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ArticleLa Radiologia medica2023

Limited impact of discretization/interpolation parameters on the predictive power of CT radiomic features in a surgical cohort of pancreatic cancer patients.

Sara Loi, Martina Mori, Diego Palumbo, Stefano Crippa, Gabriele Palazzo, Emiliano Spezi, Antonella Del Vecchio, Massimo Falconi, Francesco De Cobelli, Claudio Fiorino

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Sara LoiMedical Physics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 690, 20132, Milan, Italy.
Martina MoriMedical Physics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 690, 20132, Milan, Italy.
Diego PalumboSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Stefano CrippaPancreatic Surgery Unit, Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Gabriele PalazzoMedical Physics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 690, 20132, Milan, Italy.
Emiliano SpeziSchool of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Antonella Del VecchioMedical Physics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 690, 20132, Milan, Italy.
Massimo FalconiPancreatic Surgery Unit, Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Francesco De CobelliSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Claudio FiorinoMedical Physics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 690, 20132, Milan, Italy. fiorino.claudio@hsr.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0013-8494

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Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro IG23150
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purposeTo explore the variation of the discriminative power of CT (Computed Tomography) radiomic features (RF) against image discretization/interpolation in predicting early distant relapses (EDR) after upfront surgery. MATERIALS AND

methodsData of 144 patients with pre-surgical high contrast CT were processed consistently with IBSI (Image Biomarker Standardization Initiative) guidelines. Image interpolation/discretization parameters were intentionally changed, including cubic voxel size (0.21-27 mm

resultsDespite RF variability against discretization/interpolation parameters was large and only 30/80 RF showed %COV < 20 (%COV = 100*STDEV/MEAN), AUC changes were relatively limited: for 30 RF significantly associated with EDR (AUC values around 0.60-0.70), the mean values of SD of AUC variability and AUC range were 0.02 and 0.05 respectively. AUC ranges were between 0.00 and 0.11, with values ≤ 0.05 in 16/30 RF. These variations were further reduced when excluding the extreme values of 32 and 128 for grey levels (Average AUC range 0.04, with values between 0.00 and 0.08).

conclusionsThe discriminative power of CT RF in the prediction of EDR after upfront surgery for pancreatic cancer is relatively invariant against image interpolation/discretization within a large range of voxel sizes and binning.

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Pancreatic NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedAdenocarcinomaCT imagingPancreatic tumorsRadiomics

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