1. Influence of Magnetic Field Strength on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Radiomics Features in Brain Imaging, an In Vitro and In Vivo Study
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Samy Ammari, Stephanie Pitre-Champagnat, Laurent Dercle, Emilie Chouzenoux, Salma Moalla, Sylvain Reuze, Hugues Talbot, Tite Mokoyoko, Joya Hadchiti, Sebastien Diffetocq, Andreas Volk, Mickeal El Haik, Sara Lakiss, Corinne Balleyguier, Nathalie Lassau, Francois Bidault, LaBoratoire d'Imagerie biOmédicale MultimodAle Paris-Saclay (BIOMAPS), Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (SHFJ), Université Paris-Saclay-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Cancer Campus, Département d'imagerie médicale [Gustave Roussy], Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR), Imagerie par Résonance Magnétique Médicale et Multi-Modalités (IR4M), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Hôpital Bicêtre-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), Columbia University [New York], OPtimisation Imagerie et Santé (OPIS), Inria Saclay - Ile de France, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Centre de vision numérique (CVN), Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Université Paris-Saclay-CentraleSupélec-Université Paris-Saclay, Département de radiologie, Department of Radiotherapy, Imagerie multimodale en cancérologie. (IR4M/U8081 éq.3), Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR)-Imagerie par Résonance Magnétique Médicale et Multi-Modalités (IR4M), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Hôpital Bicêtre-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Hôpital Bicêtre-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Direction de la recherche [Gustave Roussy], Unité BioMaps (BIOMAPS), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Hôpital Bicêtre-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Hôpital Bicêtre-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Hôpital Bicêtre-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR)
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Cancer Research ,magnetic fields ,lcsh:RC254-282 ,Imaging phantom ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Radiomics ,Neuroimaging ,In vivo ,tissue features ,magnetic resonance imaging ,Medicine ,heterogeneous phantom ,Original Research ,Neuroradiology ,Reproducibility ,homogeneous phantom ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,[SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/Neuroscience ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens ,equipment and supplies ,Clinical Practice ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,business ,[SPI.SIGNAL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processing ,texture ,[SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
BackgroundThe development and clinical adoption of quantitative imaging biomarkers (radiomics) has established the need for the identification of parameters altering radiomics reproducibility. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of magnetic field strength on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomics features in neuroradiology clinical practice.MethodsT1 3D SPGR sequence was acquired on two phantoms and 10 healthy volunteers with two clinical MR devices from the same manufacturer using two different magnetic fields (1.5 and 3T). Phantoms varied in terms of gadolinium concentrations and textural heterogeneity. 27 regions of interest were segmented (phantom: 21, volunteers: 6) using the LIFEX software. 34 features were analyzed.ResultsIn the phantom dataset, 10 (67%) out of 15 radiomics features were significantly different when measured at 1.5T or 3T (student’s t-test, p < 0.05). Gray levels resampling, and pixel size also influence part of texture features. These findings were validated in healthy volunteers.ConclusionsAccording to daily used protocols for clinical examinations, radiomic features extracted on 1.5T should not be used interchangeably with 3T when evaluating texture features. Such confounding factor should be adjusted when adapting the results of a study to a different platform, or when designing a multicentric trial.
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- 2021