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ArticleJournal of digital imaging2018

A Decision-Support Tool for Renal Mass Classification.

Gautam Kunapuli, Bino A Varghese, Priya Ganapathy, Bhushan Desai, Steven Cen, Manju Aron, Inderbir Gill, Vinay Duddalwar

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Article in Journal of digital imaging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Gautam KunapuliUtopiaCompression Corporation, 11150 W Olympic Blvd. Suite #820, Los Angeles, CA, 90064, USA. gautam@utopiacompression.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9297-2071
Bino A VargheseDepartment of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1500 San Pablo Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
Priya GanapathyUtopiaCompression Corporation, 11150 W Olympic Blvd. Suite #820, Los Angeles, CA, 90064, USA.
Bhushan DesaiDepartment of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1500 San Pablo Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
Steven CenDepartment of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1500 San Pablo Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
Manju AronDepartment of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
Inderbir GillInstitute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Vinay DuddalwarDepartment of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1500 San Pablo Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigate the viability of statistical relational machine learning algorithms for the task of identifying malignancy of renal masses using radiomics-based imaging features. Features characterizing the texture, signal intensity, and other relevant metrics of the renal mass were extracted from multiphase contrast-enhanced computed tomography images. The recently developed formalism of relational functional gradient boosting (RFGB) was used to learn human-interpretable models for classification. Experimental results demonstrate that RFGB outperforms many standard machine learning approaches as well as the current diagnostic gold standard of visual qualification by radiologists.

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AlgorithmsDecision Support TechniquesMachine LearningClinical Decision-MakingContrast MediaHumansKidneyKidney NeoplasmsRadiographic Image EnhancementReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray ComputedContrast MediaClinical decision supportMultiphase CTRadiomicsRenal massStatistical relational learning

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PMID29980960
PMCPMC6261185

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