Robustness of radiomics within photon-counting detector CT: impact of acquisition and reconstruction factors
European Radiology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2025
To
assess
the
impact
of
acquisition
and
reconstruction
factors
on
robustness
radiomics
within
photon-counting
detector
CT
(PCD-CT).
A
phantom
with
twenty-eight
texture
materials
was
scanned
different
including
reposition,
scan
mode
(standard
vs
high-pitch),
tube
voltage
(120
kVp
140
kVp),
slice
thickness
(1.0
mm
0.4
mm),
radiation
dose
level
(0.5
mGy,
1.0
3.0
5.0
10.0
mGy),
quantum
iterative
(0/4,
2/4,
4/4),
kernel
(Qr40,
Qr44,
Qr48).
Thirteen
sets
virtual
monochromatic
images
at
70-keV
were
reconstructed.
The
regions
interest
drawn
rigid
registrations.
Ninety-three
features
extracted
from
each
material.
reproducibility
evaluated
using
intraclass
correlation
coefficient
(ICC)
concordance
(CCC).
variability
assessed
by
variation
(CV)
quartile
dispersion
(QCD).
percentage
ICC
>
0.90
CCC
high
when
repositioned
(88.2%
88.2%)
changed
(87.1%
87.1%),
but
none
high-pitch
used.
CV
<
10%
QCD
(47.3%
68.8%)
(64.2%
71.0%),
that
low
between
standard
scans
(16.1%
26.9%)
(19.4%
29.0%).
PCD-CT
robust
to
voltage,
dose,
strength
level,
kernel,
brittle
thickness.
Question
stability
against
should
be
fully
determined
before
academic
research
clinical
application.
Findings
are
Clinical
relevance
influence
voxel
size
set
careful
attention
PCD-CT,
allow
a
higher
implementation
analysis
in
routine.
Язык: Английский
Assessment of Age-Related Differences in Lower Leg Muscles Quality Using Radiomic Features of Magnetic Resonance Images
Deleted Journal,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 16, 2024
Sarcopenia,
characterised
by
a
decline
in
muscle
mass
and
strength,
affects
the
health
of
elderly,
leading
to
increased
falls,
hospitalisation,
mortality
rates.
Muscle
quality,
reflecting
microscopic
macroscopic
changes,
is
critical
determinant
physical
function.
To
utilise
radiomic
features
extracted
from
magnetic
resonance
(MR)
images
assess
age-related
changes
dataset
24
adults,
divided
into
older
(male/female:
6/6,
66-79
years)
younger
21-31
groups,
was
used
investigate
radiomics
dorsiflexor
plantar
flexor
muscles
lower
leg
that
are
for
mobility.
MR
were
processed
using
MaZda
software
feature
extraction.
Dimensionality
reduction
performed
principal
component
analysis
recursive
elimination,
followed
classification
machine
learning
models,
such
as
support
vector
machine,
extreme
gradient
boosting,
naïve
Bayes.
A
leave-one-out
validation
test
train
classifiers,
area
under
receiver
operating
characteristic
curve
(AUC)
evaluate
performance.
The
revealed
significant
differences
distributions
found
between
age
with
adults
showing
higher
complexity
variability
texture.
flexors
showed
similar
or
AUC
than
dorsiflexors
all
models.
When
combined
muscles,
they
tended
have
when
alone.
Radiomic
lower-leg
reflect
ageing,
especially
muscles.
can
offer
deeper
understanding
quality
traditional
assessments.
Язык: Английский