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ArticleBMC medical imaging2023

A radiomics based approach using adrenal gland and periadrenal fat CT images to allocate COVID-19 health care resources fairly.

Mudan Zhang, Xuntao Yin, Wuchao Li, Yan Zha, Xianchun Zeng, Xiaoyong Zhang, Jingjing Cui, Zhong Xue, Rongpin Wang, Chen Liu

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Mudan Zhang *Department of Medical Imaging, International Exemplary Cooperation Base of Precision Imaging for Diagnosis and Treatment, NHC Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Immune-related Diseases, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshan East Road, Nan Ming District, 550002, Guiyang, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China.
Xuntao Yin *Department of Radiology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Wuchao LiDepartment of Medical Imaging, International Exemplary Cooperation Base of Precision Imaging for Diagnosis and Treatment, NHC Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Immune-related Diseases, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshan East Road, Nan Ming District, 550002, Guiyang, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China.
Yan ZhaDepartment of Nephrology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, 550002, Guiyang, Guizhou province, China.
Xianchun ZengDepartment of Medical Imaging, International Exemplary Cooperation Base of Precision Imaging for Diagnosis and Treatment, NHC Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Immune-related Diseases, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshan East Road, Nan Ming District, 550002, Guiyang, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China.
Xiaoyong ZhangDepartment of Medical Imaging, International Exemplary Cooperation Base of Precision Imaging for Diagnosis and Treatment, NHC Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Immune-related Diseases, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshan East Road, Nan Ming District, 550002, Guiyang, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China.
Jingjing CuiShanghai United Imaging Intelligence, Co., Ltd, 201807, Shanghai, China.
Zhong XueShanghai United Imaging Intelligence, Co., Ltd, 201807, Shanghai, China.
Rongpin WangDepartment of Medical Imaging, International Exemplary Cooperation Base of Precision Imaging for Diagnosis and Treatment, NHC Key Laboratory of Pulmonary Immune-related Diseases, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, No. 83 Zhongshan East Road, Nan Ming District, 550002, Guiyang, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China. wangrongpin@126.com.
Chen LiuDepartment of Radiology, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), 400038, Chongqing, China. liuchen@aifmri.com.
Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital · CNUnited Imaging Healthcare (China) · CNArmy Medical University · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CNGuizhou University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundThe value of radiomics features from the adrenal gland and periadrenal fat CT images for predicting disease progression in patients with COVID-19 has not been studied extensively. We assess the value of radiomics features from the adrenal gland and periadrenal fat CT images in predicting COVID-19 disease exacerbation.

methodsA total of 1,245 patients (685 moderate and 560 severe patients) were enrolled in a retrospective study. We proposed a 3D V-net to segment adrenal glands in onset CT images automatically, and periadrenal fat was obtained using inflation operation around the adrenal gland. Next, we built a clinical model (CM), three radiomics models (adrenal gland model [AM], periadrenal fat model [PM], and fusion of adrenal gland and periadrenal fat model [FM]), and radiomics nomogram (RN) after radiomics features extracted.

resultsThe auto-segmentation framework yielded a dice value 0.79 in the training set. CM, AM, PM, FM, and RN obtained AUCs of 0.717, 0.716, 0.736, 0.760, and 0.833 in the validation set. FM and RN had better predictive efficacy than CM (P < 0.0001) in the training set. RN showed that there was no significant difference in the validation set (mean absolute error [MAE] = 0.04) and test set (MAE = 0.075) between predictive and actual results. Decision curve analysis showed that if the threshold probability was between 0.4 and 0.8 in the validation set or between 0.3 and 0.7 in the test set, it could gain more net benefits using RN than FM and CM.

conclusionsRadiomics features extracted from the adrenal gland and periadrenal fat CT images are related to disease exacerbation in patients with COVID-19.

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COVID-19Adrenal GlandsDelivery of Health CareDisease ProgressionHumansRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray ComputedAdrenal glandAuto-segmentationCOVID-19Periadrenal fatRadiomics

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