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ArticleJournal of digital imaging2023

A Comparison of Three Different Deep Learning-Based Models to Predict the MGMT Promoter Methylation Status in Glioblastoma Using Brain MRI.

Shahriar Faghani, Bardia Khosravi, Mana Moassefi, Gian Marco Conte, Bradley J Erickson

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Article in Journal of digital imaging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Diagnostic Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence for Predicting MGMT Promoter Methylation in Glioblastoma Using MR Imaging: A Systematic Review.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shahriar FaghaniRadiology Informatics Lab, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, S.W, 200 1St Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Bardia KhosraviRadiology Informatics Lab, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, S.W, 200 1St Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Mana MoassefiRadiology Informatics Lab, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, S.W, 200 1St Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Gian Marco ConteRadiology Informatics Lab, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, S.W, 200 1St Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Bradley J EricksonRadiology Informatics Lab, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, S.W, 200 1St Street, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. bje@mayo.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7926-6095
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults. The standard treatment for GBM consists of surgical resection followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy and adjuvant temozolomide. O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation status is an important prognostic biomarker that predicts the response to temozolomide and guides treatment decisions. At present, the only reliable way to determine MGMT promoter methylation status is through the analysis of tumor tissues. Considering the complications of the tissue-based methods, an imaging-based approach is preferred. This study aimed to compare three different deep learning-based approaches for predicting MGMT promoter methylation status. We obtained 576 T2WI with their corresponding tumor masks, and MGMT promoter methylation status from, The Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) 2021 datasets. We developed three different models: voxel-wise, slice-wise, and whole-brain. For voxel-wise classification, methylated and unmethylated MGMT tumor masks were made into 1 and 2 with 0 background, respectively. We converted each T2WI into 32 × 32 × 32 patches. We trained a 3D-Vnet model for tumor segmentation. After inference, we constructed the whole brain volume based on the patch's coordinates. The final prediction of MGMT methylation status was made by majority voting between the predicted voxel values of the biggest connected component. For slice-wise classification, we trained an object detection model for tumor detection and MGMT methylation status prediction, then for final prediction, we used majority voting. For the whole-brain approach, we trained a 3D Densenet121 for prediction. Whole-brain, slice-wise, and voxel-wise, accuracy was 65.42% (SD 3.97%), 61.37% (SD 1.48%), and 56.84% (SD 4.38%), respectively.

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Brain NeoplasmsDeep LearningGlioblastomaAdultBrainDNA MethylationDNA Modification MethylasesDNA Repair EnzymesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingO(6)-Methylguanine-DNA MethyltransferaseTemozolomideTumor Suppressor ProteinsDNA Modification MethylasesDNA Repair EnzymesMGMT protein, humanO(6)-Methylguanine-DNA MethyltransferaseTemozolomideTumor Suppressor ProteinsBrain tumorBraTSClassificationDeep learningMGMT

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