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Glioma grade map: a machine-learning based imaging biomarker for tumor characterization

András Jakab, Péter Molnár, Miklós Emri, Ervin Berényi
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/133249
András Jakab
1Department of Biomedical Laboratory and Imaging Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen
2Center for MR-Research, University Children’s Hospital Zürich
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Péter Molnár
3Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen
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Miklós Emri
4Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen
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Ervin Berényi
1Department of Biomedical Laboratory and Imaging Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen
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Purpose To use T1-, T2-weighted and diffusion tensor MR images to portray glioma grade by employing a voxel-wise supervised machine learning approach, and to assess the feasibility of this tool in preoperative tumor characterization.

Materials and Methods Conventional MRI, DTI datasets and histopathological evaluations of 40 patients with WHO grade II-IV gliomas were retrospectively analyzed. Databases were construed incorporating preoperative images, tumor delineation and grades. This data was used to train a multilayer perceptron based artificial neural network that performed voxel-by-voxel correlation of tumor grade and the feature vector. Results were mapped to grayscale images, whereas grade map was defined as a composite image that depicts grade assignments for intra-tumoral regions. The voxel-wise probability for high grade tumor classification was calculated for the entire tumor volumes, defined as the grade index.

Results The color hue on glioma grade maps allowed the discrimination of low and high grade cases. This method revealed connection between the heterogeneous appearance of tumors and the histopathological findings. Classification by the grade index had 92.31% specificity, 85.71% sensitivity.

Conclusion Glioma grade maps are advantageous in the visualization of the heterogeneous nature of intra-tumoral diffusion and relaxivity and can further enhance the characterization of tumors by providing a preoperative modality that expands information available for clinicians.

ADC
apparent diffusion coefficient;
ANN
artificial neural networks;
DWI
diffusion weighted imaging;
DTI
diffusion tensor imaging;
FA
fractional anisotropy;
HGPM
high grade probability map;
LGPM
low grade probability map;
TPM
tumor probability map;
WHO
World Health Organization
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Glioma grade map: a machine-learning based imaging biomarker for tumor characterization
András Jakab, Péter Molnár, Miklós Emri, Ervin Berényi
bioRxiv 133249; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/133249
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András Jakab, Péter Molnár, Miklós Emri, Ervin Berényi
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