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Computed tomography-based fully automated artificial intelligence model to predict extrapancreatic perineural
Jieyu Yu1, Chengwei Chen1, Mingzhi Lu2
1Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital.
Background:
Extrapancreatic perineural invasion (EPNI) increases the risk of postoperative recurrence in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). This study aimed to develop and validate a computed tomography (CT)-based, fully automated preoperative artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict EPNI in patients with PDAC.
Methods:
The authors retrospectively enrolled 1065 patients from two Shanghai hospitals between June 2014 and April 2023. Patients were split into training (n=497), internal validation (n=212), internal test (n=180), and external test (n=176) sets. The AI model used perivascular space and tumor contact for EPNI detection. The authors evaluated the AI model's performance based on its discrimination. Kaplan-Meier curves, log-rank tests, and Cox regression were used for survival analysis.
Results:
The AI model demonstrated superior diagnostic performance for EPNI with 1-pixel expansion. The area under the curve in the training, validation, internal test, and external test sets were 0.87, 0.88, 0.82, and 0.83, respectively. The log-rank test revealed a significantly longer survival in the AI-predicted EPNI-negative group than the AI-predicted EPNI-positive group in the training, validation, and internal test sets (P<0.05). Moreover, the AI model exhibited exceptional prognostic stratification in early PDAC and improved assessment of neoadjuvant therapy's effectiveness.
Conclusion:
The AI model presents a robust modality for EPNI diagnosis, risk stratification, and neoadjuvant treatment guidance in PDAC, and can be applied to guide personalized precision therapy.
