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@ARTICLE{Boeke:275930,
author = {S. Boeke$^*$ and R. M. Winter and S. Leibfarth and M. A.
Krueger and G. Bowden and J. Cotton and B. J. Pichler and D.
Zips$^*$ and D. Thorwarth$^*$},
title = {{M}achine learning identifies multi-parametric functional
{PET}/{MR} imaging cluster to predict radiation resistance
in preclinical head and neck cancer models.},
journal = {European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging},
volume = {50},
number = {10},
issn = {1619-7070},
address = {Heidelberg [u.a.]},
publisher = {Springer-Verl.},
reportid = {DKFZ-2023-00918},
pages = {3084-3096},
year = {2023},
note = {2023 Aug;50(10):3084-3096},
abstract = {Tumor hypoxia and other microenvironmental factors are key
determinants of treatment resistance. Hypoxia positron
emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) are established prognostic imaging modalities
to identify radiation resistance in head-and-neck cancer
(HNC). The aim of this preclinical study was to develop a
multi-parametric imaging parameter specifically for focal
radiotherapy (RT) dose escalation using HNC xenografts of
different radiation sensitivities.A total of eight human HNC
xenograft models were implanted into 68 immunodeficient
mice. Combined PET/MRI using dynamic
[18F]-fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) hypoxia PET,
diffusion-weighted (DW), and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI
was carried out before and after fractionated RT (10 ×
2 Gy). Imaging data were analyzed on voxel-basis using
principal component (PC) analysis for dynamic data and
apparent diffusion coefficients (ADCs) for DW-MRI. A data-
and hypothesis-driven machine learning model was trained to
identify clusters of high-risk subvolumes (HRSs) from
multi-dimensional (1-5D) pre-clinical imaging data before
and after RT. The stratification potential of each 1D to 5D
model with respect to radiation sensitivity was evaluated
using Cohen's d-score and compared to classical features
such as mean/peak/maximum standardized uptake values
(SUVmean/peak/max) and tumor-to-muscle-ratios (TMRpeak/max)
as well as minimum/valley/maximum/mean ADC.Complete 5D
imaging data were available for 42 animals. The final
preclinical model for HRS identification at baseline
yielding the highest stratification potential was defined in
3D imaging space based on ADC and two FMISO PCs ([Formula:
see text]). In 1D imaging space, only clusters of ADC
revealed significant stratification potential ([Formula: see
text]). Among all classical features, only ADCvalley showed
significant correlation to radiation resistance ([Formula:
see text]). After 2 weeks of RT, $FMISO_c1$ showed
significant correlation to radiation resistance ([Formula:
see text]).A quantitative imaging metric was described in a
preclinical study indicating that radiation-resistant
subvolumes in HNC may be detected by clusters of ADC and
FMISO using combined PET/MRI which are potential targets for
future functional image-guided RT dose-painting approaches
and require clinical validation.},
keywords = {Dose painting (Other) / Machine learning (Other) /
Multi-parametric functional imaging (Other) / PET/MRI
(Other) / Personalized radiation oncology (Other) /
Radiotherapy (Other)},
cin = {TU01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)TU01-20160331},
pnm = {899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-899},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:37148296},
doi = {10.1007/s00259-023-06254-9},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/275930},
}