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ArticleBMC medical imaging2025

Research on ischemic stroke risk assessment based on CTA radiomics and machine learning.

Zhi-Li Li, Hong-Yu Yang, Xiao-Xiao Lv, Ya-Kun Zhang, Xin-Yu Zhu, Yu-Rou Zhang, Li Guo

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Zhi-Li Li *Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, 374 Dianmian Avenue, Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan, 650101, China.
Hong-Yu Yang *Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, 374 Dianmian Avenue, Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan, 650101, China.
Xiao-Xiao Lv *Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, 374 Dianmian Avenue, Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan, 650101, China.
Ya-Kun ZhangDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, 374 Dianmian Avenue, Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan, 650101, China.
Xin-Yu ZhuDepartment of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310003, P.R. China.
Yu-Rou ZhangDepartment of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan, 646000, P.R. China.
Li GuoDepartment of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, 374 Dianmian Avenue, Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan, 650101, China. Guolab6666@163.com.

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Kunming Medical University's 2024 Master's Student Innovation Fund Project 2024S284the Yunnan Provincial Health Commission's Leading Discipline Scholars Training Program Project D-2019024
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backgroundThe study explores the value of a model constructed by integrating CTA-based carotid plaque radiomic features, clinical risk factors, and plaque imaging characteristics for prognosticating the risk of ischemic stroke.

methodsData from 123 patients with carotid atherosclerosis were analyzed and divided into stroke and asymptomatic groups based on DWI findings. Clinical information was collected, and plaque imaging characteristics were assessed to construct a traditional model. Radiomic features of carotid plaques were extracted using 3D-Slicer software to build a radiomics model. Logistic regression was applied in the training set to establish the traditional model, the radiomics model, and a combined model, which were then tested in the validation set. The prognostic ability of the three models for ischemic stroke was evaluated using ROC curves, while calibration curves, decision curve analysis, and clinical impact curves were used to assess the clinical utility of the models. Differences in AUC values between models were compared using the DeLong test.

resultsHypertension, diabetes, elevated homocysteine (Hcy) concentrations, and plaque burden are independent risk factors for ischemic stroke and were used to establish the traditional model. Through Lasso regression, nine optimal features were selected to construct the radiomics model. ROC curve analysis showed that the AUC values of the three Logistic regression models were 0.766, 0.766, and 0.878 in the training set, and 0.798, 0.801, and 0.847 in the validation set. Calibration curves and decision curve analysis showed that the radiomics model and the combined model had higher accuracy and better fit in prognosticating the risk of ischemic stroke.

conclusionsThe radiomics model is slightly better than the traditional model in evaluating the risk of ischemic stroke, while the combined model has the best prognostic performance.

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Carotid Artery DiseasesComputed Tomography AngiographyIschemic StrokeMachine LearningPlaque, AtheroscleroticAgedFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRadiomicsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsROC CurveCarotid vulnerable plaqueComputed tomography angiographyIschemic strokeNomogramRadiomics

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