| Literature DB >> 28532542 |
Wensong Zheng1, Qing Wang1, Ying Wang1, Fangfang Guo1, Xinyue Wang1, Tielian Yu1.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The detection and quantification of solid components in pulmonary subsolid nodules (SSN) are of vital importance on differential diagnosis, pathological speculation and prognosis prediction. However, no objective and wide-accepted criterion has been built up to now. The purpose of this study is to explore the optimal threshold that can be used for the detection and quantification of solid components in SSNs by using threshold segmentation method on computed tomography (CT) images.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28532542 PMCID: PMC5973070 DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2017.05.07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Zhongguo Fei Ai Za Zhi ISSN: 1009-3419
1亚实性肺结节阈值分割示意图。A:标记结节后,软件自动勾画其轮廓;B:手动调整结节轮廓,满意后由计算机给出其体积;C、D:计算所分割结节内特定CT值区间的体素体积。
The threshold segmentation of a pulmonary subsolid nodule. A: After marking the nodule, the software can automatically draw a profile of the targeted nodule; B: Adjust the profile manually until satisfied, the computer can give the volume of the nodule; C, D: Quantify the volume of the segmented nodule using a certain threshold setting.
亚实性肺结节类型观察者判定(n=102)
Observers' evaluation of SSNs (n=102)
| Observer1 | Total | |||
| Part solid | Pure ground glass | |||
| Observer 2 | Part solid | 61 | 2 | 63 |
| Pure ground glass | 4 | 35 | 39 | |
| Total | 65 | 37 | 102 | |
不同阈值判断亚实性结节类型的效能(n=102)
Performance of subsolid nodules classification with different threshold settings (n=102)
| Threshold | AUC | Cut-off value | Sens | Spec | Largest Youden index | |
| AUC: area under the curve; Sens: sensitivity; Spec: specificity. | ||||||
| -500 HU | 0.922 | 0.003, 4 | 29.79% | 85.7% | 79.5% | 0.652 |
| -450 HU | 0.945 | 0.014, 3 | 18.66% | 88.9% | 84.6% | 0.735 |
| -400 HU | 0.962 | 0.046, 2 | 7.56% | 98.4% | 82.1% | 0.805 |
| -350 HU | 0.971 | 0.098, 9 | 4.87% | 98.4% | 84.6% | 0.830 |
| -300 HU | 0.977 | 0.239, 8 | 6.14% | 90.5% | 94.9% | 0.854 |
| -250 HU | 0.982 | Reference | 1.10% | 100.0% | 89.7% | 0.897 |
| -200 HU | 0.976 | 0.425, 8 | 0.79% | 96.8% | 92.3% | 0.891 |
| -160 HU | 0.969 | 0.252, 6 | 1.71% | 90.5% | 97.4% | 0.879 |
| -130 HU | 0.962 | 0.111, 7 | 0.12% | 95.2% | 92.3% | 0.875 |
部分实性结节实性成分体积定量的阈值分割与参考标准比较(n=43)
Comparison between threshold segmentations and the reference standard in volume quantification of solid components in part solid nodules (n=43)
| Threshold | Md volume (mm3) | IQR (mm3) | |
| Md: median; IQR: inter-quartile range. | |||
| -500 HU | 652.3 | 1252.6 | < 0.000, 1 |
| -450 HU | 496.7 | 1081.3 | < 0.000, 1 |
| -400 HU | 374.2 | 912.7 | < 0.000, 1 |
| -350 HU | 295.3 | 811.4 | 0.000, 1 |
| -300 HU | 247.1 | 696.0 | 0.061, 3 |
| -250 HU | 202.7 | 598.2 | 0.125, 1 |
| -200 HU | 164.4 | 518.5 | < 0.000, 1 |
| -160 HU | 135.4 | 467.2 | < 0.000, 1 |
| -130 HU | 115.6 | 422.1 | < 0.000, 1 |
| Reference standard | 199.5 | 743.1 | - |