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Erschienen in: Skeletal Radiology 11/2020

18.05.2020 | Scientific Article

Pilot study to differentiate lipoma from atypical lipomatous tumour/well-differentiated liposarcoma using MR radiomics-based texture analysis

verfasst von: Ian Pressney, Michael Khoo, Raymond Endozo, Balaji Ganeshan, Paul O’Donnell

Erschienen in: Skeletal Radiology | Ausgabe 11/2020

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Abstract

Aims

This pilot study aims to determine if tumour heterogeneity assessed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomics-based texture analysis (TA) can differentiate between lipoma and atypical lipomatous tumour (ALT)/well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDL).

Materials and methods

Thirty consecutive ALT/WDLs and 30 lipomas were included in the study, cases diagnosed both histologically and with murine double minute 2 (MDM2) gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) in excision specimens. Multiple patient, MRI and MRTA factors were assessed. Heterogeneity was evaluated using a filtration-histogram technique-based textural analysis on single axial proton density (PD) and coronal T1-W images of the most homogenously fatty component of the lesion.

Results

Thirty-three percent of the diagnoses of ALT/WDL vs lipoma were confirmed using FISH MDM2 analysis. ALT/WDLs were statistically different from lipomas in location (site in the body and depth from skin surface) and fat content, with p values of 0.021, 0.001, and 0.021 respectively. Nine of 36 (25%) texture parameters had significant differences between ALT/WDLs and lipomas on axial PD MRTA, with the most significant results at medium and coarse texture scales particularly mean intensity (p = 0.003) at SSF = 6, and kurtosis (p = 0.012) at SSF = 5. A cut-off value of < 304 for coarse-filtered texture on axial PD MRI identified ALT from lipoma with a sensitivity and specificity of 70% (AUC = 0.73, p = 0.003).

Conclusions

Texture heterogeneity quantified at fine, medium, and coarse texture scales are significant differentiators of lipoma and ALT/WDL with the difference particularly marked in medium and coarse texture scales for two MR TA parameters: mean and kurtosis.
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Metadaten
Titel
Pilot study to differentiate lipoma from atypical lipomatous tumour/well-differentiated liposarcoma using MR radiomics-based texture analysis
verfasst von
Ian Pressney
Michael Khoo
Raymond Endozo
Balaji Ganeshan
Paul O’Donnell
Publikationsdatum
18.05.2020
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Skeletal Radiology / Ausgabe 11/2020
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-020-03454-4

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