Identification of PET/CT radiomic signature for classification of locally recurrent rectal cancer: A network-based feature selection approach
To the best of our knowledge, the DNetPRO algorithm was applied for the first time to medical image analysis and proved suitable for the selection of radiomic features with the highest predictive power, a crucial step in a radiomic pipeline. Our results confirmed the efficiency of radiomic features in predicting LRRC, with CT features outperforming PET features in identifying the characteristic texture of LRRC. The combination of both yielded no performance improvement.
Authors
- Arrigo Cattabriga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9574-586X)
- Francesca Coppola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8957-4606)
- Maria Adriana Cocozza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0337-7722)
- Emilia Fortunati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5454-9603)
- Dajana Cuicchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1504-4888)
- Paolo Castellucci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9215-7579)
- Daniel Remondini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3185-7456)
- Gastone Castellani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4892-925X)
- Stefano Fanti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1486-2624)
- Alberta Cappelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1142-3917)
- Nico Curti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5802-1195)
- Riccardo Biondi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-3782)
- Lorenzo Faggioni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5262-4489)
- Andrea Farolfi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5443-4301)
- S. Dalmonte
- Gilberto Poggioli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4309-7311)
Institutions
- University of Pisa (IT)
- Azienda USL di Bologna (IT)
- Institute of Neurological Sciences (IT)
- Ospedale per gli Infermi (IT)
- Orthopedic Institute (US)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heliyon
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41404
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.21