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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Textural Features of MR Images Correlate with an Increased Risk of Clinically Significant Cancer in Patients with High PSA Levels.

Sebastian Gibala, Rafal Obuchowicz, Julia Lasek, Zofia Schneider, Adam Piorkowski, Elżbieta Pociask, Karolina Nurzynska

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sebastian GibalaUrology Department, Ultragen Medical Center, 31-572 Krakow, Poland.
Rafal ObuchowiczDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-501 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5883-5551
Julia LasekFaculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2516-1823
Zofia SchneiderFaculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4987-5361
Adam PiorkowskiDepartment of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4773-5322
Elżbieta PociaskDepartment of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8938-1089
Karolina NurzynskaDepartment of Algorithmics and Software, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5137-5732
AGH University of Krakow · PLJagiellonian University · PLSilesian University of Technology · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProstate cancer, which is associated with gland biology and also with environmental risks, is a serious clinical problem in the male population worldwide. Important progress has been made in the diagnostic and clinical setups designed for the detection of prostate cancer, with a multiparametric magnetic resonance diagnostic process based on the PIRADS protocol playing a key role. This method relies on image evaluation by an imaging specialist. The medical community has expressed its desire for image analysis techniques that can detect important image features that may indicate cancer risk.

methodsAnonymized scans of 41 patients with laboratory diagnosed PSA levels who were routinely scanned for prostate cancer were used. The peripheral and central zones of the prostate were depicted manually with demarcation of suspected tumor foci under medical supervision. More than 7000 textural features in the marked regions were calculated using MaZda software. Then, these 7000 features were used to perform region parameterization. Statistical analyses were performed to find correlations with PSA-level-based diagnosis that might be used to distinguish suspected (different) lesions. Further multiparametrical analysis using MIL-SVM machine learning was used to obtain greater accuracy.

resultsMultiparametric classification using MIL-SVM allowed us to reach 92% accuracy.

conclusionsThere is an important correlation between the textural parameters of MRI prostate images made using the PIRADS MR protocol with PSA levels > 4 mg/mL. The correlations found express dependence between image features with high cancer markers and hence the cancer risk.

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MRImultiple-instance learningprostate cancerPSAsupport vector machinetextural analysis

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