3 T-MRI native T1-mapping radiomics in differential diagnosis of non-calcified solid pulmonary nodules/masses

Cancer Cell International

Fei Shan¹  Yuxin Shi¹  Qinqin Yan¹  Jie Shen¹  Zhiyong Zhang²  Guang Yang³  Yinqiao Yi³ 

[1] Department of Radiology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University;Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University;Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, East China Normal University;

关键词: Native T1-mapping;    Radiomics feature;    Pulmonary nodules;    Differential diagnosis;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12935-021-02195-1

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background Cumulative CT radiation damage was positively correlated with increased tumor risks. Although it has recently been known that non-radiation MRI is alternative for pulmonary imaging. There is little known about the value of MRI T1-mapping in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules. This article aimed to investigate the value of native T1-mapping-based radiomics features in differential diagnosis of pulmonary lesions. Methods 73 patients underwent 3 T-MRI examination in this prospective study. The 99 pulmonary lesions on native T1-mapping images were segmented twice by one radiologist at indicated time points utilizing the in-house semi-automated software, followed by extraction of radiomics features. The inter-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was used for analyzing intra-observer’s agreement. Dimensionality reduction and feature selection were performed via univariate analysis, and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) analysis. Then, the binary logical regression (LR), support vector machine (SVM) and decision tree classifiers with the input of optimal features were selected for differentiating malignant from benign lesions. The receiver operative characteristics (ROC) curve, area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were calculated. Z-test was used to compare differences among AUCs. Results 107 features were obtained, of them, 19.5% (n = 21) had relatively good reliability (ICC ≥ 0.6). The remained 5 features (3 GLCM, 1 GLSZM and 1 shape features) by dimensionality reduction were useful. The AUC of LR was 0.82(95%CI: 0.67–0.98), with sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 70%, 85% and 80%. The AUC of SVM was 0.82(95%CI: 0.67–0.98), with sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 70, 85 and 80%. The AUC of decision tree was 0.69(95%CI: 0.49–0.87), with sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 50, 85 and 73.3%. Conclusions The LR and SVM models using native T1-mapping-based radiomics features can differentiate pulmonary malignant from benign lesions, especially for uncertain nodules requiring long-term follow-ups.

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