| Literature DB >> 32191718 |
Radosław Chaber1, Mateusz Łasecki2, Karol Kuczyński3, Rafał Cebryk4, Justyna Kwaśnicka5, Cyprian Olchowy6, Kornelia Łach1, Zbigniew Pogodajny7, Olga Koptiuk8, Anna Olchowy9, Paweł Popecki10, Urszula Zaleska-Dorobisz11.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We had developed a method that can help detect and identify lymph nodes affected by the neoplastic process. Our group evaluated the fractal dimension (FD) and X-ray attenuation (XRA) of lymph nodes in HL and compared to their metabolic activity as measured by 18F-FDG-PET examination.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32191718 PMCID: PMC7082024 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229859
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Clinical characteristics of patients.
| training set | tested set | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | 31 | 19 |
| Boys/girls | 14/17 | 10/9 |
| Age, range (median) | 8–18 (15) | 5–17 (14.5) |
| HL type | ||
| NS | 28 | 19 |
| MC | 1 | 0 |
| LD | 2 | 0 |
| stage I | 1 | 0 |
| stage II | 13 | 15 |
| stage III | 7 | 2 |
| stage IV | 10 | 2 |
| Number of LN analyzed | 72 | 71 |
| PET(+)/PET(-) | 47/25 | 31/40 |
HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; LN, lymph node
Fig 1Fused PET-CT image of a female adolescent with HL; the measurement shows the highest value of both SUVmax (30.5) and XRAmax (96.0).
The arithmetic mean of XRAmax was a subject to the statistical analysis.
Fig 2A. Image of the DICOM file in a standard workstation (in this case OSIRIX MD), a single enlarged axillary lymph node is marked in yellow (group 1 according to Berg's classification). B. The image of the same DICOM file in our workstation assessing the fractal dimension, the image has less smooth contours than the original one; the yellow area is marked with the same area as the image "A". On the right side, zero fractal measurements from previous measurements (min, max, Fractal Dimension). C. The blue frame shows a sample from an image size 5 (area size), covering only the lymph node area, which, however, due to too small "area size" was not further evaluated. D, E, F. The blue frame shows a sample from an area size image, covering the lymph node area and adjacent connective tissue, from three consecutive measurements. The average fractal dimension in all of them remained constant (2,348), while the max value (2.626–2.703) differs as a result of a slight shift of the frame position between measurements (human error).
XRAmax LN/M, FDmax and SUVmax as determined with 18F-FDG-PET/CT at diagnosis in the training set.
| SUVmax | XRAmax LN/M | FDmax | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| median | range | SD | median | range | SD | median | range | |
| 21.00 | 10.4–46.60 | 8.37 | 1.30 | 0.96–1.88 | 0.24 | 3.46 | 3.17–4.17 | |
| 2.10 | 1.00–9.60 | 2.52 | 0.94 | 0.30–1.35 | 0.27 | 3.09 | 2.32–4.00 | |
LN, lymph node; SUVmax, maximum standardized uptake valve; FDmax, maximum fractal dimension; XRAmax, maximum X-ray attenuation.
Fig 3Maximal X-ray attenuation lymph node/muscle (A) and fractal dimension (B) at diagnosis in the training set.
Fig 4Receiver operating characteristic (ROC).
Initial 18F-FDG-PET/CT, PET(-) vs PET(+) in the training set (n = 71). Maximal X-ray Attenuation Lymph Node/Muscle (A) and Maximal Fractal Dimension (B) at diagnosis in the training set (n = 71).
Results of the XRAmax LN/M + FDmax test in the training and test sets.
| training set | 2pt | 1pt | 0pt | total | test set | 2pt | 1pt | 0pt | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 30 | 40 | ||
| 40 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 31 | ||
| 44 | 15 | 13 | 72 | 24 | 17 | 30 | 71 |
LN, lymph node.
Parameters of the HUFRA test (XRAmax LN/M + FDmax) in the training and test sets.
| sensitivity | specificity | PPV | NPV | accuracy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| training set.all LN (n = 72) | 0.85 | 0.52 | 0.68 | 0.46 | 0.74 |
| training set without LN with 1 points (n = 57) | 1.0 | 0.76 | 0.91 | 1.0 | 0.93 |
| test set. all LN (n = 71) | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.75 |
| test set without LN with 1 points (n = 54) | 1.0 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 1.0 | 0.98 |
| training and test sets all LN (n = 143) | 0.81 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.57 | 0.74 |
| training and test sets without LN with 1 points (n = 111) | 1.0 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 1.0 | 0.95 |
LN, lymph node; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.