Saha Chandan, Figley Chase R, Lithgow Brian, Wang Xikui, Fitzgerald Paul B, Koski Lisa, Mansouri Behzad, Moussavi Zahra
Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Med Biol Eng Comput. 2025 May 8. doi: 10.1007/s11517-025-03366-2.
The efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease (AD) is uncertain at baseline. Herein, we aimed to investigate whether radiomic features from the pre-treatment MRI data could predict rTMS efficacy for AD treatment. Out of 110 participants with AD in the active (n = 75) and sham (n = 35) rTMS treatment groups having T1-weighted brain MRI data, we had two groups of responders (active = 55 and sham = 24) and non-responders (active = 20 and sham = 11). We extracted histogram-based radiomic features from MRI data using 3D Slicer software; the most important features were selected utilizing a combination of a two-sample t-test, correlation test, least absolute shrinkage, and selection operator. The support vector machine classified rTMS responders and non-responders with a cross-validated mean accuracy/AUC of 81.9%/90.0% in the active group and 87.4%/95.8% in the sham group. Further, the radiomic features of the active group significantly correlated with participants' AD assessment scale-cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) change after treatment (false discovery rate corrected p < 0.05). Given that baseline radiomic features were able to accurately predict AD patients' responses to rTMS treatment, these radiomic features warrant further investigation for personalizing AD therapeutic strategies.
重复经颅磁刺激(rTMS)作为阿尔茨海默病(AD)的一种治疗方法,在基线时其疗效尚不确定。在此,我们旨在研究治疗前MRI数据的放射组学特征是否能够预测rTMS治疗AD的疗效。在接受rTMS治疗的110名AD患者中,75名接受了真刺激,35名接受了假刺激,这些患者均有T1加权脑MRI数据,我们将其分为两组,即反应者(真刺激组=55名,假刺激组=24名)和无反应者(真刺激组=20名,假刺激组=11名)。我们使用3D Slicer软件从MRI数据中提取基于直方图的放射组学特征;通过双样本t检验、相关性检验、最小绝对收缩和选择算子相结合的方法选择最重要的特征。支持向量机对rTMS反应者和无反应者进行分类,真刺激组交叉验证的平均准确率/AUC为81.9%/90.0%,假刺激组为87.4%/95.8%。此外,真刺激组的放射组学特征与治疗后参与者的AD评估量表-认知子量表(ADAS-Cog)变化显著相关(错误发现率校正p<0.05)。鉴于基线放射组学特征能够准确预测AD患者对rTMS治疗的反应,这些放射组学特征值得进一步研究,以实现AD治疗策略的个性化。