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Quantitative CT texture and shape analysis: can it differentiate benign and malignant mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with primary lung cancer?

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OBJECTIVE:To assess the accuracy of CT texture and shape analysis in the differentiation of benign and malignant mediastinal nodes in lung cancer. METHODS:Forty-three patients with biopsy-proven primary lung malignancy with pathological mediastinal nodal staging and unenhanced CT of the thorax were studied retrospectively. Grey-level co-occurrence and run-length matrix textural features, as well as morphological features, were extracted from 72 nodes. Differences between benign and malignant features were assessed using Mann-Whitney U tests. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for each were constructed and the area under the curve (AUC) calculated with histopathology diagnosis as outcome. Combinations of features were also entered as predictors in logistic regression models and optimal threshold criteria were used to estimate sensitivity and specificity. RESULTS:Using optimum-threshold criteria, the combined textural and shape features identified malignant mediastinal nodes with 81% sensitivity and 80% specificity (AUC = 0.87, P < 0.0001). Using this combination, 84% malignant and 71% benign nodes were correctly classified. CONCLUSIONS:Quantitative CT texture and shape analysis has the potential to accurately differentiate malignant and benign mediastinal nodes in lung cancer. KEY POINTS:• Mediastinal nodal staging is crucial in the management of lung cancer • Mediastinal nodal metastasis affects prognosis and suitability for surgical treatment • Computed tomography (CT) is limited for mediastinal nodal staging • Texture analysis measures tissue heterogeneity not perceptible to human vision • CT texture analysis may accurately differentiate malignant and benign mediastinal nodes.

journal_name

Eur Radiol

journal_title

European radiology

authors

Bayanati H,E Thornhill R,Souza CA,Sethi-Virmani V,Gupta A,Maziak D,Amjadi K,Dennie C

doi

10.1007/s00330-014-3420-6

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-02-01 00:00:00

pages

480-7

issue

eissn

0938-7994

issn

1432-1084

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Quantitative CT texture and shape analysis: can it differentiate benign and malignant mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with primary lung cancer?