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CT texture analysis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy: Combining with US-based elastographic parameter and
Eriko Koda1, Tsuneo Yamashiro2,3, Rintaro Onoe1
1Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.
Objectives:
To investigate the potential of computed tomography (CT)-based texture analysis and elastographic data provided by endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) for differentiating the mediastinal lymphadenopathy by sarcoidosis and small cell lung cancer (SCLC) metastasis.
Methods:
Sixteen patients with sarcoidosis and 14 with SCLC were enrolled. On CT images showing the largest mediastinal lymph node, a fixed region of interest was drawn on the node, and texture features were automatically measured. Among the 30 patients, 19 (12 sarcoidosis and 7 SCLC) underwent endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration, and the fat-to-lesion strain ratio (FLR) was recorded. Texture features and FLRs were compared between the 2 patient groups. Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of these measurements.
Results:
Of the 31 texture features, the differences between 11 texture features of CT ROIs in the patients with sarcoidosis versus patients with SCLC were significant. Among them, the grey-level run length matrix with high gray-level run emphasis (GLRLM-HGRE) showed the greatest difference (P<0.01). Differences between FLRs were significant (P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis together with receiver operating characteristic curve analysis demonstrated that the FLR combined with the GLRLM-HGRE showed a high diagnostic accuracy (100% sensitivity, 92% specificity, 0.988 area under the curve) for discriminating between sarcoidosis and SCLC.
Conclusion:
Texture analysis, particularly combined with the FLR, is useful for discriminating between mediastinal lymphadenopathy caused by sarcoidosis from that caused by metastasis from SCLC.
