Texture analysis of diffusion weighted imaging for the evaluation of glioma heterogeneity based on different regions of interest

  • Authors:
    • Shan Wang
    • Meng Meng
    • Xue Zhang
    • Chen Wu
    • Ru Wang
    • Jiangfen Wu
    • Muhammad Umair Sami
    • Kai Xu
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  • Published online on: March 12, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8232
  • Pages: 7297-7304
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Abstract

The present study aimed to explore the role of texture analysis with apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps based on different regions of interest (ROI) in determining glioma grade. Thirty patients with glioma underwent diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). ADC values were determined from the following three ROIs: i) whole tumor; ii) solid portion; and iii) peritumoral edema. Texture features were compared between high‑grade gliomas (HGGs) and low‑grade gliomas (LGGs) using the non‑parametric Wilcoxon rank‑sum test or the unpaired Student's t‑test. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed to determine the optimum threshold for inhomogeneity values in discrimination of HGGs from LGGs. With a spearman rank correlation model, the aforementioned ADC inhomogeneity values were correlated with the Ki‑67 labeling index. With whole tumor ROI, inhomogeneity values proved to be significantly different between HGGs and LGGs (P<0.001). With solid portion ROI, inhomogeneity and median values showed significant difference between HGGs and LGGs (P=0.001 and P=0.043, respectively). With peritumoral edema ROI, entropy and edema volume demonstrated positive results (P=0.016, P<0.001). The whole tumor inhomogeneity parameter performed with better diagnostic accuracy (P=0.048) than selecting the solid portion ROI. The association between inhomogeneity and Ki‑67 labeling index was significantly positive in whole tumor and solid portion ROI (R=0.628, P<0.001 and R=0.470, P=0.009). Texture analysis of DWI based on different ROI can provide various significant parameters to evaluate tumor heterogeneity, which were correlated with tumor grade. Particularly, the inhomogeneity value derived from whole tumor ROI provided high diagnostic value and predicting the status of tumor proliferation.
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Wang S, Meng M, Zhang X, Wu C, Wang R, Wu J, Sami MU and Xu K: Texture analysis of diffusion weighted imaging for the evaluation of glioma heterogeneity based on different regions of interest. Oncol Lett 15: 7297-7304, 2018
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Wang, S., Meng, M., Zhang, X., Wu, C., Wang, R., Wu, J. ... Xu, K. (2018). Texture analysis of diffusion weighted imaging for the evaluation of glioma heterogeneity based on different regions of interest. Oncology Letters, 15, 7297-7304. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8232
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Wang, S., Meng, M., Zhang, X., Wu, C., Wang, R., Wu, J., Sami, M. U., Xu, K."Texture analysis of diffusion weighted imaging for the evaluation of glioma heterogeneity based on different regions of interest". Oncology Letters 15.5 (2018): 7297-7304.
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Wang, S., Meng, M., Zhang, X., Wu, C., Wang, R., Wu, J., Sami, M. U., Xu, K."Texture analysis of diffusion weighted imaging for the evaluation of glioma heterogeneity based on different regions of interest". Oncology Letters 15, no. 5 (2018): 7297-7304. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2018.8232