CT Texture Analysis and Machine Learning Improve Post-ablation Prognostication in Patients with Adrenal Metastases: A Proof of Concept.

Journal: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: To assess the performance of pre-ablation computed tomography texture features of adrenal metastases to predict post-treatment local progression and survival in patients who underwent ablation using machine learning as a prediction tool.

Authors

  • Dania Daye
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, USA. Electronic address: ddaye@mgh.harvard.edu.
  • Pedro V Staziaki
    Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Vanessa Fiorini Furtado
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Massachusetts, UMass, Worcester, MA, USA.
  • Azadeh Tabari
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
  • Florian J Fintelmann
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
  • Nathan Elie Frenk
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, GRB #290, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
  • Paul Shyn
    Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Kemal Tuncali
    Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Stuart Silverman
    Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Ronald Arellano
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, GRB #290, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
  • Michael S Gee
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Raul Nirmal Uppot
    Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, GRB #290, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.