Noninvasive prescreening of pediatric adenoid hypertrophy using quantified MFCC statistics and clinical features: development and external validation
A patient-level model with a locked decision threshold showed preservation of discrimination in a small external cohort, supporting a practical pathway for noninvasive, low-overhead AH triage prior to nasoendoscopy. Prospective multicenter studies are warranted.
Authors
- Yirun Jiang
- JinRang Li
- Jun Tai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8963-6790)
- Zhan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1461-4283)
- Lili Peng
- Shizhen Zou
- Wen Hu
- Xiaoyu Wang
- Siyuan Hou
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- Chinese PLA General Hospital (CN)
- Capital Institute of Pediatrics (CN)
- Capital Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2026.1740863
- Primary Topic
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Beijing Municipal Health Commission