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Texture Analysis of Gray-Scale Ultrasound Images for Staging of Hepatic Fibrosis

간 섬유화 단계 평가를 위한 회색조 초음파 영상 기반 텍스처 분석

  • Eun Joo Park (Department of Radiology, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital) ;
  • Seung Ho Kim (Department of Radiology, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital) ;
  • Sang Joon Park (Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Tae Wook Baek (Department of Radiology, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital)
  • 박언주 (인제대학교 의과대학 해운대백병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 김승호 (인제대학교 의과대학 해운대백병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 박상준 (서울대학교병원 영상의학과) ;
  • 백태욱 (인제대학교 의과대학 해운대백병원 영상의학과)
  • Received : 2019.11.14
  • Accepted : 2020.04.09
  • Published : 2021.01.01
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Abstract

Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of texture analysis of gray-scale ultrasound (US) images for staging of hepatic fibrosis. Materials and Methods Altogether, 167 patients who had undergone routine US and laboratory tests for a fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index were included. Texture parameters were measured using a dedicated in-house software. Regions of interest were placed in five different segments (3, 5, 6, 7, 8) for each patient. The FIB-4 index was used as the reference standard for hepatic fibrosis grade. Comparisons of the texture parameters between different fibrosis groups were performed with the Student's t-test or Mann-Whitney U-test. Diagnostic performance was evaluated by receiver operating curve analysis. Results The study population comprised of patients with no fibrosis (FIB-4 < 1.45, n = 50), mild fibrosis (1.45 ≤ FIB-4 ≤ 2.35, n = 37), moderate fibrosis (2.35 < FIB-4 ≤ 3.25, n = 27), and severe fibrosis (FIB-4 > 3.25, n = 53). Skewness in hepatic segment 5 showed a difference between patients with no fibrosis and mild fibrosis (0.2392 ± 0.3361, 0.4134 ± 0.3004, respectively, p = 0.0109). The area under the curve of skewness for discriminating patients with no fibrosis from those with mild fibrosis was 0.660 (95% confidence interval, 0.551-0.758), with an estimated accuracy, sensitivity, specificity of 64%, 87%, 48%, respectively. Conclusion A significant difference was observed regarding skewness in segment 5 between patients with no fibrosis and patients with mild fibrosis.

목적 간 섬유화 단계 평가를 위한 회색조 초음파 영상 기반 텍스처 분석 측정 변수들의 진단적 유용성에 대해 평가한다. 대상과 방법 간 회색조 초음파 검사를 시행한 총 167명의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 텍스처 분석은 한 명의 의사가 전용 소프트웨어를 이용하여 시행하였으며 3, 5, 6, 7, 8번 간 분절에 20픽셀에 해당하는 원형 관심 영역을 지정하여 측정하였다. 간 섬유화 정도에 대한 표준 품으로는 fibrosis-4 (이하 FIB-4 index)를 사용하였다. 산출된 텍스처 변수들과 간의 섬유화 정도의 비교는 t-검정과 Mann-Whitney U 검정을 사용하였으며, 진단적으로 유의한 변수들에 대하여 수신자 운영 특성 곡선의 곡선 하 면적(area under the receiver operating characteristic curve)으로 진단능을 평가하였다. 결과 연구에 포함된 환자는 정상군(FIB-4 < 1.45, n = 50), 경도(1.45 ≤ FIB-4 ≤ 2.35, n = 37), 중등도(2.35 < FIB-4 ≤ 3.25, n = 27)와 중증 간 섬유화군(FIB-4 > 3.25, n = 53)으로 구분되었다. 간의 5번 분절에서 왜도는 정상군과 경도군 사이에서 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다(각각 0.2392 ± 0.3361, 0.4134 ± 0.3004, p = 0.0109). 정상군과 경도군을 구별하기 위한 왜도의 곡선 하 면적은 0.660 (95% confidence interval, 0.551-0.758) 이었으며, 추정 정확도, 민감도, 특이도는 각각 64%, 87%, 48%로 산출되었다. 결론 왜도는 5번 간 분절에서 정상군과 경도 섬유화군을 구분하는 데 유의한 차이를 보였다.

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