Comparison of radiomics machine-learning classifiers and feature selection for differentiation of sacral chordoma and sacral giant cell tumour based on 3D computed tomography features.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to identify optimal machine-learning methods for preoperative differentiation of sacral chordoma (SC) and sacral giant cell tumour (SGCT) based on 3D non-enhanced computed tomography (CT) and CT-enhanced (CTE) features.

Authors

  • Ping Yin
    Department of Radiology, Peking University People's Hospital, 11 Xizhimen Nandajie, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.
  • Ning Mao
    Department of Radiology, Peking University People's Hospital, 11 Xizhimen Nandajie, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.
  • Chao Zhao
    Department of Hygienic Inspection, School of Public Health, Jilin University 1163 Xinmin Street Changchun 130021 Jilin China songxiuling@jlu.edu.cn li_juan@jlu.edu.cn jinmh@jlu.edu.cn +86 43185619441.
  • Jiangfen Wu
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Automation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No. 29, Yudao St., Qinhuai District, Nanjing, 210016, Jiangsu Province, China, wjfyunzhu@163.com.
  • Chao Sun
    Hospital for Skin Diseases and Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China.
  • Lei Chen
    Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University Stony Brook NY USA.
  • Nan Hong
    Department of Radiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.