Radiotherapy Center, Wenzhou Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou, 32500, China.
Department of Ultrasound Imaging, Wenzhou Medical University Second Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou, 32500, China.
J Digit Imaging. 2022 Oct;35(5):1362-1372. doi: 10.1007/s10278-022-00639-2. Epub 2022 Apr 26.
Noninvasive differentiating thyroid follicular adenoma from carcinoma preoperatively is of great clinical value to decrease the risks resulted from excessive surgery for patients with follicular neoplasm. The purpose of this study is to investigate the accuracy of ultrasound radiomics features integrating with ultrasound features in the differentiation between thyroid follicular carcinoma and adenoma. A total of 129 patients diagnosed as thyroid follicular neoplasm with pathologically confirmed follicular adenoma and carcinoma were enrolled and analyzed retrospectively. Radiomics features were extracted from preoperative ultrasound images with manually contoured targets. Ultrasound features and clinical parameters were also obtained from electronic medical records. Radiomics signature, combined model integrating radiomics features, ultrasound features, and clinical parameters were constructed and validated to differentiate the follicular carcinoma from adenoma. A total of 23 optimal features were selected from 449 extracted radiomics features. Clinical and ultrasound parameters of sex (p = 0.003), interior structure (p = 0.035), edge (p = 0.02), platelets (p = 0.007), and creatinine (p = 0.001) were associated with the differentiation between benign and malignant follicular neoplasm. The values of area under curves (AUCs) of the radiomics signature, clinical model, and combined model were 0.772 (95% CI: 0.707-0.838), 0.792 (95% CI: 0.715-0.869), and 0.861 (95% CI: 0.775-0.909), respectively. A final corrected AUC of 0.844 was achieved for the combined model after internal validation. Radiomics features from ultrasound images combined with ultrasound features and clinical factors are feasible to differentiate thyroid follicular carcinoma from adenoma noninvasive before operation to decrease the unnecessary of diagnostic thyroidectomy for patients with benign follicular adenoma.
术前无创鉴别甲状腺滤泡性腺瘤与癌对降低滤泡性肿瘤患者过度手术风险具有重要的临床价值。本研究旨在探讨超声影像组学特征联合超声特征在甲状腺滤泡癌与腺瘤鉴别诊断中的准确性。共纳入 129 例经病理证实为甲状腺滤泡性肿瘤的患者,回顾性分析其资料。从术前超声图像中手动勾画靶区提取影像组学特征。同时从电子病历中获取超声特征和临床参数。构建并验证基于影像组学特征、超声特征和临床参数的联合模型,以鉴别滤泡性癌与腺瘤。从 449 个提取的影像组学特征中选择了 23 个最佳特征。性别(p=0.003)、内部结构(p=0.035)、边缘(p=0.02)、血小板(p=0.007)和肌酐(p=0.001)等临床和超声参数与良恶性滤泡性肿瘤的鉴别有关。影像组学特征、临床模型和联合模型的曲线下面积(AUC)值分别为 0.772(95%可信区间:0.707-0.838)、0.792(95%可信区间:0.715-0.869)和 0.861(95%可信区间:0.775-0.909)。内部验证后联合模型的最终校正 AUC 为 0.844。因此,超声图像的影像组学特征联合超声特征和临床因素可用于术前无创鉴别甲状腺滤泡癌与腺瘤,以减少对良性滤泡性腺瘤患者进行不必要的诊断性甲状腺切除术。