Liu Feifan, Hong Jiayi, Chen Yuhan, Liu Huan, Wang Yue, Su Lijian, Hu Sheng, Fu Jingjing
Department of Neurology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, and International School of Medicine, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, China.
Department of Radiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, and International School of Medicine, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, China.
Front Neurosci. 2025 Aug 7;19:1643014. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2025.1643014. eCollection 2025.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop a multi-omics nomogram that combines clinical parameters, radiomics, and deep transfer learning (DTL) features of hyperattenuated imaging markers (HIM) from computed tomography scans immediately following mechanical thrombectomy (MT) to predict functional outcomes at discharge. METHODS: This study enrolled 246 patients with HIM who underwent MT. Patients were randomly assigned to a training cohort ( = 197, 80%) and a validation cohort ( = 49, 20%), with an additional internal prospective test cohort ( = 57). A total of 1,834 radiomics features and 25,088 DTL features were extracted from HIM images. Feature selection was conducted using analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson's correlation, principal component analysis (PCA), and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression. A support vector machine (SVM)-based nomogram integrating clinical, radiomics, and DTL features was developed to predict functional outcomes at discharge. Its performance was evaluated based on accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and area under the curve (AUC) analysis, decision curve analysis (DCA), and the DeLong test. RESULTS: The nomogram achieved AUCs of 0.995 (95% CI: 0.989-1.000) in training, 0.959 (95% CI: 0.910-1.000) in validation, and 0.894 (95% CI: 0.807-0.981) in test cohorts. Our nomogram significantly outperformed clinical, radiomics, and DTL models, as well as physician assessments (senior physicians: 0.693, = 0.001; junior physicians: 0.600, < 0.001). CONCLUSION: This multi-omics nomogram, integrating HIM-derived, clinical, radiomic, and DTL features, accurately predicts post-MT discharge outcomes, enabling early identification of high-risk patients and optimizing management to improve prognosis.
目的:本研究旨在开发一种多组学列线图,该列线图结合机械取栓(MT)后立即进行的计算机断层扫描中超高密度成像标志物(HIM)的临床参数、影像组学和深度迁移学习(DTL)特征,以预测出院时的功能结局。 方法:本研究纳入了246例患有HIM且接受MT的患者。患者被随机分配到训练队列(n = 197,80%)和验证队列(n = 49,20%),另有一个内部前瞻性测试队列(n = 57)。从HIM图像中提取了总共1834个影像组学特征和25088个DTL特征。使用方差分析(ANOVA)、Pearson相关性分析、主成分分析(PCA)和最小绝对收缩和选择算子(LASSO)回归进行特征选择。开发了一种基于支持向量机(SVM)的列线图,整合临床、影像组学和DTL特征,以预测出院时的功能结局。基于准确性、敏感性、特异性、受试者工作特征(ROC)曲线和曲线下面积(AUC)分析、决策曲线分析(DCA)和DeLong检验对其性能进行评估。 结果:该列线图在训练队列中的AUC为0.995(95%CI:0.989 - 1.000),在验证队列中为0.959(95%CI:0.910 - 1.000),在测试队列中为0.894(95%CI:0.807 - 0.981)。我们的列线图显著优于临床、影像组学和DTL模型以及医生评估(高级医生:0.693,P = 0.001;初级医生:0.600,P < 0.001)。 结论:这种整合HIM衍生、临床、影像组学和DTL特征的多组学列线图能够准确预测MT后的出院结局,有助于早期识别高危患者并优化管理以改善预后。