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Prediction of Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis Using MRI Radiomics Approach in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Feasibility Study.

Heng Zhang, Shudong Hu, Xian Wang, Junlin He, Wenhua Liu, Chunjing Yu, Zongqiong Sun, Yuxi Ge, Shaofeng Duan

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Heng ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital, 66374Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Shudong HuDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital, 66374Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4454-3432
Xian WangDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Renmin Hospital, 66374Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
Junlin HeDepartment of Radiology, Tinglin Hospital of Jinshan District, Shanghai, China.
Wenhua LiuDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Renmin Hospital, 66374Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
Chunjing YuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, 66374Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China.
Zongqiong SunDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital, 66374Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Yuxi GeDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital, 66374Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
Shaofeng DuanGE Healthcare China, Pudong New Town, Shanghai, China.
Jiangnan University · CNJiangsu University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCervical lymph node (LN) metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is critical for treatment and prognosis. To examine the feasibility of MRI radiomics to preoperatively predict cervical LN metastasis in patients with PTC.

methodsBetween January 2015 and March 2018, a total of 61 patients with pathologically confirmed PTC were analyzed retrospectively. The patients were divided into cervical LN metastasis group (n = 37) and no cervical LN metastasis (n = 24). T2WI and T2WI-fat-suppression (T2WI-FS) images were collected. A number of radiomic features were automatically extracted from the largest section of tumor. Three types of classifier (the random forests, the support vector machine classifier and the generalized linear model) based on T2WI and T2WI-FS images of cervical LN metastasis and no cervical LN metastasis were constructed and evaluated with a nested cross-validation scheme.

resultsRadiomic features extracted from T2WI images were more discriminative than T2WI-FS images. The random forests model showed the best discriminate performance with the highest area under the curve (0.85, CI:0.76 -1), accuracy (0.87), sensitivity (0.83), specificity (1.00), positive predictive value (PPV = 1.00) and negative predictive value (NPV = 0.88).

conclusionMRI radiomics analysis based on conventional T2WI and T2WI-FS can predict cervical LN metastasis in patients with PTC, and the radiomics is shown to be an assistant diagnosis tool for radiologists.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingAdultFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedLymphatic MetastasisLymph NodesMaleMiddle AgedNeckObserver VariationPrognosisReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesROC CurveThyroid Cancer, Papillaryfeasibility studiesforecastinglymphatic metastasismagnetic resonance imagingthyroid cancer

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