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Trial reportScientific reports2024

Comparative analysis of radiomics and deep-learning algorithms for survival prediction in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Felix Schön, Aaron Kieslich, Heiner Nebelung, Carina Riediger, Ralf-Thorsten Hoffmann, Alex Zwanenburg, Steffen Löck, Jens-Peter Kühn

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Felix Schön *Institute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany. felix.schoen@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
Aaron Kieslich *OncoRay‑National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany. aaron.kieslich@oncoray.de.
Heiner NebelungInstitute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Carina RiedigerDepartment of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Ralf-Thorsten HoffmannInstitute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Alex ZwanenburgOncoRay‑National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Steffen LöckOncoRay‑National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.
Jens-Peter KühnInstitute and Polyclinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To examine the comparative robustness of computed tomography (CT)-based conventional radiomics and deep-learning convolutional neural networks (CNN) to predict overall survival (OS) in HCC patients. Retrospectively, 114 HCC patients with pretherapeutic CT of the liver were randomized into a development (n = 85) and a validation (n = 29) cohort, including patients of all tumor stages and several applied therapies. In addition to clinical parameters, image annotations of the liver parenchyma and of tumor findings on CT were available. Cox-regression based on radiomics features and CNN models were established and combined with clinical parameters to predict OS. Model performance was assessed using the concordance index (C-index). Log-rank tests were used to test model-based patient stratification into high/low-risk groups. The clinical Cox-regression model achieved the best validation performance for OS (C-index [95% confidence interval (CI)] 0.74 [0.57-0.86]) with a significant difference between the risk groups (p = 0.03). In image analysis, the CNN models (lowest C-index [CI] 0.63 [0.39-0.83]; highest C-index [CI] 0.71 [0.49-0.88]) were superior to the corresponding radiomics models (lowest C-index [CI] 0.51 [0.30-0.73]; highest C-index [CI] 0.66 [0.48-0.79]). A significant risk stratification was not possible (p > 0.05). Under clinical conditions, CNN-algorithms demonstrate superior prognostic potential to predict OS in HCC patients compared to conventional radiomics approaches and could therefore provide important information in the clinical setting, especially when clinical data is limited.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularDeep LearningLiver NeoplasmsAlgorithmsHumansRadiomicsRetrospective Studies

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PMID38182664
PMCPMC10770355

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