Radiomic Machine Learning Classifiers in Spine Bone Tumors: A Multi-Software, Multi-Scanner Study.

Journal: European journal of radiology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Spinal lesion differential diagnosis remains challenging even in MRI. Radiomics and machine learning (ML) have proven useful even in absence of a standardized data mining pipeline. We aimed to assess ML diagnostic performance in spinal lesion differential diagnosis, employing radiomic data extracted by different software.

Authors

  • Vito Chianca
    IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy.
  • Renato Cuocolo
    Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy.
  • Salvatore Gitto
    Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: sal.gitto@gmail.com.
  • Domenico Albano
    IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy; Sezione di Scienze Radiologiche, Dipartimento di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica Avanzata, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
  • Ilaria Merli
    UOC Radiodiagnostica, Presidio San Carlo Borromeo, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milano, Italy.
  • Julietta Badalyan
    International Medical School, University of Milan and Russian National Research Medical University, Milano, Italy.
  • Maria Cristina Cortese
    Istituto di Radiologia, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS - Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
  • Carmelo Messina
    Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy; IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy.
  • Alessandro Luzzati
    IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy.
  • Antonina Parafioriti
    Pathology Department, ASST Pini-CTO, Milano, Italy.
  • Fabio Galbusera
    Laboratory of Biological Structures Mechanics, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milan, Italy. fabio.galbusera@grupposandonato.it.
  • Arturo Brunetti
    Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II,", Naples, Italy.
  • Luca Maria Sconfienza
    Unit of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.