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Burrows L, Patel J, Islim AI, Jenkinson MD, Mills SJ, Chen K. A semi-automatic segmentation method for meningioma developed using a variational approach model. Neuroradiol J 2024; 37:199-205. [PMID: 38146866 DOI: 10.1177/19714009231224442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Meningioma is the commonest primary brain tumour. Volumetric post-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is recognised as gold standard for delineation of meningioma volume but is hindered by manual processing times. We aimed to investigate the utility of a model-based variational approach in segmenting meningioma. METHODS A database of patients with a meningioma (2007-2015) was queried for patients with a contrast-enhanced volumetric MRI, who had consented to a research tissue biobank. Manual segmentation by a neuroradiologist was performed and results were compared to the mathematical model, using a battery of tests including the Sørensen-Dice coefficient (DICE) and JACCARD index. A publicly available meningioma dataset (708 segmented T1 contrast-enhanced slices) was also used to test the reliability of the model. RESULTS 49 meningioma cases were included. The most common meningioma location was convexity (n = 15, 30.6%). The mathematical model segmented all but one incidental meningioma, which failed due to the lack of contrast uptake. The median meningioma volume by manual segmentation was 19.0 cm3 (IQR 4.9-31.2). The median meningioma volume using the mathematical model was 16.9 cm3 (IQR 4.6-28.34). The mean DICE score was 0.90 (SD = 0.04). The mean JACCARD index was 0.82 (SD = 0.07). For the publicly available dataset, the mean DICE and JACCARD scores were 0.90 (SD = 0.06) and 0.82 (SD = 0.10), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Segmentation of meningioma volume using the proposed mathematical model was possible with accurate results. Application of this model on contrast-enhanced volumetric imaging may help reduce work burden on neuroradiologists with the increasing number in meningioma diagnoses.
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- Liam Burrows
- Department of Mathematical Sciences and Centre for Mathematical Imaging Techniques, University of Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, University of Manchester, UK
- Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Northren Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, UK
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Neuroradiology, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, UK
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences and Centre for Mathematical Imaging Techniques, University of Liverpool, UK
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, UK
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Yang L, Wang T, Zhang J, Kang S, Xu S, Wang K. Deep learning-based automatic segmentation of meningioma from T1-weighted contrast-enhanced MRI for preoperative meningioma differentiation using radiomic features. BMC Med Imaging 2024; 24:56. [PMID: 38443817 PMCID: PMC10916038 DOI: 10.1186/s12880-024-01218-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to establish a dedicated deep-learning model (DLM) on routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data to investigate DLM performance in automated detection and segmentation of meningiomas in comparison to manual segmentations. Another purpose of our work was to develop a radiomics model based on the radiomics features extracted from automatic segmentation to differentiate low- and high-grade meningiomas before surgery. MATERIALS A total of 326 patients with pathologically confirmed meningiomas were enrolled. Samples were randomly split with a 6:2:2 ratio to the training set, validation set, and test set. Volumetric regions of interest (VOIs) were manually drawn on each slice using the ITK-SNAP software. An automatic segmentation model based on SegResNet was developed for the meningioma segmentation. Segmentation performance was evaluated by dice coefficient and 95% Hausdorff distance. Intra class correlation (ICC) analysis was applied to assess the agreement between radiomic features from manual and automatic segmentations. Radiomics features derived from automatic segmentation were extracted by pyradiomics. After feature selection, a model for meningiomas grading was built. RESULTS The DLM detected meningiomas in all cases. For automatic segmentation, the mean dice coefficient and 95% Hausdorff distance were 0.881 (95% CI: 0.851-0.981) and 2.016 (95% CI:1.439-3.158) in the test set, respectively. Features extracted on manual and automatic segmentation are comparable: the average ICC value was 0.804 (range, 0.636-0.933). Features extracted on manual and automatic segmentation are comparable: the average ICC value was 0.804 (range, 0.636-0.933). For meningioma classification, the radiomics model based on automatic segmentation performed well in grading meningiomas, yielding a sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and area under the curve (AUC) of 0.778 (95% CI: 0.701-0.856), 0.860 (95% CI: 0.722-0.908), 0.848 (95% CI: 0.715-0.903) and 0.842 (95% CI: 0.807-0.895) in the test set, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The DLM yielded favorable automated detection and segmentation of meningioma and can help deploy radiomics for preoperative meningioma differentiation in clinical practice.
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- Liping Yang
- Department of PET-CT, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, 150001, China
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- Medical Imaging Department, Changzheng Hospital of Harbin City, Harbin, China
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- Medical Imaging Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Medical Imaging Department, The Second Hospital of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, China
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- Department of Medical Instruments, Second Hospital of Harbin, Harbin, 150001, China.
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- Department of PET-CT, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, 150001, China.
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Kang H, Witanto JN, Pratama K, Lee D, Choi KS, Choi SH, Kim KM, Kim MS, Kim JW, Kim YH, Park SJ, Park CK. Fully Automated MRI Segmentation and Volumetric Measurement of Intracranial Meningioma Using Deep Learning. J Magn Reson Imaging 2023; 57:871-881. [PMID: 35775971 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Accurate and rapid measurement of the MRI volume of meningiomas is essential in clinical practice to determine the growth rate of the tumor. Imperfect automation and disappointing performance for small meningiomas of previous automated volumetric tools limit their use in routine clinical practice. PURPOSE To develop and validate a computational model for fully automated meningioma segmentation and volume measurement on contrast-enhanced MRI scans using deep learning. STUDY TYPE Retrospective. POPULATION A total of 659 intracranial meningioma patients (median age, 59.0 years; interquartile range: 53.0-66.0 years) including 554 women and 105 men. FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE The 1.0 T, 1.5 T, and 3.0 T; three-dimensional, T1 -weighted gradient-echo imaging with contrast enhancement. ASSESSMENT The tumors were manually segmented by two neurosurgeons, H.K. and C.-K.P., with 10 and 26 years of clinical experience, respectively, for use as the ground truth. Deep learning models based on U-Net and nnU-Net were trained using 459 subjects and tested for 100 patients from a single institution (internal validation set [IVS]) and 100 patients from other 24 institutions (external validation set [EVS]), respectively. The performance of each model was evaluated with the Sørensen-Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) compared with the ground truth. STATISTICAL TESTS According to the normality of the data distribution verified by the Shapiro-Wilk test, variables with three or more categories were compared by the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's post hoc analysis. RESULTS A two-dimensional (2D) nnU-Net showed the highest median DSCs of 0.922 and 0.893 for the IVS and EVS, respectively. The nnU-Nets achieved superior performance in meningioma segmentation than the U-Nets. The DSCs of the 2D nnU-Net for small meningiomas less than 1 cm3 were 0.769 and 0.780 with the IVS and EVS, respectively. DATA CONCLUSION A fully automated and accurate volumetric measurement tool for meningioma with clinically applicable performance for small meningioma using nnU-Net was developed. EVIDENCE LEVEL 3 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 2.
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- Ho Kang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Research and Science Division, Research and Development Center, MEDICALIP Co. Ltd, Seoul, Korea
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- Research and Science Division, Research and Development Center, MEDICALIP Co. Ltd, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Research and Science Division, Research and Development Center, MEDICALIP Co. Ltd, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Ma X, Zhao Y, Lu Y, Li P, Li X, Mei N, Wang J, Geng D, Zhao L, Yin B. A dual-branch hybrid dilated CNN model for the AI-assisted segmentation of meningiomas in MR images. Comput Biol Med 2022; 151:106279. [PMID: 36375416 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.106279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Treatment for meningiomas usually includes surgical removal, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Accurate segmentation of tumors significantly facilitates complete surgical resection and precise radiotherapy, thereby improving patient survival. In this paper, a deep learning model is constructed for magnetic resonance T1-weighted Contrast Enhancement (T1CE) images to develop an automatic processing scheme for accurate tumor segmentation. METHODS In this paper, a novel Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model is proposed for the accurate meningioma segmentation in MR images. It can extract fused features in multi-scale receptive fields of the same feature map based on MR image characteristics of meningiomas. The attention mechanism is added as a helpful addition to the model to optimize the feature information transmission. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The results were evaluated on two internal testing sets and one external testing set. Mean Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) values of 0.886, 0.851, and 0.874 are demonstrated, respectively. In this paper, a deep learning approach is proposed to segment tumors in T1CE images. Multi-center testing sets validated the effectiveness and generalization of the method. The proposed model demonstrates state-of-the-art tumor segmentation performance.
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- Xin Ma
- The School of Engineering and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China; Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215163, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215163, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215163, China
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
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- Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, 215163, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
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Boaro A, Kaczmarzyk JR, Kavouridis VK, Harary M, Mammi M, Dawood H, Shea A, Cho EY, Juvekar P, Noh T, Rana A, Ghosh S, Arnaout O. Deep neural networks allow expert-level brain meningioma segmentation and present potential for improvement of clinical practice. Sci Rep 2022; 12:15462. [PMID: 36104424 PMCID: PMC9474556 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19356-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Accurate brain meningioma segmentation and volumetric assessment are critical for serial patient follow-up, surgical planning and monitoring response to treatment. Current gold standard of manual labeling is a time-consuming process, subject to inter-user variability. Fully-automated algorithms for meningioma segmentation have the potential to bring volumetric analysis into clinical and research workflows by increasing accuracy and efficiency, reducing inter-user variability and saving time. Previous research has focused solely on segmentation tasks without assessment of impact and usability of deep learning solutions in clinical practice. Herein, we demonstrate a three-dimensional convolutional neural network (3D-CNN) that performs expert-level, automated meningioma segmentation and volume estimation on MRI scans. A 3D-CNN was initially trained by segmenting entire brain volumes using a dataset of 10,099 healthy brain MRIs. Using transfer learning, the network was then specifically trained on meningioma segmentation using 806 expert-labeled MRIs. The final model achieved a median performance of 88.2% reaching the spectrum of current inter-expert variability (82.6–91.6%). We demonstrate in a simulated clinical scenario that a deep learning approach to meningioma segmentation is feasible, highly accurate and has the potential to improve current clinical practice.
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Battalapalli D, Rao BVVSNP, Yogeeswari P, Kesavadas C, Rajagopalan V. An optimal brain tumor segmentation algorithm for clinical MRI dataset with low resolution and non-contiguous slices. BMC Med Imaging 2022; 22:89. [PMID: 35568820 PMCID: PMC9107172 DOI: 10.1186/s12880-022-00812-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background Segmenting brain tumor and its constituent regions from magnetic resonance images (MRI) is important for planning diagnosis and treatment. In clinical routine often an experienced radiologist delineates the tumor regions using multimodal MRI. But this manual segmentation is prone to poor reproducibility and is time consuming. Also, routine clinical scans are usually of low resolution. To overcome these limitations an automated and precise segmentation algorithm based on computer vision is needed. Methods We investigated the performance of three widely used segmentation methods namely region growing, fuzzy C means and deep neural networks (deepmedic). We evaluated these algorithms on the BRATS 2018 dataset by choosing randomly 48 patients data (high grade, n = 24 and low grade, n = 24) and on our routine clinical MRI brain tumor dataset (high grade, n = 15 and low grade, n = 28). We measured their performance using dice similarity coefficient, Hausdorff distance and volume measures. Results Region growing method performed very poorly when compared to fuzzy C means (fcm) and deepmedic network. Dice similarity coefficient scores for FCM and deepmedic algorithms were close to each other for BRATS and clinical dataset. The accuracy was below 70% for both these methods in general. Conclusion Even though the deepmedic network showed very high accuracy in BRATS challenge for brain tumor segmentation, it has to be custom trained for the low resolution routine clinical scans. It also requires large training data to be used as a stand-alone algorithm for clinical applications. Nevertheless deepmedic may be a better algorithm for brain tumor segmentation when compared to region growing or FCM.
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- Dheerendranath Battalapalli
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, 500078, India
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, 500078, India
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- Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, 500078, India
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- Department of Imaging Sciences and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, 695011, India
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, 500078, India.
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Chen H, Li S, Zhang Y, Liu L, Lv X, Yi Y, Ruan G, Ke C, Feng Y. Deep learning-based automatic segmentation of meningioma from multiparametric MRI for preoperative meningioma differentiation using radiomic features: a multicentre study. Eur Radiol 2022; 32:7248-7259. [PMID: 35420299 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-022-08749-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Develop and evaluate a deep learning-based automatic meningioma segmentation method for preoperative meningioma differentiation using radiomic features. METHODS A retrospective multicentre inclusion of MR examinations (T1/T2-weighted and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging) was conducted. Data from centre 1 were allocated to training (n = 307, age = 50.94 ± 11.51) and internal testing (n = 238, age = 50.70 ± 12.72) cohorts, and data from centre 2 external testing cohort (n = 64, age = 48.45 ± 13.59). A modified attention U-Net was trained for meningioma segmentation. Segmentation accuracy was evaluated by five quantitative metrics. The agreement between radiomic features from manual and automatic segmentations was assessed using intra class correlation coefficient (ICC). After univariate and minimum-redundancy-maximum-relevance feature selection, L1-regularized logistic regression models for differentiating between low-grade (I) and high-grade (II and III) meningiomas were separately constructed using manual and automatic segmentations; their performances were evaluated using ROC analysis. RESULTS Dice of meningioma segmentation for the internal testing cohort were 0.94 ± 0.04 and 0.91 ± 0.05 for tumour volumes in contrast-enhanced T1-weighted and T2-weighted images, respectively; those for the external testing cohort were 0.90 ± 0.07 and 0.88 ± 0.07. Features extracted using manual and automatic segmentations agreed well, for both the internal (ICC = 0.94, interquartile range: 0.88-0.97) and external (ICC = 0.90, interquartile range: 0.78-70.96) testing cohorts. AUC of radiomic model with automatic segmentation was comparable with that of the model with manual segmentation for both the internal (0.95 vs. 0.93, p = 0.176) and external (0.88 vs. 0.91, p = 0.419) testing cohorts. CONCLUSIONS The developed deep learning-based segmentation method enables automatic and accurate extraction of meningioma from multiparametric MR images and can help deploy radiomics for preoperative meningioma differentiation in clinical practice. KEY POINTS • A deep learning-based method was developed for automatic segmentation of meningioma from multiparametric MR images. • The automatic segmentation method enabled accurate extraction of meningiomas and yielded radiomic features that were highly consistent with those that were obtained using manual segmentation. • High-grade meningiomas were preoperatively differentiated from low-grade meningiomas using a radiomic model constructed on features from automatic segmentation.
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- Haolin Chen
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, 1023 Shatainan Road, Guangzhou, 510515, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing & Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Technology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Centre for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence & Key Laboratory of Mental Health of the Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, 1023 Shatainan Road, Guangzhou, 510515, China.,Network Information Centre, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China.,Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China. .,Collaborative Innovation Centre for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, Guangzhou, China. .,Department of Neurosurgery and Neuro-oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Centre, 651 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, 1023 Shatainan Road, Guangzhou, 510515, China. .,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing & Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Technology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. .,Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Centre for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence & Key Laboratory of Mental Health of the Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China. .,Department of Rehabilitation, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Huang W, Shu X, Wang Z, Zhang L, Chen C, Xu J, Yi Z. Feature Pyramid Network With Level-Aware Attention for Meningioma Segmentation. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EMERGING TOPICS IN COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1109/tetci.2022.3146965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Optimized Clustering Algorithm for Comparative Analysis of Different Prenatal Corticosteroid Neurological Deficits in Premature Infants through Magnetic Reasoning Imaging (MRI). CONTRAST MEDIA & MOLECULAR IMAGING 2021; 2021:6179177. [PMID: 34385897 PMCID: PMC8331282 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6179177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Objective This study aimed to explore the application of different prenatal corticosteroids in the assessment of neurological deficits and prognosis in premature infants through Magnetic Reasoning Imaging (MRI) under optimized cluster algorithm. Methods 100 pregnant women with threatened preterm labor were retrospectively analyzed, in which 38 pregnant women with lasting threatened preterm labor (group A) were treated with multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids (dexamethasone treatment) and 62 cases of pregnant women with threatened preterm labor (group B) were treated with single course of dexamethasone treatment. Craniocerebral MRI images based on optimal clustering algorithm were used to examine neonates. Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) rate, serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) concentration, neonatal behavioral neurological score (NBNA), respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) rate, perinatal mortality, neonatal birth weight, and maternal complications rate of two groups were compared. Results Compared with other traditional image segmentation algorithms, this algorithm had the best segmentation effect, the shortest running time (1.43 s), the least number of iterations (5 times), and the highest segmentation accuracy (97.98%). There was no significant difference in the HIE rate, serum NSE concentration, NBNA score, RDS score, and perinatal mortality in group A and group B (P > 0.05). Compared with group B, neonates' body weight in group A was decreased, while the maternal complication rate in group A was increased (P < 0.05). Conclusion MRI images based on optimized clustering algorithm can be used in the diagnosis of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. There is no significant difference in the application of different antenatal corticosteroids affecting premature nerve function defect and prognosis, but multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids can affect neonatal body mass and increased maternal complications to a certain extent; therefore, before threatened premature delivery treatment, the pros and cons of multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids should fully be considered and in the treatment, measures should be actively taken to alleviate the side effect.
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Neromyliotis E, Kalamatianos T, Paschalis A, Komaitis S, Fountas KN, Kapsalaki EZ, Stranjalis G, Tsougos I. Machine Learning in Meningioma MRI: Past to Present. A Narrative Review. J Magn Reson Imaging 2020; 55:48-60. [PMID: 33006425 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Meningioma is one of the most frequent primary central nervous system tumors. While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is the standard radiologic technique for provisional diagnosis and surveillance of meningioma, it nevertheless lacks the prima facie capacity in determining meningioma biological aggressiveness, growth, and recurrence potential. An increasing body of evidence highlights the potential of machine learning and radiomics in improving the consistency and productivity and in providing novel diagnostic, treatment, and prognostic modalities in neuroncology imaging. The aim of the present article is to review the evolution and progress of approaches utilizing machine learning in meningioma MRI-based sementation, diagnosis, grading, and prognosis. We provide a historical perspective on original research on meningioma spanning over two decades and highlight recent studies indicating the feasibility of pertinent approaches, including deep learning in addressing several clinically challenging aspects. We indicate the limitations of previous research designs and resources and propose future directions by highlighting areas of research that remain largely unexplored. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 5 TECHNICAL EFFICACY STAGE: 2.
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- Eleftherios Neromyliotis
- Departent of Neurosurgery, University of Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Departent of Neurosurgery, University of Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece
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- Departent of Neurosurgery, University of Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Research, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece
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- Department of Clinical and Laboratory Research, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece
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- Departent of Neurosurgery, University of Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece
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Chen H, Qin Z, Ding Y, Tian L, Qin Z. Brain tumor segmentation with deep convolutional symmetric neural network. Neurocomputing 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2019.01.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mascarenhas LR, Ribeiro Júnior ADS, Ramos RP. Automatic segmentation of brain tumors in magnetic resonance imaging. EINSTEIN-SAO PAULO 2020; 18:eAO4948. [PMID: 32159604 PMCID: PMC7053828 DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2020ao4948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Objective To develop a computational algorithm applied to magnetic resonance imaging for automatic segmentation of brain tumors. Methods A total of 130 magnetic resonance images were used in the T1c, T2 and FSPRG T1C sequences and in the axial, sagittal and coronal planes of patients with brain cancer. The algorithms employed contrast correction, histogram normalization and binarization techniques to disconnect adjacent structures from the brain and enhance the region of interest. Automatic segmentation was performed through detection by coordinates and arithmetic mean of the area. Morphological operators were used to eliminate undesirable elements and reconstruct the shape and texture of the tumor. The results were compared with manual segmentations by two radiologists to determine the efficacy of the algorithms implemented. Results The correlated correspondence between the segmentation obtained and the gold standard was 89.23%. Conclusion It is possible to locate and define the tumor region automatically with no the need for user interaction, based on two innovative methods to detect brain extreme sites and exclude non-tumor tissues on magnetic resonance images.
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El-Torky DMS, Al-Berry MN, Salem MAM, Roushdy MI. 3D Visualization of Brain Tumors Using MR Images: A Survey. Curr Med Imaging 2020; 15:353-361. [PMID: 31989903 DOI: 10.2174/1573405614666180111142055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Three-Dimensional visualization of brain tumors is very useful in both diagnosis and treatment stages of brain cancer. DISCUSSION It helps the oncologist/neurosurgeon to take the best decision in Radiotherapy and/or surgical resection techniques. 3D visualization involves two main steps; tumor segmentation and 3D modeling. CONCLUSION In this article, we illustrate the most widely used segmentation and 3D modeling techniques for brain tumors visualization. We also survey the public databases available for evaluation of the mentioned techniques.
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Computers and Information Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Computers and Information Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Computers and Information Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Amin J, Sharif M, Raza M, Saba T, Sial R, Shad SA. Brain tumor detection: a long short-term memory (LSTM)-based learning model. Neural Comput Appl 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00521-019-04650-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hale AT, Stonko DP, Wang L, Strother MK, Chambless LB. Machine learning analyses can differentiate meningioma grade by features on magnetic resonance imaging. Neurosurg Focus 2019; 45:E4. [PMID: 30453458 DOI: 10.3171/2018.8.focus18191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVEPrognostication and surgical planning for WHO grade I versus grade II meningioma requires thoughtful decision-making based on radiographic evidence, among other factors. Although conventional statistical models such as logistic regression are useful, machine learning (ML) algorithms are often more predictive, have higher discriminative ability, and can learn from new data. The authors used conventional statistical models and an array of ML algorithms to predict atypical meningioma based on radiologist-interpreted preoperative MRI findings. The goal of this study was to compare the performance of ML algorithms to standard statistical methods when predicting meningioma grade.METHODSThe cohort included patients aged 18-65 years with WHO grade I (n = 94) and II (n = 34) meningioma in whom preoperative MRI was obtained between 1998 and 2010. A board-certified neuroradiologist, blinded to histological grade, interpreted all MR images for tumor volume, degree of peritumoral edema, presence of necrosis, tumor location, presence of a draining vein, and patient sex. The authors trained and validated several binary classifiers: k-nearest neighbors models, support vector machines, naïve Bayes classifiers, and artificial neural networks as well as logistic regression models to predict tumor grade. The area under the curve-receiver operating characteristic curve was used for comparison across and within model classes. All analyses were performed in MATLAB using a MacBook Pro.RESULTSThe authors included 6 preoperative imaging and demographic variables: tumor volume, degree of peritumoral edema, presence of necrosis, tumor location, patient sex, and presence of a draining vein to construct the models. The artificial neural networks outperformed all other ML models across the true-positive versus false-positive (receiver operating characteristic) space (area under curve = 0.8895).CONCLUSIONSML algorithms are powerful computational tools that can predict meningioma grade with great accuracy.
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- Andrew T Hale
- 1Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.,3Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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- 4Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University; and
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- 5Department of Radiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.,3Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Sun R, Wang K, Guo L, Yang C, Chen J, Ti Y, Sa Y. A potential field segmentation based method for tumor segmentation on multi-parametric MRI of glioma cancer patients. BMC Med Imaging 2019; 19:48. [PMID: 31208349 PMCID: PMC6580466 DOI: 10.1186/s12880-019-0348-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Background Accurate segmentation of brain tumors is vital for the gross tumor volume (GTV) definition in radiotherapy. Functional MR images like apparent diffusion constant (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA) images can provide more comprehensive information for sensitive detection of the GTV. We synthesize anatomical and functional MRI for accurate and semi-automatic segmentation of GTVs and improvement of clinical efficiency. Methods Four MR image sets including T1-weighted contrast-enhanced (T1C), T2-weighted (T2), apparent diffusion constant (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA) images of 5 glioma patients were acquired and registered. A new potential field segmentation (PFS) method was proposed based on the concept of potential field in physics. For T1C, T2 and ADC images, global potential field segmentation (global-PFS) was used on user defined region of interest (ROI) for rough segmentation and then morphologically processed for accurate delineation of the GTV. For FA images, white matter (WM) was removed using local potential field segmentation (local-PFS), and then tumor extent was delineated with region growing and morphological methods. The individual segmentations of multi-parametric images were ensembled into a fused segmentation, considered as final GTV. GTVs were compared with manually delineated ground truth and evaluated with segmentation quality measure (Q), Dice’s similarity coefficient (DSC) and Sensitivity and Specificity. Results Experimental study with the five patients’ data and new method showed that, the mean values of Q, DSC, Sensitivity and Specificity were 0.80 (±0.07), 0.88 (±0.04), 0.92 (±0.01) and 0.88 (±0.05) respectively. The global-PFS used on ROIs of T1C, T2 and ADC images can avoid interferences from skull and other non-tumor areas. Similarity to local-PFS on FA images, it can also reduce the time complexity as compared with the global-PFS on whole image sets. Conclusions Efficient and semi-automatic segmentation of the GTV can be achieved with the new method. Combination of anatomical and functional MR images has the potential to provide new methods and ideas for target definition in radiotherapy.
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- Ranran Sun
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, China.,Department of Radiotherapy, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300052, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, China.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Tianjin Cancer Hospital, Tianjin, 300060, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tianjin Cancer Hospital, Tianjin, 300060, China
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- Global Research Organization, GE Healthcare, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Tianjin, 300072, China.
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Binaghi E, Pedoia V, Balbi S. Meningioma and peritumoral edema segmentation of preoperative MRI brain scans. COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING: IMAGING & VISUALIZATION 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/21681163.2016.1250108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Elisabetta Binaghi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Teoriche e Applicate, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy
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Fully automated detection and segmentation of meningiomas using deep learning on routine multiparametric MRI. Eur Radiol 2018; 29:124-132. [PMID: 29943184 PMCID: PMC6291436 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-018-5595-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Revised: 05/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Objectives Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the method of choice for imaging meningiomas. Volumetric assessment of meningiomas is highly relevant for therapy planning and monitoring. We used a multiparametric deep-learning model (DLM) on routine MRI data including images from diverse referring institutions to investigate DLM performance in automated detection and segmentation of meningiomas in comparison to manual segmentations. Methods We included 56 of 136 consecutive preoperative MRI datasets [T1/T2-weighted, T1-weighted contrast-enhanced (T1CE), FLAIR] of meningiomas that were treated surgically at the University Hospital Cologne and graded histologically as tumour grade I (n = 38) or grade II (n = 18). The DLM was trained on an independent dataset of 249 glioma cases and segmented different tumour classes as defined in the brain tumour image segmentation benchmark (BRATS benchmark). The DLM was based on the DeepMedic architecture. Results were compared to manual segmentations by two radiologists in a consensus reading in FLAIR and T1CE. Results The DLM detected meningiomas in 55 of 56 cases. Further, automated segmentations correlated strongly with manual segmentations: average Dice coefficients were 0.81 ± 0.10 (range, 0.46-0.93) for the total tumour volume (union of tumour volume in FLAIR and T1CE) and 0.78 ± 0.19 (range, 0.27-0.95) for contrast-enhancing tumour volume in T1CE. Conclusions The DLM yielded accurate automated detection and segmentation of meningioma tissue despite diverse scanner data and thereby may improve and facilitate therapy planning as well as monitoring of this highly frequent tumour entity. Key Points • Deep learning allows for accurate meningioma detection and segmentation • Deep learning helps clinicians to assess patients with meningiomas • Meningioma monitoring and treatment planning can be improved Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00330-018-5595-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Saiviroonporn P, Korpraphong P, Viprakasit V, Krittayaphong R. An Automated Segmentation of R2* Iron-Overloaded Liver Images Using a Fuzzy C-Mean Clustering Scheme. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2018; 42:387-398. [PMID: 29443702 DOI: 10.1097/rct.0000000000000713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to develop and test an automated segmentation of R2* iron-overloaded liver images using fuzzy c-mean (FCM) clustering and to evaluate the observer variations. MATERIALS AND METHODS Liver R2* images and liver iron concentration (LIC) maps of 660 thalassemia examinations were randomly separated into training (70%) and testing (30%) cohorts for development and evaluation purposes, respectively. Two-dimensional FCM used R2* images, and the LIC map was implemented to segment vessels from the parenchyma. Two automated FCM variables were investigated using new echo time and membership threshold selection criteria based on the FCM centroid distance and LIC levels, respectively. The new method was developed on a training cohort and compared with manual segmentation for segmentation accuracy and to a previous semiautomated method, and a semiautomated scheme was suggested to improve unsuccessful results. The automated variables found from the training cohort were assessed for their effectiveness in the testing cohort, both quantitatively and qualitatively (the latter by 2 abdominal radiologists using a grading method, with evaluations of observer variations). A segmentation error of less than 30% was considered to be a successful result in both cohorts, whereas, in the testing cohort, a good grade obtained from satisfactory automated results was considered a success. RESULTS The centroid distance method has a segmentation accuracy comparable with the previous-best, semiautomated method. About 94% and 90% of the examinations in the training and testing cohorts were automatically segmented out successfully, respectively. The failed examinations were successfully segmented out with thresholding adjustment (3% and 8%) or by using alternative results from the previous 1-dimensional FCM method (3% and 2%) in the training and testing cohorts, respectively. There were no failed segmentation examinations in either cohort. The intraobserver and interobserver variabilities were found to be in substantial agreement. CONCLUSIONS Our new method provided a robust automated segmentation outcome with a high ease of use for routine clinical application.
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- Haematology/Oncology Division, Department of Pediatrics and Thalassemia Center, and
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Computer-based radiological longitudinal evaluation of meningiomas following stereotactic radiosurgery. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2017; 13:215-228. [PMID: 29032421 DOI: 10.1007/s11548-017-1673-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/01/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is a common treatment for intracranial meningiomas. SRS is planned on a pre-therapy gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MRI scan (Gd-T1w MRI) in which the meningioma contours have been delineated. Post-SRS therapy serial Gd-T1w MRI scans are then acquired for longitudinal treatment evaluation. Accurate tumor volume change quantification is required for treatment efficacy evaluation and for treatment continuation. METHOD We present a new algorithm for the automatic segmentation and volumetric assessment of meningioma in post-therapy Gd-T1w MRI scans. The inputs are the pre- and post-therapy Gd-T1w MRI scans and the meningioma delineation in the pre-therapy scan. The output is the meningioma delineations and volumes in the post-therapy scan. The algorithm uses the pre-therapy scan and its meningioma delineation to initialize an extended Chan-Vese active contour method and as a strong patient-specific intensity and shape prior for the post-therapy scan meningioma segmentation. The algorithm is automatic, obviates the need for independent tumor localization and segmentation initialization, and incorporates the same tumor delineation criteria in both the pre- and post-therapy scans. RESULTS Our experimental results on retrospective pre- and post-therapy scans with a total of 32 meningiomas with volume ranges 0.4-26.5 cm[Formula: see text] yield a Dice coefficient of [Formula: see text]% with respect to ground-truth delineations in post-therapy scans created by two clinicians. These results indicate a high correspondence to the ground-truth delineations. CONCLUSION Our algorithm yields more reliable and accurate tumor volume change measurements than other stand-alone segmentation methods. It may be a useful tool for quantitative meningioma prognosis evaluation after SRS.
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Low-Grade Glioma Segmentation Based on CNN with Fully Connected CRF. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2017; 2017:9283480. [PMID: 29065666 PMCID: PMC5485483 DOI: 10.1155/2017/9283480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This work proposed a novel automatic three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) segmentation method which would be widely used in the clinical diagnosis of the most common and aggressive brain tumor, namely, glioma. The method combined a multipathway convolutional neural network (CNN) and fully connected conditional random field (CRF). Firstly, 3D information was introduced into the CNN which makes more accurate recognition of glioma with low contrast. Then, fully connected CRF was added as a postprocessing step which purposed more delicate delineation of glioma boundary. The method was applied to T2flair MRI images of 160 low-grade glioma patients. With 59 cases of data training and manual segmentation as the ground truth, the Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) of our method was 0.85 for the test set of 101 MRI images. The results of our method were better than those of another state-of-the-art CNN method, which gained the DSC of 0.76 for the same dataset. It proved that our method could produce better results for the segmentation of low-grade gliomas.
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Automatic Brain Tumor Detection and Segmentation Using U-Net Based Fully Convolutional Networks. COMMUNICATIONS IN COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60964-5_44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 312] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Koley S, Sadhu AK, Mitra P, Chakraborty B, Chakraborty C. Delineation and diagnosis of brain tumors from post contrast T1-weighted MR images using rough granular computing and random forest. Appl Soft Comput 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2016.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Saiviroonporn P, Viprakasit V, Krittayaphong R. Improved R2* liver iron concentration assessment using a novel fuzzy c-mean clustering scheme. BMC Med Imaging 2015; 15:52. [PMID: 26530825 PMCID: PMC4632332 DOI: 10.1186/s12880-015-0097-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In thalassemia patients, R2* liver iron concentration (LIC) measurement is a common clinical tool for assessing iron overload and for determining necessary chelator dose and evaluating its efficacy. Despite the importance of accurate LIC measurement, existing methods suffer from LIC variability, especially at the severe iron overload range due to inclusion of vessel parts in LIC calculation. In this study, we build upon previous Fuzzy C-Mean (FCM) clustering work to formulate a scheme with superior performance in segmenting vessel pixels from the parenchyma. Our method (MIX-FCM) combines our novel 2D-FCM with the existing 1D-FCM algorithm. This study further assessed possible optimal clustering parameters (OP scheme) and proposed a semi-automatic (SA) scheme for routine clinical application. METHODS Segmentation of liver parenchyma and vessels was performed on T2* images and their LIC maps in 196 studies from 147 thalassemia major patients. We used manual segmentation as the reference. 1D-FCM clustering was performed on the acquired image alone and 2D-FCM used both the acquired image and its LIC data. To execute the MIX-FCM method, the best outcome (OP-MIX-FCM) was selected from the aforementioned methods and was compared to the SA-MIX-FCM scheme. We used the percent value of the normalized interquartile range (nIQR) to its median to evaluate the variability of all methods. RESULTS 2D-FCM clustering is more effective than 1D-FCM clustering at the severe overload range only, but inferior for other ranges (where 1D-FCM provides suitable results). This complementary performance between the two methods allows MIX-FCM to improve results for all ranges. OP-MIX-FCM clustering error was 2.1 ± 2.3%, compared with 10.3 ± 9.9% and 7.0 ± 11.9% from 1D- and 2D-FCM clustering, respectively. SA-MIX-FCM result was comparable to OP-MIX-FCM result, with both schemes showing ability to decrease overall nIQR by approximately 30%. CONCLUSION Our proposed 2D-FCM algorithm is not as superior to 1D-FCM as hypothesized. In contrast, our MIX-FCM method benefits from the best of both methods to obtain the highest segmentation accuracy at all ranges. Moreover, segmentation accuracy of the practical scheme (SA-MIX-FCM) is comparable to segmentation accuracy of the reference scheme (OP-MIX-FCM). Finally, we confirmed that segmentation is crucial to improving LIC assessments, especially at the severe iron overload range.
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- Pairash Saiviroonporn
- Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand.
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- Haematology/Oncology Division, Department of Pediatrics and Thalassemia Center, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Bertè F, Lamponi G, Bramanti P, Calabrò RS. Automatic brain matter segmentation of computed tomography images using a statistical model: A tool to gain working time! Neuroradiol J 2015; 28:460-7. [PMID: 26427894 DOI: 10.1177/1971400915609346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Brain computed tomography (CT) is useful diagnostic tool for the evaluation of several neurological disorders due to its accuracy, reliability, safety and wide availability. In this field, a potentially interesting research topic is the automatic segmentation and recognition of medical regions of interest (ROIs). Herein, we propose a novel automated method, based on the use of the active appearance model (AAM) for the segmentation of brain matter in CT images to assist radiologists in the evaluation of the images. The method described, that was applied to 54 CT images coming from a sample of outpatients affected by cognitive impairment, enabled us to obtain the generation of a model overlapping with the original image with quite good precision. Since CT neuroimaging is in widespread use for detecting neurological disease, including neurodegenerative conditions, the development of automated tools enabling technicians and physicians to reduce working time and reach a more accurate diagnosis is needed.
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Abdullah A, Hirayama A, Yatsushiro S, Matsumae M, Kuroda K. Cerebrospinal fluid image segmentation using spatial fuzzy clustering method with improved evolutionary Expectation Maximization. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2015; 2013:3359-62. [PMID: 24110448 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2013.6610261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Visualization of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), that flow in the brain and spinal cord, plays an important role to detect neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. This is performed by measuring the substantial changes in the CSF flow dynamics, volume and/or pressure gradient. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique has become a prominent tool to quantitatively measure these changes and image segmentation method has been widely used to distinguish the CSF flows from the brain tissues. However, this is often hampered by the presence of partial volume effect in the images. In this paper, a new hybrid evolutionary spatial fuzzy clustering method is introduced to overcome the partial volume effect in the MRI images. The proposed method incorporates Expectation Maximization (EM) method, which is improved by the evolutionary operations of the Genetic Algorithm (GA) to differentiate the CSF from the brain tissues. The proposed improvement is incorporated into a spatial-based fuzzy clustering (SFCM) method to improve segmentation of the boundary curve of the CSF and the brain tissues. The proposed method was validated using MRI images of Alzheimer's disease patient. The results presented that the proposed method is capable to filter the CSF regions from the brain tissues more effectively compared to the standard EM, FCM, and SFCM methods.
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Hectors SJCG, Jacobs I, Strijkers GJ, Nicolay K. Automatic segmentation of subcutaneous mouse tumors by multiparametric MR analysis based on endogenous contrast. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2014; 28:363-75. [PMID: 25427885 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-014-0472-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2014] [Revised: 10/26/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECT Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging is usually included in MRI procedures for automatic tumor segmentation. Use of an MR contrast agent may not be appropriate for some applications, however. We assessed the feasability of automatic tumor segmentation by multiparametric cluster analysis that uses intrinsic MRI contrast only. MATERIALS AND METHODS Multiparametric MRI consisting of quantitative T1, T2, and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) mapping was performed in mice bearing subcutaneous tumors (n = 21). k-means and fuzzy c-means clustering with all possible combinations of MRI parameters, i.e. feature vectors, and 2-7 clusters were performed on the multiparametric data. Clusters associated with tumor tissue were selected on the basis of the relative signal intensity of tumor tissue in T2-weighted images. The optimum segmentation method was determined by quantitative comparison of automatic segmentation with manual segmentation performed by three observers. In addition, the automatically segmented tumor volumes from seven separate tumor data sets were quantitatively compared with histology-derived tumor volumes. RESULTS The highest similarity index between manual and automatic segmentation (SI manual,automatic = 0.82 ± 0.06) was observed for k-means clustering with feature vector {T2, ADC} and four clusters. A strong linear correlation between automatically and manually segmented tumor volumes (R (2) = 0.99) was observed for this segmentation method. Automatically segmented tumor volumes also correlated strongly with histology-derived tumor volumes (R (2) = 0.96). CONCLUSION Automatic segmentation of mouse subcutaneous tumors can be achieved on the basis of endogenous MR contrast only.
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- Stefanie J C G Hectors
- Biomedical NMR, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands,
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Huang M, Yang W, Wu Y, Jiang J, Chen W, Feng Q. Brain Tumor Segmentation Based on Local Independent Projection-Based Classification. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2014; 61:2633-45. [DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2014.2325410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Multi-parametric (ADC/PWI/T2-w) image fusion approach for accurate semi-automatic segmentation of tumorous regions in glioblastoma multiforme. MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2014; 28:13-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s10334-014-0442-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Revised: 03/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sanjuán A, Price CJ, Mancini L, Josse G, Grogan A, Yamamoto AK, Geva S, Leff AP, Yousry TA, Seghier ML. Automated identification of brain tumors from single MR images based on segmentation with refined patient-specific priors. Front Neurosci 2013; 7:241. [PMID: 24381535 PMCID: PMC3865426 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Brain tumors can have different shapes or locations, making their identification very challenging. In functional MRI, it is not unusual that patients have only one anatomical image due to time and financial constraints. Here, we provide a modified automatic lesion identification (ALI) procedure which enables brain tumor identification from single MR images. Our method rests on (A) a modified segmentation-normalization procedure with an explicit “extra prior” for the tumor and (B) an outlier detection procedure for abnormal voxel (i.e., tumor) classification. To minimize tissue misclassification, the segmentation-normalization procedure requires prior information of the tumor location and extent. We therefore propose that ALI is run iteratively so that the output of Step B is used as a patient-specific prior in Step A. We test this procedure on real T1-weighted images from 18 patients, and the results were validated in comparison to two independent observers' manual tracings. The automated procedure identified the tumors successfully with an excellent agreement with the manual segmentation (area under the ROC curve = 0.97 ± 0.03). The proposed procedure increases the flexibility and robustness of the ALI tool and will be particularly useful for lesion-behavior mapping studies, or when lesion identification and/or spatial normalization are problematic.
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- Ana Sanjuán
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College of London London, UK ; Departamento de Psicología Básica, Clínica y Psicobiología, Universitat Jaume I Castellón, Spain
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College of London London, UK
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- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London, UK
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- Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle épinière Paris, France
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College of London London, UK
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- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London, UK
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- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College of London London, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College of London London, UK ; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College of London London, UK
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- Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery London, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College of London London, UK
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Jung SC, Choi SH, Yeom JA, Kim JH, Ryoo I, Kim SC, Shin H, Lee AL, Yun TJ, Park CK, Sohn CH, Park SH. Cerebral blood volume analysis in glioblastomas using dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced perfusion MRI: a comparison of manual and semiautomatic segmentation methods. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69323. [PMID: 23950891 PMCID: PMC3738566 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Purpose To compare the reproducibilities of manual and semiautomatic segmentation method for the measurement of normalized cerebral blood volume (nCBV) using dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced (DSC) perfusion MR imaging in glioblastomas. Materials and Methods Twenty-two patients (11 male, 11 female; 27 tumors) with histologically confirmed glioblastoma (WHO grade IV) were examined with conventional MR imaging and DSC imaging at 3T before surgery or biopsy. Then nCBV (means and standard deviations) in each mass was measured using two DSC MR perfusion analysis methods including manual and semiautomatic segmentation method, in which contrast-enhanced (CE)-T1WI and T2WI were used as structural imaging. Intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility were assessed according to each perfusion analysis method or each structural imaging. Interclass correlation coefficient (ICC), Bland-Altman plot, and coefficient of variation (CV) were used to evaluate reproducibility. Results Intraobserver reproducibilities on CE-T1WI and T2WI were ICC of 0.74–0.89 and CV of 20.39–36.83% in manual segmentation method, and ICC of 0.95–0.99 and CV of 8.53–16.19% in semiautomatic segmentation method, repectively. Interobserver reproducibilites on CE-T1WI and T2WI were ICC of 0.86–0.94 and CV of 19.67–35.15% in manual segmentation method, and ICC of 0.74–1.0 and CV of 5.48–49.38% in semiautomatic segmentation method, respectively. Bland-Altman plots showed a good correlation with ICC or CV in each method. The semiautomatic segmentation method showed higher intraobserver and interobserver reproducibilities at CE-T1WI-based study than other methods. Conclusion The best reproducibility was found using the semiautomatic segmentation method based on CE-T1WI for structural imaging in the measurement of the nCBV of glioblastomas.
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- Seung Chai Jung
- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Bauer S, Wiest R, Nolte LP, Reyes M. A survey of MRI-based medical image analysis for brain tumor studies. Phys Med Biol 2013; 58:R97-129. [PMID: 23743802 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/13/r97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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MRI-based medical image analysis for brain tumor studies is gaining attention in recent times due to an increased need for efficient and objective evaluation of large amounts of data. While the pioneering approaches applying automated methods for the analysis of brain tumor images date back almost two decades, the current methods are becoming more mature and coming closer to routine clinical application. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview by giving a brief introduction to brain tumors and imaging of brain tumors first. Then, we review the state of the art in segmentation, registration and modeling related to tumor-bearing brain images with a focus on gliomas. The objective in the segmentation is outlining the tumor including its sub-compartments and surrounding tissues, while the main challenge in registration and modeling is the handling of morphological changes caused by the tumor. The qualities of different approaches are discussed with a focus on methods that can be applied on standard clinical imaging protocols. Finally, a critical assessment of the current state is performed and future developments and trends are addressed, giving special attention to recent developments in radiological tumor assessment guidelines.
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- Stefan Bauer
- Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Xu Z, Asman AJ, Singh E, Chambless L, Thompson R, Landman BA. Segmentation of malignant gliomas through remote collaboration and statistical fusion. Med Phys 2012; 39:5981-9. [PMID: 23039636 DOI: 10.1118/1.4749967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Malignant gliomas represent an aggressive class of central nervous system neoplasms. Correlation of interventional outcomes with tumor morphometry data necessitates 3D segmentation of tumors (typically based on magnetic resonance imaging). Expert delineation is the long-held gold standard for tumor segmentation, but is exceptionally resource intensive and subject to intrarater and inter-rater variability. Automated tumor segmentation algorithms have been demonstrated for a variety of imaging modalities and tumor phenotypes, but translation of these methods across clinical study designs is problematic given variation in image acquisition, tumor characteristics, segmentation objectives, and validation criteria. Herein, the authors demonstrate an alternative approach for high-throughput tumor segmentation using Internet-based, collaborative labeling. METHODS In a study of 85 human raters and 98 tumor patients, raters were recruited from a general university campus population (i.e., no specific medical knowledge), given minimal training, and provided web-based tools to label MRI images based on 2D cross sections. The labeling goal was characterized as to extract the enhanced tumor cores on T1-weighted MRI and the bright abnormality on T2-weighted MRI. An experienced rater manually constructed the ground truth volumes of a randomly sampled subcohort of 48 tumor subjects (for both T1w and T2w). Raters' taskwise individual observations, as well as the volume wise truth estimates via statistical fusion method, were evaluated over the subjects having the ground truth. RESULTS Individual raters were able to reliably characterize (with >0.8 dice similarity coefficient, DSC) the gadolinium-enhancing cores and extent of the edematous areas only slightly more than half of the time. Yet, human raters were efficient in terms of providing these highly variable segmentations (less than 20 s per slice). When statistical fusion was used to combine the results of seven raters per slice for all slices in the datasets, the 3D agreement of the fused results with expertly delineated segmentations was on par with the inter-rater reliability observed between experienced raters using traditional 3D tools (approximately 0.85 DSC). The cumulative time spent per tumor patient with the collaborative approach was equivalent to that with an experienced rater, but the collaborative approach could be achieved with less training time, fewer resources, and efficient parallelization. CONCLUSIONS Hence, collaborative labeling is a promising technique with potentially wide applicability to cost-effective manual labeling of medical images.
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- Zhoubing Xu
- Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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