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Clinical Article
Prediction of lymph node metastasis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma based on radiomics model of T1WI arterial phase
LIU Zhuoyu  HUANG Xiaohua  CHEN Yuwei  HU Yuntao  TANG Lingling  LIU Nian 

Cite this article as: Liu ZY, Huang XH, Chen YW, et al. Prediction of lymph node metastasis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma based on radiomics model of T1WI arterial phase[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(8): 30-35. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.08.006.


[Abstract] Objective To evaluate the predictive value of pancreatic TIWI arterial phase radiomics model for lymph node metastasis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods and Materials: The MRI images and clinicopathological information of 121 patients with PDAC confirmed by pathology and preoperative enhancement MRI were analyzed retrospectively from March 2016 to March 2022. According to the pathological report of postoperative lymph nodes, 44 cases were positive and 77 cases were negative. The patients were randomly divided into training group (n=83) and validation group (n=38) according to 7∶3. Two physicians manually delineated the three-dimensional region of interest (3D-ROI) of pancreatic masses on T1WI arterial phase images and extracted features. Single factor analysis (Student's t test and Mann-Whitney U test) and the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator were used to screen the optimal features. Three prediction models were established based on decision tree, support vector machine and logical regression machine learning methods, respectively. The prediction performance of the model was evaluated by using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), the Hosmer-Lemesow test and the calibration plot were performed for the goodness of fit test of the model.Results There was no significant difference in clinicopathological characteristics (age, sex, tumor location, histological grade, CA199, T stage) between lymph node metastasis positive group and negative group, training group and validation group (P>0.05). A total of 1223 features were extracted based on 3D-ROI. After dimensionality reduction, five optimal features for predicting lymph node metastasis were obtained and then the model was established. In the training group, the AUC of support vector machine model, decision tree model and logical regression model were 0.882 [95% (confidence interval, CI): 0.797-0.968], 0.842 (95% CI: 0.755-0.930) and 0.813 (95% CI: 0.710-0.915) respectively. In the validation group, the AUC of the three models were 0.726 (95% CI: 0.546-0.906), 0.753 (95% CI: 0.606-0.899), 0.702 (95% CI: 0.522-0.883). Delong test showed that there was no significant difference between the three models (P>0.05). Three models were analyzed using the Hosmer-Lemesow test and performed well (P>0.05).Conclusions The radiomics model based on T1WI arterial phase images has a certain value in predicting lymph node metastasis in PDAC.
[Keywords] magnetic resonance imaging;radiomics;pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma;lymph node metastasis

LIU Zhuoyu   HUANG Xiaohua*   CHEN Yuwei   HU Yuntao   TANG Lingling   LIU Nian  

Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, China

Huang XH, E-mail: 15082797553@163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Nanchong City-School Science and Technology Strategic Cooperation Project (No. 20SXQT0303).
Received  2022-04-29
Accepted  2022-07-29
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.08.006
Cite this article as: Liu ZY, Huang XH, Chen YW, et al. Prediction of lymph node metastasis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma based on radiomics model of T1WI arterial phase[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2022, 13(8): 30-35. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2022.08.006.

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