Harmonization of radiomic feature distributions: impact on classification of hepatic tissue in CT imaging
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY(2021)
摘要
Objectives Following the craze for radiomic features (RF), their lack of reliability raised the question of the generalizability of classification models. Inter-site harmonization of images therefore becomes a central issue. We compared RF harmonization processing designed to detect liver diseases in CT images. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 76 multi-center portal CT series of non-diseased (NDL) and diseased liver (DL) patients. In each series, we positioned volumes of interest in spleen and liver, then extracted 9 RF (histogram and texture). We evaluated two RF harmonization approaches. First, in each series, we computed the Z-score of liver measurements based on those computed in the spleen. Second, we evaluated the ComBat method according to each imaging center; parameters were computed in the spleen and applied to the liver. We compared RF distributions and classification performances before/after harmonization. We classified NDL versus spleen and versus DL tissues. Results The RF distributions were all different between liver and spleen ( p < 0.05). The Z-score harmonization outperformed for the detection of liver versus spleen: AUC = 93.1% ( p < 0.001). For the detection of DL versus NDL, in a case/control setting, we found no differences between the harmonizations: mean AUC = 73.6% ( p = 0.49). Using the whole datasets, the performances were improved using ComBat ( p = 0.05) AUC = 82.4% and degraded with Z-score AUC = 67.4% ( p = 0.008). Conclusions Data harmonization requires to first focus on data structuring to not degrade the performances of subsequent classifications. Liver tissue classification after harmonization of spleen-based RF is a promising strategy for improving the detection of DL tissue. Key Points • Variability of acquisition parameter makes radiomics of CT features non-reproducible . • Data harmonization can help circumvent the inter-site variability of acquisition protocols. • Inter-site harmonization must be carefully implemented and requires designing consistent data sets.
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关键词
Radiomics, Tomography, X-ray computed, Reproducibility of results, Liver, Pattern recognition, automated
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