Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2020.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2020; 26(11): 1208-1220
Published online Mar 21, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i11.1208
Table 1 Categories of the quantitative radiomics features obtained for analysis
GroupsDetailed parameters
First-order and distribution statistics, n = 23Minimum intensity, Maximum intensity, Mean intensity, Median intensity, Standard deviation, Variance, Volume count, Voxel value sum, Range mean deviation, Relative deviation, Skewness, Kurtosis, Uniformity, Energy, Entropy, Frequency size, Quantile 5, Quantile 10, Quantile 25, Quantile 50, Quantile 75, Quantile 90, Quantile 95
Gray-level co-occurrence matrix, n = 28Glcm bin size, Glcm total frequency, Glcm matrix mean, Glcm relative Frequency, Energy, Entropy, Inertia, Correlation, Inverse difference moment, Cluster shade, Cluster prominence, Haralick correlation, Haralick entropy, Angular second moment, Contrast, Haralick variance, sum Average, sum Variance, sum Entropy, Difference variance, Difference entropy, Inverse difference moment normalized, Minimum intensity, Maximum intensity, Number of intensity bins, Minimum size, Maximum size, Number of size bins
Gray-level run length matrix, n = 10Short run emphasis (SRE), Long run emphasis (LRE), Gray level non-uniformity (GLN), Run length non-uniformity (RLN), Low gray level run emphasis (LGLRE), High gray level run emphasis (HGLRE), Short run low gray level emphasis (SRLGLE), Short run high gray level emphasis (SRHGLE), Long run low gray level emphasis (LRLGLE), Long run high gray level emphasis (LRHGLE)
Table 2 Clinicopathological characteristics of 101 hepatitis B virus-related cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Patients with
Patients without
P value
Liver failure, n = 15Liver failure, n = 86
Sex0.439
Male9 (90)50 (89)
Female1 (10)6 (12)
Age in yr55 (22-78)55 (40-67)0.958
Primary tumor
Tumor size in mm1259 (15-154)38 (10-197)0.069
Single, n4 (27)60 (70)
Multiple in n11 (73)26 (30)
Baseline serological index1
Aspartate aminotransferase in IU/L59 (17-116)33 (17-1663)0.030
Alanine aminotransferase in IU/L34 (17-98)31 (11-1491)0.248
Total bilirubin in mg/dL18.2 (8.2-37.9)15.7 (3.2-35.5)0.314
Albumin in g/L38.7 (30.9-45.8)40.3 (23.0-50.3)0.135
Alkaline phosphatase in U/L131 (71-365)91 (41-410)0.004
Platelet as /L200 (111-496)188 (49-489)0.462
Prothrombin time in s12.8 (11.3-14.9)12.3 (10.6-16.8)0.138
Cholinesterase in U/L6271 (2522-8417)6714 (2334-12360)0.110
ICG test1
Elimination rate constant in K as min-10.13 (0.09-0.19)0.21 (0.12-0.29)0.308
Retention rate at 15 min as R15 in %8.2 (1.3-28.4)12.8 (6.1-18.0)0.002
The half-life as T1/2 in min6.36 (3.73-7.88)3.27 (2.39-5.68)0.061
Baseline score
Child-Pugh classification0.786
A15 (100)81 (94)
B0 (0)5 (6)
C0 (0)0 (0)
Fibrosis grade on specimen0.174
F11 (7)9 (11)
F20 (0)8 (9)
F30 (0)7 (8)
F49 (60)14 (16)
N/A5 (33)48 (56)
Table 3 Receiver operating characteristics analysis of the predictive value of clinical prediction model, radiomics signature and radiomics-based model
Clinical prediction modelRadiomics signatureRadiomics-based model
AUC (95%CI)0.810 (0.691-0.929)0.809 (0.713-0.906)0.894 (0.823-0.964)
Optimized Youden Index0.5790.5560.712
Sensitivity (95%CI)0.800 (0.514-0.947)0.800 (0.514-0.947)0.933 (0.660-0.997)
Specificity (95%CI)0.779 (0.674-0.858)0.756 (0.649-0.839)0.779 (0.674-0.859)
PPV (95%CI)0.387 (0.224-0.577)0.364 (0.210-0.549)0.424 (0.260-0.606)
NPV (95%CI)0.957 (0.872-0.989)0.956 (0.868-0.989)0.985 (0.910-0.999)
Accuracy (95%CI)0.782 (0.691-0.852)0.762 (0.670-0.835)0.802 (0.713-0.869)