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World J Radiol. Sep 28, 2026; 18(9): 123597
Published online Sep 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.123597
Published online Sep 28, 2026. doi: 10.4329/wjr.123597
Table 3 Twenty-three features included in the fusion model after LASSO selection
| Feature style | Feature name | Subregion/sequence | LASSO coefficient | Predictive performance |
| Habitat radiomics (8) | H3_GLCM_entropy | H3 (low vascularity/low cellularity) | 0.312 | Ineffective |
| H3_ volume proportion | H3/whole-tumor | 0.287 | Ineffective | |
| H1_Ktrans_mean value | H1 (high vascularity/high cellularity) | -0.265 | Effective | |
| H2_ADC_skewness | H2 (low vascularity/high cellularity) | 0.243 | Ineffective | |
| H1_GLRLM_LRHGE | H1/ADC | -0.198 | Effective | |
| H2/H1 volume ratio | H1 and H2 | 0.187 | Ineffective | |
| H1_Ve_kurtosis | H1/DCE-MRI | -0.142 | Effective | |
| H3_GLSZM_LZSAE | H3/T2WI | 0.131 | Ineffective | |
| Deep learning (7) | DL_Feature_312 | ResNet50/T2WI | -0.289 | Effective |
| DL_Feature_578 | ResNet50/ADC | 0.251 | Ineffective | |
| DL_Feature_049 | ResNet50/Ktrans | -0.234 | Effective | |
| The rest 4 features | Multisequence fusion layers | 0.09-0.18 | - | |
| Whole-tumor radiomics (5) | Whole-tumor_ADC_mean value | DWI/ADC | -0.198 | Effective |
| Whole-tumor_shape_ sphericity | T2WI | -0.156 | Effective | |
| The rest 3 features | Multisequence | 0.08-0.14 | - | |
| Clinical-dosimetrics (3) | FIGO stage | Clinical | 0.321 | Ineffective |
| RBE-weighted total dose of 252Cf neutrons at A point | Dosimetrics | -0.254 | Effective | |
| Maximum tumor diameter | Clinical/MRI | 0.187 | Ineffective |
- Citation: Wang SP, Chen ZG, Shan XJ, Jin M, Zhao W, Tong X, Meng X. Development and validation of a multimodal MRI habitat-based deep learning fusion model for predicting 252Cf neutron therapy response in cervical cancer. World J Radiol 2026; 18(9): 123597
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.123597