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ArticleEuropean radiology2022

Vertebral MRI-based radiomics model to differentiate multiple myeloma from metastases: influence of features number on logistic regression model performance.

Jianfang Liu, Wei Guo, Piaoe Zeng, Yayuan Geng, Yan Liu, Hanqiang Ouyang, Ning Lang, Huishu Yuan

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Jianfang LiuDepartment of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China.
Wei GuoDepartment of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China.
Piaoe ZengDepartment of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China.
Yayuan GengHuiying Medical Technology Co., Ltd., Dongsheng Science and Technology Park, HaiDian District, Beijing, 100192, People's Republic of China.
Yan LiuDepartment of Hematology, Lymphoma Research Center, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China.
Hanqiang OuyangDepartment of Orthopedic, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China.
Ning LangDepartment of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China.
Huishu YuanDepartment of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China. huishuy677@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0521-058X
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National Natural Science Foundation of China 81871326National Natural Science Foundation of China 81971578Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality 7204327Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality L182054
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Abstract

objectivesThis study aimed to use the most frequent features to establish a vertebral MRI-based radiomics model that could differentiate multiple myeloma (MM) from metastases and compare the model performance with different features number.

methodsWe retrospectively analyzed conventional MRI (T1WI and fat-suppression T2WI) of 103 MM patients and 138 patients with metastases. The feature selection process included four steps. The first three steps defined as conventional feature selection (CFS), carried out 50 times (ten times with 5-fold cross-validation), included variance threshold, SelectKBest, and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator. The most frequent fixed features were selected for modeling during the last step. The number of events per independent variable (EPV) is the number of patients in a smaller subgroup divided by the number of radiomics features considered in developing the prediction model. The EPV values considered were 5, 10, 15, and 20. Therefore, we constructed four models using the top 16, 8, 6, and 4 most frequent features, respectively. The models constructed with features selected by CFS were also compared.

resultsThe AUCs of 20EPV-Model, 15EPV-Model, and CSF-Model (AUC = 0.71, 0.81, and 0.78) were poor than 10EPV-Model (AUC = 0.84, p < 0.001). The AUC of 10EPV-Model was comparable with 5EPV-Model (AUC = 0.85, p = 0.480).

conclusionsThe radiomics model constructed with an appropriate small number of the most frequent features could well distinguish metastases from MM based on conventional vertebral MRI. Based on our results, we recommend following the 10 EPV as the rule of thumb for feature selection. KEY POINTS: • The developed radiomics model could distinguish metastases from multiple myeloma based on conventional vertebral MRI. • An accurate model based on just a handful of the most frequent features could be constructed by utilizing multiple feature reduction techniques. • An event per independent variable value of 10 is recommended as a rule of thumb for modeling feature selection.

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Multiple MyelomaHumansLogistic ModelsMagnetic Resonance ImagingRetrospective StudiesSpineMagnetic resonance imagingMetastasesMultiple myelomaRadiomics

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