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ArticleSkeletal radiology2024

Application of radiomics model based on ultrasound image features in the prediction of carpal tunnel syndrome severity.

Shuyi Lyu, Meiwu Zhang, Jianjun Yu, Jiazhen Zhu, Baisong Zhang, Libo Gao, Dingkelei Jin, Qiaojie Chen

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  3. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Diagnosis: A Narrative Review of Complementary Roles of Neuromuscular Ultrasound and Electrodiagnostic Studies.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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Shuyi LyuDepartment of Ultrasound, Haishu District, Ningbo NO.2 Hospital, No. 41, Northwest Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315010, People's Republic of China.
Meiwu ZhangDepartment of Ultrasound, Haishu District, Ningbo NO.2 Hospital, No. 41, Northwest Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315010, People's Republic of China.
Jianjun YuDepartment of Neuroelectrophysiology, Haishu District, Ningbo NO.2 Hospital, No. 41, Northwest Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315010, People's Republic of China.
Jiazhen ZhuDepartment of Radiology, Haishu District, Ningbo NO.2 Hospital, No. 41, Northwest Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315010, People's Republic of China.
Baisong ZhangDepartment of Ultrasound, Haishu District, Ningbo NO.2 Hospital, No. 41, Northwest Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315010, People's Republic of China.
Libo GaoDepartment of Ultrasound, Haishu District, Ningbo NO.2 Hospital, No. 41, Northwest Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315010, People's Republic of China.
Dingkelei JinDepartment of Ultrasound, Haishu District, Ningbo NO.2 Hospital, No. 41, Northwest Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315010, People's Republic of China.
Qiaojie ChenDepartment of Orthopaedics, Haishu District, Ningbo NO.2 Hospital, No. 41, Northwest Street, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315010, People's Republic of China. 714449291@qq.com.

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Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 2021L003Health Medical Collaborative Innovation Program of Guangzhou Project Number:No.2022-S02Medical Technology and Education of Zhejiang Province of China 2021KY294Medical Technology and Education of Zhejiang Province of China 2023KY1098
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objectiveThe aim of our study is to develop and validate a radiomics model based on ultrasound image features for predicting carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) severity.

methodsThis retrospective study included 237 CTS hands (106 for mild symptom, 68 for moderate symptom and 63 for severe symptom). There were no statistically significant differences among the three groups in terms of age, gender, race, etc. The data set was randomly divided into a training set and a test set in a ratio of 7:3. Firstly, a senior musculoskeletal ultrasound expert measures the cross-sectional area of median nerve (MN) at the scaphoid-pisiform level. Subsequently, a recursive feature elimination (RFE) method was used to identify the most discriminative radiomic features of each MN at the entrance of the carpal tunnel. Eventually, a random forest model was employed to classify the selected features for prediction. To evaluate the performance of the model, the confusion matrix, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, and F1 values were calculated and plotted correspondingly.

resultsThe prediction capability of the radiomics model was significantly better than that of ultrasound measurements when 10 robust features were selected. The training set performed perfect classification with 100% accuracy for all participants, while the testing set performed accurate classification of severity for 76.39% of participants with F1 values of 80.00, 63.40, and 84.80 for predicting mild, moderate, and severe CTS, respectively. Comparably, the F1 values for mild, moderate, and severe CTS predicted based on the MN cross-sectional area were 76.46, 57.78, and 64.00, respectively..

conclusionThis radiomics model based on ultrasound images has certain value in distinguishing the severity of CTS, and was slightly superior to using only MN cross-sectional area for judgment. Although its diagnostic efficacy was still inferior to that of neuroelectrophysiology. However, this method was non-invasive and did not require additional costs, and could provide additional information for clinical physicians to develop diagnosis and treatment plans.

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Carpal Tunnel SyndromeSeverity of Illness IndexUltrasonographyAdultAgedFemaleHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsRadiomicsRetrospective StudiesCarpal tunnel syndromeRadiomicsSeverityUltrasound images

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