Comparison of Conventional and Radiomic Features between <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET/CT and PET/MR

Boron-10-containing positron emission tomography (PET) radio-tracer, <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA, has been used to evaluate the feasibility and treatment outcomes of Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). The clinical use of PET/MR is increasing and reveals its benefit in certain applications. Ho...

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Autores principales: Chien-Yi Liao, Jun-Hsuang Jen, Yi-Wei Chen, Chien-Ying Li, Ling-Wei Wang, Ren-Shyan Liu, Wen-Sheng Huang, Chia-Feng Lu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c2f03472a492417a81e1142986d649932021-11-25T16:53:28ZComparison of Conventional and Radiomic Features between <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET/CT and PET/MR10.3390/biom111116592218-273Xhttps://doaj.org/article/c2f03472a492417a81e1142986d649932021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/11/11/1659https://doaj.org/toc/2218-273XBoron-10-containing positron emission tomography (PET) radio-tracer, <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA, has been used to evaluate the feasibility and treatment outcomes of Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). The clinical use of PET/MR is increasing and reveals its benefit in certain applications. However, the PET/CT is still the most widely used modality for daily PET practice due to its high quantitative accuracy and relatively low cost. Considering the different attenuation correction maps between PET/CT and PET/MR, comparison of derived image features from these two modalities is critical to identify quantitative imaging biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis. This study aimed to investigate the comparability of image features extracted from <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET/CT and PET/MR. A total of 15 patients with malignant brain tumor who underwent <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA examinations using both PET/CT and PET/MR on the same day were retrospectively analyzed. Overall, four conventional imaging characteristics and 449 radiomic features were calculated from PET/CT and PET/MR, respectively. A linear regression model and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were estimated to evaluate the comparability of derived features between two modalities. Features were classified into strong, moderate, and weak comparability based on coefficient of determination (<b>r<sup>2</sup></b>) and ICC. All of the conventional features, 81.2% of histogram, 37.5% of geometry, 51.5% of texture, and 25% of wavelet-based features, showed strong comparability between PET/CT and PET/MR. With regard to the wavelet filtering, radiomic features without filtering (61.2%) or with low-pass filtering (59.2%) along three axes produced strong comparability between the two modalities. However, only 8.2% of the features with high-pass filtering showed strong comparability. The linear regression models were provided for the features with strong and moderate consensus to interchange the quantitative features between the PET/CT and the PET/MR. All of the conventional and 71% of the radiomic (mostly histogram and texture) features were sufficiently stable and could be interchanged between <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET with different hybrid modalities using the proposed equations. Our findings suggested that the image features high interchangeability may facilitate future studies in comparing PET/CT and PET/MR.Chien-Yi LiaoJun-Hsuang JenYi-Wei ChenChien-Ying LiLing-Wei WangRen-Shyan LiuWen-Sheng HuangChia-Feng LuMDPI AGarticle<sup>18</sup>F-FBPAboron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)malignant tumorradiomicspositron emission tomographyPET/MRMicrobiologyQR1-502ENBiomolecules, Vol 11, Iss 1659, p 1659 (2021)
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topic <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA
boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)
malignant tumor
radiomics
positron emission tomography
PET/MR
Microbiology
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spellingShingle <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA
boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)
malignant tumor
radiomics
positron emission tomography
PET/MR
Microbiology
QR1-502
Chien-Yi Liao
Jun-Hsuang Jen
Yi-Wei Chen
Chien-Ying Li
Ling-Wei Wang
Ren-Shyan Liu
Wen-Sheng Huang
Chia-Feng Lu
Comparison of Conventional and Radiomic Features between <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET/CT and PET/MR
description Boron-10-containing positron emission tomography (PET) radio-tracer, <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA, has been used to evaluate the feasibility and treatment outcomes of Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). The clinical use of PET/MR is increasing and reveals its benefit in certain applications. However, the PET/CT is still the most widely used modality for daily PET practice due to its high quantitative accuracy and relatively low cost. Considering the different attenuation correction maps between PET/CT and PET/MR, comparison of derived image features from these two modalities is critical to identify quantitative imaging biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis. This study aimed to investigate the comparability of image features extracted from <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET/CT and PET/MR. A total of 15 patients with malignant brain tumor who underwent <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA examinations using both PET/CT and PET/MR on the same day were retrospectively analyzed. Overall, four conventional imaging characteristics and 449 radiomic features were calculated from PET/CT and PET/MR, respectively. A linear regression model and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were estimated to evaluate the comparability of derived features between two modalities. Features were classified into strong, moderate, and weak comparability based on coefficient of determination (<b>r<sup>2</sup></b>) and ICC. All of the conventional features, 81.2% of histogram, 37.5% of geometry, 51.5% of texture, and 25% of wavelet-based features, showed strong comparability between PET/CT and PET/MR. With regard to the wavelet filtering, radiomic features without filtering (61.2%) or with low-pass filtering (59.2%) along three axes produced strong comparability between the two modalities. However, only 8.2% of the features with high-pass filtering showed strong comparability. The linear regression models were provided for the features with strong and moderate consensus to interchange the quantitative features between the PET/CT and the PET/MR. All of the conventional and 71% of the radiomic (mostly histogram and texture) features were sufficiently stable and could be interchanged between <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET with different hybrid modalities using the proposed equations. Our findings suggested that the image features high interchangeability may facilitate future studies in comparing PET/CT and PET/MR.
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author Chien-Yi Liao
Jun-Hsuang Jen
Yi-Wei Chen
Chien-Ying Li
Ling-Wei Wang
Ren-Shyan Liu
Wen-Sheng Huang
Chia-Feng Lu
author_facet Chien-Yi Liao
Jun-Hsuang Jen
Yi-Wei Chen
Chien-Ying Li
Ling-Wei Wang
Ren-Shyan Liu
Wen-Sheng Huang
Chia-Feng Lu
author_sort Chien-Yi Liao
title Comparison of Conventional and Radiomic Features between <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET/CT and PET/MR
title_short Comparison of Conventional and Radiomic Features between <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET/CT and PET/MR
title_full Comparison of Conventional and Radiomic Features between <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET/CT and PET/MR
title_fullStr Comparison of Conventional and Radiomic Features between <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET/CT and PET/MR
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of Conventional and Radiomic Features between <sup>18</sup>F-FBPA PET/CT and PET/MR
title_sort comparison of conventional and radiomic features between <sup>18</sup>f-fbpa pet/ct and pet/mr
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