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Radiomics-based prediction of FIGO grade for placenta accreta spectrum
Helena C Bartels1, Jim O'Doherty2,3,4, Eric Wolsztynski5,6
1Department of UCD Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. helenabartels91@gmail.com.
Background:
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a rare, life-threatening complication of pregnancy. Predicting PAS severity is critical to individualise care planning for the birth. We aim to explore whether radiomic analysis of T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict severe cases by distinguishing between histopathological subtypes antenatally.
Methods:
This was a bi-centre retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort study conducted between 2018 and 2022. Women who underwent MRI during pregnancy and had histological confirmation of PAS were included. Radiomic features were extracted from T2-weighted images. Univariate regression and multivariate analyses were performed to build predictive models to differentiate between non-invasive (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics [FIGO] grade 1 or 2) and invasive (FIGO grade 3) PAS using R software. Prediction performance was assessed based on several metrics including sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and area under the curve (AUC) at receiver operating characteristic analysis.
Results:
Forty-one women met the inclusion criteria. At univariate analysis, 0.64 sensitivity (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.0-1.00), specificity 0.93 (0.38-1.0), 0.58 accuracy (0.37-0.78) and 0.77 AUC (0.56-.097) was achieved for predicting severe FIGO grade 3 PAS. Using a multivariate approach, a support vector machine model yielded 0.30 sensitivity (95% CI 0.18-1.0]), 0.74 specificity (0.38-1.00), 0.58 accuracy (0.40-0.82), and 0.53 AUC (0.40-0.85).
Conclusion:
Our results demonstrate a predictive potential of this machine learning pipeline for classifying severe PAS cases.
Relevance Statement:
This study demonstrates the potential use of radiomics from MR images to identify severe cases of placenta accreta spectrum antenatally.
Key Points:
• Identifying severe cases of placenta accreta spectrum from imaging is challenging. • We present a methodological approach for radiomics-based prediction of placenta accreta. • We report certain radiomic features are able to predict severe PAS subtypes. • Identifying severe PAS subtypes ensures safe and individualised care planning for birth.
