Objectives:To investigate the value of MRI radiomics integrated with inflammatory factors in predicting microvascular invasion(MVI)of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)preoperatively.Methods:A total of 221 patients with pathologically confirmed HCC were included,including 117 MVI-positive and 104 MVI-negative cases.After univariate analysis of inflammatory factors and imaging features,valid predictors of MVI were identified by using multivariate logistic regression analysis.These predictors were then applied to establish a predictive model.All layers of the tumors(intratu-moral and peritumoral 20mm)were outlined.The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator(LASSO)was used to select the radiomics signatures,and three radiomic models were established:peritumoral,intratumoral,peri-and intratumoral models.Inflammatory factors were combined with peritumoral and intratumoral radiomics signatures to produce a combined model.The predictive effi-ciency of the models were validated in the testing groups using ROC curves.Results:Multivariate logis-tic regression analysis showed maximum tumor diameter,capsule,peritumoral hyperintensity in the arterial phase,and[alkaline phosphatase(ALP)+gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase(GGT)]/lympho-cyte count ratio(AGLR)were independent risk factors for MVI.Based on the above parameters,the imaging characteristics and inflammatory factors were modelled.The area under the ROC curve(AUC)of this model was 0.80 and 0.75 for the training and testing groups,respectively.The AUC of the peritumoral and intratumoral radiomics model was higher than intratumoral radiomics model(training group:0.83 vs 0.75;testing group:0.79 vs 0.73).The AUC of combined predictive model,built by intratumoral and peritumoral radiomics signatures and inflammatory factors,were 0.87 for the training group and 0.82 for the testing group.Conclusion:The peritumoral and intratumoral radiomics model based on the GD-DTPA portal phase can be used for preoperatively predicting MVI in HCC.Ad-ditionally,the inflammatory factor might further enhance the predictive efficacy of this model.
关键词
肝细胞肝癌/影像组学/磁共振成像/微血管侵犯/炎症指标/影像特征
Key words
Hepatocellular carcinoma/Radiomics/Magnetic resonance imaging/Microvascular invasion/Inflammatory indicators/Imaing features