Radiomics in cancer prognosis : applications and limitations of quantitative texture analysis
Author: Zhang, Yi-Hua
Date: 2018-12-07
Location: Hörsal 4Y, Alfred Nobels allé 8, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Huddinge
Time: 13:00
Department: Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology
Abstract
Medical imaging has become an integral part of clinical diagnostics since the discovery of X-rays at the end of the 19th century. Recent advances in computing power have opened up the possibility to extract quantitative data from medical images beyond what is visible to the human eye, so-called radiomics. Additional information from standard imaging modalities such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) and positron emission tomography scan (PET) can thereby be aquired. Texture analysis is one of the most studied methods within the concept of radiomics. The textural parameters calculated describe spatial relationships betwee voxel intensities and image heterogeneity. Methods based on gray level co-occurrence matrices (GLCM) are among the most common implementations of texture analysis of medical images. Recent studies have shown relationships between textural parameters and outcome parameters such as overall survival, treatment response and molecular markers in different types of cancers. In this thesis, the potential application of textural analysis to be used as a prognostic tool in different cancers without requiring major changes to clinical imaging practice was evaluated.
In study I, a GLCM-based tool supporting analysis of 3D volumes was developed and applied for texture analysis of MRI images of low-grade glioma. The mutation status of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) in low-grade glioma could be predicted using the GLCM textural parameter Homogeneity. In study II the use of semiautomatic segmentation was shown to reduce intra- and inter-observer variation at CT volumetry of esophageal tumors when compared to manual segmentation. The influence of differing skill levels between the observers could also be reduced. Study III showed that textural analysis could be used to predict ypT-status of post-neoadjuvant esophageal adenocarcinoma. Significant differences in textural parameters was observed between esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, which suggest that the two tumor types should be analyzed separately in future studies involving textural analysis of esophageal cancer. The addition of PET image data during CT segmentation of esophageal tumors did not improve the correlation between the included textural parameters and ypT-status or overall survival. Study IV found no additional variation in textural parameters due to use of contrast media for normal hepatic tissue or hepatic lesions, implying that reproducible contrast medium timing should not be an issue at perfusion CT texture analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
In conclusion, this thesis shows that histopathological differences in tumors can be observed using non-invasive diagnostic imaging through textural analysis. The method is applicable on both CT and MRI and on different types of tumors.
In study I, a GLCM-based tool supporting analysis of 3D volumes was developed and applied for texture analysis of MRI images of low-grade glioma. The mutation status of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) in low-grade glioma could be predicted using the GLCM textural parameter Homogeneity. In study II the use of semiautomatic segmentation was shown to reduce intra- and inter-observer variation at CT volumetry of esophageal tumors when compared to manual segmentation. The influence of differing skill levels between the observers could also be reduced. Study III showed that textural analysis could be used to predict ypT-status of post-neoadjuvant esophageal adenocarcinoma. Significant differences in textural parameters was observed between esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, which suggest that the two tumor types should be analyzed separately in future studies involving textural analysis of esophageal cancer. The addition of PET image data during CT segmentation of esophageal tumors did not improve the correlation between the included textural parameters and ypT-status or overall survival. Study IV found no additional variation in textural parameters due to use of contrast media for normal hepatic tissue or hepatic lesions, implying that reproducible contrast medium timing should not be an issue at perfusion CT texture analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
In conclusion, this thesis shows that histopathological differences in tumors can be observed using non-invasive diagnostic imaging through textural analysis. The method is applicable on both CT and MRI and on different types of tumors.
List of papers:
I. Quantitative texture analysis in the prediction of IDH status in low-grade gliomas. Jakola AS, Zhang Y-H, Skjulsvik AJ, Solheim O, Bø HK, Berntsen EM, Reinertsen I, Gulati S, Förander P, Brismar TB. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2018 Jan;164:114–20.
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II. Computed Tomography Volumetry of esophageal cancer - The role of Semiautomatic assessment. Zhang Y-H, Fischer MA, Lehmann H, Johnsson Å, Rouvelas I, Herlin G, Lundell L, Brismar TB. [Submitted]
III. Texture analysis of computed tomography data using morphologic and metabolic delineation of esophageal cancer—relation to tumor type and neoadjuvant therapy response. Zhang Y-H, Herlin G, Rouvelas I, Lundell L, Brismar TB. [Accepted]
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IV. Variation in textural parameters of hepatic lesions during contrast medium injection. Zhang Y-H, Brehmer K, Svensson A, Herlin G, Stål P, Brismar TB. [Manuscript]
I. Quantitative texture analysis in the prediction of IDH status in low-grade gliomas. Jakola AS, Zhang Y-H, Skjulsvik AJ, Solheim O, Bø HK, Berntsen EM, Reinertsen I, Gulati S, Förander P, Brismar TB. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2018 Jan;164:114–20.
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II. Computed Tomography Volumetry of esophageal cancer - The role of Semiautomatic assessment. Zhang Y-H, Fischer MA, Lehmann H, Johnsson Å, Rouvelas I, Herlin G, Lundell L, Brismar TB. [Submitted]
III. Texture analysis of computed tomography data using morphologic and metabolic delineation of esophageal cancer—relation to tumor type and neoadjuvant therapy response. Zhang Y-H, Herlin G, Rouvelas I, Lundell L, Brismar TB. [Accepted]
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IV. Variation in textural parameters of hepatic lesions during contrast medium injection. Zhang Y-H, Brehmer K, Svensson A, Herlin G, Stål P, Brismar TB. [Manuscript]
Institution: Karolinska Institutet
Supervisor: Brismar, Torkel
Co-supervisor: Rouvelas, Ioannis
Issue date: 2018-11-16
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Publication year: 2018
ISBN: 978-91-7831-266-5
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