Journal
PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS
Volume 57, Issue -, Pages 41-46Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.12.005
Keywords
Radiomics; CT imaging; Pancreatic tumors; Neuroendocrine tumors; Inter-observer variability
Funding
- AIRC grant [IG18965]
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to quantify the impact of CT delineation uncertainty of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (panNEN) on Radiomic features (RF). Methods: Thirty-one previously operated patients were considered. Three expert radiologists contoured panNEN lesions on pre-surgical high-resolution contrast-enhanced CT images and contours were transferred onto pre-contrast CT. Volume agreement was quantified by the DICE index. After images resampling and re-binning, 69 RF were extracted and the impact of inter-observer variability was assessed by Intra-Class Correlation (ICC): ICC > 0.80 was considered as a threshold for very high inter-observer agreement. Results: The median volume was 1.3 cc (range: 0.2-110 cc); a satisfactory inter-observer volume agreement was found (mean DICE = 0.78). Only 4 RF showed ICC < 0.80 (0.48-0.73), including asphericity and three RFs (of five) of the neighborhood intensity difference matrix (NID). Conclusions: The impact of inter-observer variability in delineating panNEN on RF was minimum, with the exception of the NID family and asphericity, showing a moderate agreement. These results support the feasibility of studies aiming to assess CT radiomic biomarkers for panNEN.
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