Study of AI algorithms on mpMRI and PHI for the diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer

To study the feasibility of multiple factors in improving the diagnostic accuracy of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa).

A retrospective study with 131 patients analyzes age, PSA, PHI and pathology. Patients with ISUP > 2 were classified as csPCa, and others are non-csPCa. The mpMRI images were processed by a homemade AI algorithm, obtaining positive or negative AI results. Four logistic regression models were fitted, with pathological findings as the dependent variable. The predicted probability of the patients was used to test the prediction efficacy of the models. The DeLong test was performed to compare differences in the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves (AUCs) between the models.

The study includes 131 patients: 62 were diagnosed with csPCa and 69 were non-csPCa. Statically significant differences were found in age, PSA, PIRADS score, AI results, and PHI values between the 2 groups (all P ≤ 0.001). The conventional model (R² = 0.389), the AI model (R² = 0.566), and the PHI model (R² = 0.515) were compared to the full model (R² = 0.626) with ANOVA and showed statistically significant differences (all P < 0.05). The AUC of the full model (0.921 [95% CI: 0.871-0.972]) was significantly higher than that of the conventional model (P = 0.001), AI model (P < 0.001), and PHI model (P = 0.014).

Combining multiple factors such as age, PSA, PIRADS score and PHI, adding AI algorithm based on mpMRI, the diagnostic accuracy of csPCa can be improved.