Journal
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 4, Pages 2324-2333Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-019-06621-x
Keywords
Gastric cancer; Tomography; X-ray computed; Lymph node; Radiomics; Deep learning
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81271573, 91959130, 81971776, 81771924]
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Objectives To build a dual-energy CT (DECT)-based deep learning radiomics nomogram for lymph node metastasis (LNM) prediction in gastric cancer. Materials and methods Preoperative DECT images were retrospectively collected from 204 pathologically confirmed cases of gastric adenocarcinoma (mean age, 58 years; range, 28-81 years; 157 men [mean age, 60 years; range, 28-81 years] and 47 women [mean age, 54 years; range, 28-79 years]) between November 2011 and October 2018, They were divided into training (n = 136) and test (n = 68) sets. Radiomics features were extracted from monochromatic images at arterial phase (AP) and venous phase (VP). Clinical information, CT parameters, and follow-up data were collected. A radiomics nomogram for LNM prediction was built using deep learning approach and evaluated in test set using ROC analysis. Its prognostic performance was determined with Harrell's concordance index (C-index) based on patients' outcomes. Results The dual-energy CT radiomics signature was associated with LNM in two sets (Mann-Whitney U test, p < 0.001) and an achieved area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.71 for AP and 0.76 for VP in test set. The nomogram incorporated the two radiomics signatures and CT-reported lymph node status exhibited AUCs of 0.84 in the training set and 0.82 in the test set. The C-indices of the nomogram for progression-free survival and overall survival prediction were 0.64 (p = 0.004) and 0.67 (p = 0.002). Conclusion The DECT-based deep learning radiomics nomogram showed good performance in predicting LNM in gastric cancer. Furthermore, it was significantly associated with patients' prognosis.
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