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A radiomics approach for automated identification of aggressive tumors on combined PET and multi-parametric MRI

  • Capital Medical University
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

We present a computerized image-based method to automatically identify aggressive tumors on combined positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (PET-MRI) using radiomics texture features from both PET and multi-parametric MRI (MP-MRI). The work aims at investigating the potential use of new composite textures from PET-MRI for the assessment of different biological properties present in cancer and non-cancer regions, and eventually for early detection of malignant tumors in real clinical practice. Towards this goal, a large number of radiomics features are extracted to characterize the intratumoural heterogeneity and microarchitectural morphologic differences within tumors. These image attributes are valuable for determining tumor aggressiveness. The radiomics model was evaluated on three types of cancers (pancreas, gallbladder, and liver). Compared to single image modality (PET or MRI), the fused PET and MP-MRI achieved the best classification performance in differentiating cancer and non-cancer regions with the area of under curve (AUC) of 0.87 for pancreas cancer, 0.89 for gallbladder cancer, and 0.82 for liver cancer. The results indicated that PET-MRI based imaging biomarkers could be useful in identifying aggressive tumors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNeural Information Processing - 24th International Conference, ICONIP 2017, Proceedings
EditorsDerong Liu, Shengli Xie, Dongbin Zhao, Yuanqing Li, El-Sayed M. El-Alfy
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages731-739
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319701356
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event24th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2017 - Guangzhou, China
Duration: 14 Nov 201718 Nov 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10639 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference24th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuangzhou
Period14/11/1718/11/17

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Aggressive tumor
  • Multi-parametric MRI
  • PET
  • Radiomics

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