Background MRI based radiomics has the potential to better define tumor biology compared to qualitative MRI assessment and support decisions in patients affected by nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Aim of this review was to systematically evaluate the methodological quality of studies using MRI- radiomics for nasopharyngeal cancer patient evaluation. Methods A systematic search was performed in PUBMED, WEB OF SCIENCE and SCOPUS using “MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, radiomic, texture analysis, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, nasopharyngeal cancer” in all possible combinations. The methodological quality of study included ( = 24) was evaluated according to the RQS (Radiomic quality score). Subgroup, for journal type (imaging/clinical) and biomarker (prognostic/predictive), and correlation, between RQS and journal Impact Factor, analyses were performed. Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman’s correlation were performed. P value < .05 were defined as statistically significant. Results Overall, no studies reported a phantom study or a test re-test for assessing stability in image, biological correlation or open science data. Only 8% of them included external validation. Almost half of articles (45%) performed multivariable analysis with non-radiomics features. Only 1 study was prospective (4%). The mean RQS was 7.5 ± 5.4. No significant differences were detected between articles published in clinical/imaging journal and between studies with a predictive or prognostic biomarker. No significant correlation was found between total RQS and Impact Factor of the year of publication (p always > 0.05). Conclusions Radiomic articles in nasopharyngeal cancer are mostly of low methodological quality. The greatest limitations are the lack of external validation, biological correlates, prospective design and open science.

MRI based radiomics in nasopharyngeal cancer: systematic review and perspectives using Radiomic Quality Score (RQS) assessment / Spadarella, Gaia; Calareso, Giuseppina; Garanzini, Enrico; Ugga, Lorenzo; Cuocolo, Alberto; Cuocolo, Renato. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 0720-048X. - 140 (2021) 109744:(2021), pp. 109744-109751. [10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.109744]

MRI based radiomics in nasopharyngeal cancer: systematic review and perspectives using Radiomic Quality Score (RQS) assessment

Spadarella, Gaia
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Ugga, Lorenzo;Cuocolo, Alberto;Cuocolo, Renato
2021

Abstract

Background MRI based radiomics has the potential to better define tumor biology compared to qualitative MRI assessment and support decisions in patients affected by nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Aim of this review was to systematically evaluate the methodological quality of studies using MRI- radiomics for nasopharyngeal cancer patient evaluation. Methods A systematic search was performed in PUBMED, WEB OF SCIENCE and SCOPUS using “MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, radiomic, texture analysis, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, nasopharyngeal cancer” in all possible combinations. The methodological quality of study included ( = 24) was evaluated according to the RQS (Radiomic quality score). Subgroup, for journal type (imaging/clinical) and biomarker (prognostic/predictive), and correlation, between RQS and journal Impact Factor, analyses were performed. Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman’s correlation were performed. P value < .05 were defined as statistically significant. Results Overall, no studies reported a phantom study or a test re-test for assessing stability in image, biological correlation or open science data. Only 8% of them included external validation. Almost half of articles (45%) performed multivariable analysis with non-radiomics features. Only 1 study was prospective (4%). The mean RQS was 7.5 ± 5.4. No significant differences were detected between articles published in clinical/imaging journal and between studies with a predictive or prognostic biomarker. No significant correlation was found between total RQS and Impact Factor of the year of publication (p always > 0.05). Conclusions Radiomic articles in nasopharyngeal cancer are mostly of low methodological quality. The greatest limitations are the lack of external validation, biological correlates, prospective design and open science.
2021
MRI based radiomics in nasopharyngeal cancer: systematic review and perspectives using Radiomic Quality Score (RQS) assessment / Spadarella, Gaia; Calareso, Giuseppina; Garanzini, Enrico; Ugga, Lorenzo; Cuocolo, Alberto; Cuocolo, Renato. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 0720-048X. - 140 (2021) 109744:(2021), pp. 109744-109751. [10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.109744]
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