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ArticleCancers2022

Quantifying Tumor Heterogeneity from Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Prostate Using Texture Analysis.

Saleh T Alanezi, Frank Sullivan, Christoph Kleefeld, John F Greally, Marcin J Kraśny, Peter Woulfe, Declan Sheppard, Niall Colgan

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Saleh T AlaneziPhysics Department, Faculty of Science, Northern Border University, Arar 1321, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0441-051X
Frank SullivanProstate Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, Galway Clinic, H91 HHT0 Galway, Ireland.
Christoph KleefeldSchool of Physics, College of Science and Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 CF50 Galway, Ireland.
John F GreallyDepartment of Pathology, Galway Clinic, H91 HHT0 Galway, Ireland.
Marcin J KraśnySchool of Physics, College of Science and Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 CF50 Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-9281-1681
Peter WoulfeDepartment of Radiology, Galway Clinic, H91 HHT0 Galway, Ireland.
Declan SheppardDepartment of Radiology, Galway Clinic, H91 HHT0 Galway, Ireland.
Niall ColganSchool of Physics, College of Science and Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 CF50 Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-6482-0601

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Abstract

(1) Background: Multiparametric MRI (mp-MRI) is used to manage patients with PCa. Tumor identification via irregular sampling or biopsy is problematic and does not allow the comprehensive detection of the phenotypic and genetic alterations in a tumor. A non-invasive technique to clinically assess tumor heterogeneity is also in demand. We aimed to identify tumor heterogeneity from multiparametric magnetic resonance images using texture analysis (TA). (2) Methods: Eighteen patients with prostate cancer underwent mp-MRI scans before prostatectomy. A single radiologist matched the histopathology report to single axial slices that best depicted tumor and non-tumor regions to generate regions of interest (ROIs). First-order statistics based on the histogram analysis, including skewness, kurtosis, and entropy, were used to quantify tumor heterogeneity. We compared non-tumor regions with significant tumors, employing the two-tailed Mann-Whitney U test. Analysis of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC-AUC) was used to determine diagnostic accuracy. (3) Results: ADC skewness for a 6 × 6 px filter was significantly lower with an ROC-AUC of 0.82 (

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heterogeneitymultiparametric MRI (mp-MRI)prostate cancerprostatectomytexture analysis

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