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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2021

A novel CT-based radiomics in the distinction of severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia.

Zongyu Xie, Haitao Sun, Jian Wang, He Xu, Shuhua Li, Cancan Zhao, Yuqing Gao, Xiaolei Wang, Tongtong Zhao, Shaofeng Duan and 2 more

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Zongyu Xie *Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, No. 287 Changhuai Road, Bengbu, 233004, Anhui, China.
Haitao Sun *Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, and Department of Interventional Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, No. 180 Fenglin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Jian Wang *Department of Radiology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, No.234, Gucui Road, Hangzhou, 310012, Zhejiang Province, China.
He XuDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, No. 287 Changhuai Road, Bengbu, 233004, Anhui, China.
Shuhua LiDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, No. 287 Changhuai Road, Bengbu, 233004, Anhui, China.
Cancan ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, No. 287 Changhuai Road, Bengbu, 233004, Anhui, China.
Yuqing GaoDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, No. 287 Changhuai Road, Bengbu, 233004, Anhui, China.
Xiaolei WangDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, No. 287 Changhuai Road, Bengbu, 233004, Anhui, China.
Tongtong ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, Fuyang Second People's Hospital, No. 450 Linquan Road, Fuyang, 236000, Anhui, China.
Shaofeng DuanGE Healthcare China, Pudong new town, No1, Huatuo road, Shanghai, 210000, China.
Chunhong Hu *Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 188, Street of Shizi, Suzhou, 200000, China. sdhuchunhong@sina.com.
Weiqun Ao *Department of Radiology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, No.234, Gucui Road, Hangzhou, 310012, Zhejiang Province, China. 78123858@qq.com.
First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College · CNTongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province · CNFuyang Second People's Hospital · CNSoochow University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundConvenient and precise assessment of the severity in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) contributes to the timely patient treatment and prognosis improvement. We aimed to evaluate the ability of CT-based radiomics nomogram in discriminating the severity of patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia.

methodsA total of 150 patients (training cohort n = 105; test cohort n = 45) with COVID-19 confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test were enrolled. Two feature selection methods, Max-Relevance and Min-Redundancy (mRMR) and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO), were used to extract features from CT images and construct model. A total of 30 radiomic features were finally retained. Rad-score was calculated by summing the selected features weighted by their coefficients. The radiomics nomogram incorporating clinical-radiological features was eventually constructed by multivariate regression analysis. Nomogram, calibration, and decision-curve analysis were all assessed.

resultsIn both cohorts, 40 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia were severe and 110 patients were non-severe. By combining the 30 radiomic features extracted from CT images, the radiomics signature showed high discrimination between severe and non-severe patients in the training set [Area Under the Curve (AUC), 0.857; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.775-0.918] and the test set (AUC, 0.867; 95% CI, 0.732-949). The final combined model that integrated age, comorbidity, CT scores, number of lesions, ground glass opacity (GGO) with consolidation, and radiomics signature, improved the AUC to 0.952 in the training cohort and 0.98 in the test cohort. The nomogram based on the combined model similarly exhibited excellent discrimination performance in both training and test cohorts.

conclusionsThe developed model based on a radiomics signature derived from CT images can be a reliable marker for discriminating the severity of COVID-19 pneumonia.

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NomogramsAdultCOVID-19FemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPrognosisSARS-CoV-2Tomography, X-Ray ComputedCOVID-19NomogramRadiomicsTomographyX-ray computed

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