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Suhrud Panchawagh1, Arita Halder2, Saloni Haldule3
1Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Background:
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) histological subtypes impact treatment decisions. While pre-surgical histopathological examination is ideal, it's not always possible. CT radiomic analysis shows promise in predicting NSCLC histological subtypes.
Objective:
To predict NSCLC histological subtypes using machine learning and deep learning models using Radiomic features.
Methods:
422 lung CT scans from The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) were analyzed. Primary neoplasms were segmented by expert radiologists. Using PyRadiomics, 2446 radiomic features were extracted; post-selection, 179 features remained. Machine learning models like logistic regression (LR), Support vector machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), XGBoost, LightGBM, and CatBoost were employed, alongside a deep neural network (DNN) model.
Results:
RF demonstrated the highest accuracy at 78 % (95 % CI: 70 %-84 %) and AUC-ROC at 94 % (95 % CI: 90 %-96 %). LightGBM, XGBoost, and CatBoost had AUC-ROC values of 95 %, 93 %, and 93 % respectively. The DNN's AUC was 94.4 % (95 % CI: 94.1 %-94.6 %). Logistic regression had the least efficacy. For histological subtype prediction, random forest, boosting models, and DNN were superior.
Conclusions:
Quantitative radiomic analysis with machine learning can accurately determine NSCLC histological subtypes. Random forest, ensemble models, and DNNs show significant promise for pre-operative NSCLC classification, which can streamline therapy decisions.
