Journal Article DKFZ-2020-01542

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Radiomics in diffusion data: a test-retest, inter- and intra-reader DWI phantom study.

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2020
Elsevier Science Amsterdam

Clinical radiology 10(798), e13-798.e22 () [10.1016/j.crad.2020.06.024]
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Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the robustness of radiomics features of a MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) phantom in quantitative diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and depending on the image resolution.Scanning of an in-house developed DWI phantom was performed at a 1.5 T MRI scanner (Magnetom AERA, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) using an echo planar imaging (EPI) DWI sequence (b=0,500,1,000 s/mm2) with low (3×3 mm2) and high (2×2 mm2) image resolutions. Scans were repeated after phantom repositioning to evaluate retest reliability. Radiomics features were extracted after semi-automatic segmentation and standardised pre-processing. Intra-/interobserver reproducibility and test-retest robustness were assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). Differences were tested with non-parametric Wilcoxon's signed-rank and Friedman's test (p < 0.05) with Dunn's post-hoc analysis.Test-retest ICC was overall high with >0.90 for 39/46 radiomics features in all sequences/resolutions. Decreased test-retest ICCs were pronounced for conventional Min-value (overall ICC=0.817), and grey-level zone length matrix (GLZLM) features Short-Zone Emphasis (SZE) and Short-Zone Low Grey-level Emphasis (SZLGE) (for both overall ICC=0.927). Test-retest reproducibility was significantly different between b=500, 1,000 and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) (mean 0.975±0.050, 0.974±0.051 and 0.966±0.063), which remained significant after post-hoc analysis between b=1,000 and ADC (p = 0.022). ICCs were not significantly different between resolutions of 2×2 and 3×3 mm2 regarding b=500 (mean: 0.977±0.052 and 0.974±0.049, p = 0.612), b=1,000 (mean: 0.973±0.059 and 0.974±0.054, p = 0.516), and ADC (mean: 0.972±0.049 and 0.955±0.101, p = 0.851). Inter- and intra-observer reliability was consistently high for all sequences (overall mean 0.992±0.021 and 0.990±0.028).Under ex-vivo conditions, DWI provided robust radiomics features with those from ADC being slightly less robust than from raw DWI (b=500, 1,000 s/mm2). No significant difference was detected for different resolutions. Although, ex-vivo reliability of DWI radiomics features was high, no implications can be made regarding in-vivo analyses.

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Note: 2020 Oct;75(10):798.e13-798.e22#EA:E010#LA:E250#

Contributing Institute(s):
  1. E010 Radiologie (E010)
  2. E020 Med. Physik in der Radiologie (E020)
  3. NWG Med. Bildgebung und Radiologie (E250)
Research Program(s):
  1. 315 - Imaging and radiooncology (POF3-315) (POF3-315)

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Medline ; Clarivate Analytics Master Journal List ; Current Contents - Clinical Medicine ; Ebsco Academic Search ; Essential Science Indicators ; IF < 5 ; JCR ; NationallizenzNationallizenz ; SCOPUS ; Science Citation Index ; Science Citation Index Expanded ; Web of Science Core Collection
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