• Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2017

Background: Normalized cerebral blood volume (nCBV) can be measured using manual or semiautomatic segmentation method. However, the difference in diagnostic performance on brain tumor differentiation between differently measured nCBV has not been evaluated. Purpose: To compare the diagnostic performance of manually obtained nCBV to that of semiautomatically obtained nCBV on glioblastoma (GBM) and primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) differentiation. Materials and Methods: Histopathologically confirmed forty GBM and eleven PCNSL patients underwent 3T MR imaging with dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced perfusion MR imaging before any treatment or biopsy. Based on the contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging, the mean nCBV (mCBV) was measured using the manual method (manual mCBV), random regions of interest (ROIs) placement by the observer, or the semiautomatic segmentation method (semiautomatic mCBV). The volume of enhancing portion of the tumor was also measured during semiautomatic segmentation process. T-test, ROC curve analysis, Fisher's exact test and multivariate regression analysis were performed to compare the value and evaluate the diagnostic performance of each parameter. Results: GBM showed a higher enhancing volume (P = 0.0307), a higher manual mCBV (P = 0.018) and a higher semiautomatic mCBV (P = 0.0111) than that of the PCNSL. Semiautomatic mCBV had the highest value (0.815) for the area under the curve (AUC), however, the AUCs of the three parameters were not significantly different from each other. The semiautomatic mCBV was the best independent predictor for the GBM and PCNSL differential diagnosis according to the stepwise multiple regression analysis. Conclusion: We found that the semiautomatic mCBV could be a better predictor than the manual mCBV for the GBM and PCNSL differentiation. We believe that the semiautomatic segmentation method can contribute to the advancement of perfusion based brain tumor evaluation.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.449-456
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• 2011

Eighteen different biometric traits in 407 Kankrej cows from their breeding zone, i.e. Palanpur district of Gujarat, India, were recorded and analyzed by factor analysis to explain body conformation. The averages of body length, height at withers, height at shoulder, height at knee, heart girth, paunch girth, face length, face width, horn length, horn diameter, distance between horns, ear length, ear width, neck length, neck diameter, tail length with switch, tail length without switch and distance between hip bones were $123.44{\pm}0.37$, $124.49{\pm}0.28$, $94.68{\pm}0.30$, $38.2{\pm}0.14$, $162.56{\pm}0.56$, $178.95{\pm}0.70$, $44.09{\pm}0.10$, $15.91{\pm}0.05$, $42.47{\pm}0.53$, $26.07{\pm}0.19$, $13.34{\pm}0.08$, $31.24{\pm}0.12$, $16.10{\pm}0.05$, $50.63{\pm}0.18$, $73.21{\pm}0.32$, $111.62{\pm}0.53$, $89.34{\pm}0.34$ and $17.28{\pm}0.10\;cm$, respectively. The correlation coefficients between different traits ranged from -0.806 (horn diameter and distance between horns) to 0.815 (heart girth and paunch girth). Most of the correlations were positive and significant. Factor analysis with promax rotation with power 3 revealed three factors which explained about 66.02% of the total variation. Factor 1 described the cow body and explained 38.89% of total variation. The second factor described the front view/face of the cow and explained 19.68% of total variation. The third factor described the back of the cow and explained 7.44% of total variation. It was necessary to include some more variables for factor 3 to obtain a reliable estimate of the back view of the cow. The lower communities shown for distance between horns, horn diameter, ear width and neck diameter indicated that these traits did not contribute effectively to explaining body conformation and can be dropped from recording, whereas all other traits are important and needed to explain body conformation in Kankrej cows. The result suggests that principal component analysis (PCA) could be used in breeding programs with a drastic reduction in the number of biometric traits to be recorded to explain body conformation.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제63권4호
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• pp.815-826
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• 2021

The objective of the current study was to investigate the effects of stocking density (SD) and dietary supplementation of vitamin C on growth performance, meat quality, intestinal permeability, and stress indicators in broiler chickens. The study was conducted using a completely randomized design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement consisting of 2 different SD and 2 supplemental levels of dietary vitamin C. A total of 1,368 Ross 308 broiler chickens of 21 days of age with similar body weights (BW) were randomly allotted to 1 of 4 treatments with 6 replicates each. Different numbers of birds per identical floor pen (2.0 m × 2.4 m) were used to create 2 different SD levels of low SD (9 birds/m²) and high SD (18 birds/m²). The basal diet was formulated with no supplemental vitamin C to meet or exceed nutrient recommendations of the Ross 308 manual. The other diet was prepared by supplementing 200 mg/kg vitamin C in the basal diet. The study lasted for 14 days. At the end of the study, 3 male birds per replicate were selected to analyze meat quality, intestinal permeability, and stress indicators such as blood heterophil:lymphocyte (H:L) and feather corticosterone (CORT) concentrations. Results indicated that there were no interactions between different SD and dietary supplementation of vitamin C for all measurements. For the main effects of SD, birds raised at high SD had less (p < 0.01) BW, BW gain, and feed intake with increasing stress responses including greater blood H:L and feather CORT concentrations (p < 0.01) than those raised at low SD. Transepithelial electrical resistance in the jejunal mucosa was decreased (p < 0.05) at high SD, indicating an increase in intestinal permeability. However, the main effects of dietary supplementation of 200 mg/kg vitamin C were insignificant for all measurements. In conclusion, high SD of broiler chickens impairs growth performance and intestinal barrier function with increasing stress responses. However, dietary supplementation of vitamin C may have little beneficial effects on broiler chickens raised at the high SD condition used in the present study.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.802-815
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• 2021

To investigate the effect of postmortem phases on lamb meat quality, the physicochemical quality, microstructure and water mobility of oyster cut, short loin, knuckle and silverside muscles from Small-Tail Han sheep were evaluated in the pre-rigor, rigor mortis and post-rigor phases. Pre-rigor lamb meat had higher pH and water holding capacity (WHC), whereas lower CIE L^*, b^*, hue angle values than rigor mortis and post-rigor meat (p<0.05). The Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBSF) values were higher in rigor mortis short loin and silverside than their pre-rigor and post-rigor counterparts, pre-rigor short loin had lower WBSF value than its post-rigor counterpart (p<0.05). Muscle fibers shrank laterally and longitudinally during the onset of rigor mortis. Rigor mortis and postrigor lamb meat exhibited wide I-bands, dark A-bands, short sarcomeres and large inter-myofibrillar spaces. The shift of immobilized water to free water and repulsion from the intra-myofibrillar space to the extracellular space result in the increase of water loss in rigor mortis and post-rigor lamb meat. The results of the principal component analysis (PCA) indicated that rigor mortis and post-rigor lamb meat had similar quality properties but different from pre-rigor lamb meat. In conclusion, the lamb meat in the pre-rigor phase had good tenderness, color and WHC. The results of this research could provide some theoretical references for lamb meat production and processing.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.53-68
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• 1969

생산력이 서로 다른 두 토양(土壤)에 유기물(有機物)을 첨가(添加)하여 근부(根部) 환경(環境)의 변화(變化)와 수도품종별(水稻品種別) 근(根)의 근부(根部) 환경(環境)에 대(對)한 반응(反應)을 육안(肉眼) 관찰(觀察)하고 양분흡수(養分吸收)를 조사(調査)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1) 고위답토양(高位畓土壤)은 유기물(有機物)의 분해(分解)가 완만(緩慢)하며 분해평형점(分解平衡點)에서의 유기물(有機物) 함량(含量)이 높고 저위답토양(低位畓土壤)은 유기물(有機物)의 분해(分解)가 급속(急速)하며 분해평형점(分解平衡點)에 함량(含量)이 낮다. 2) 저위답토양(低位畓土壤)은 근(根)의 발육(發育)이 조해(阻害)되며 유기물(有機物) 첨가(添加)에 의(依)하여 더욱 조해(阻害)된다. 유기물(有機物)의 분해(分解)로 생기는 gas가 근(根) 주변(周邊)에 피막(被膜)을 형성(形成)하는데 기인(起因)하는것 같으며 이 결과(結果)로 T/R 값이 심히 떨어진다. 3) 품종간(品種間) 근부(根部) 환경(環境)에 반응력(反應力)이 현저하여 수원(水原) 82호(號)는 농림(農林) 25호(號) 보다 고위답(高位畓) 토양(土壤)에서는 흡수력(吸收力)이 강(强)하고 저위답토양(低位畓土壤)에서는 흡수력(吸收力)이 떨어진다. 4) 유기물(有機物) 첨가(添加)로 가리흡수(加里吸收)가 조해(阻害)되고 저위답토양(低位畓土壤)에서는 인산흡수(燐酸吸收)가 가장 조해(阻害)되는데 저위답토양(低位畓土壤)에 유기물(有機物)을 첨가(添加)하여 이 두 인자(因子)가 공역(共役)할 경우 양분흡수조해(養分吸收阻害)는 상승적(相乘的)으로 야기(惹起)된다. 5) 근(根)의 활력(活力)과 근수(根數), 지상부(地上部) 생육량(生育量) 및 근부생육량(根部生育量)과의 상관(相關)은 각각(各各) r=0.839, r=0.834, r=0.948로 모두 1%에서 유의성(有意性)이 있고 지상부(地上部)와 근부(根部)의 N.P.K. 흡수량(吸收量)과도 각각(各各), r=0.751, r=0.670, r=0.769, r=0.729, r=0.742, r=0.815로 5% 수준(水準)에서 유의성(有意性)이 있으며 근부(根部)의 생육량(生育量) 및 가리(加里)의 흡수량(吸收量)과의 상관계수(相關係數)가 가장 크다. 6) 근부환경(根部環境)이 나쁜곳에서는 좋은 곳에서보다 수도지상부(水稻地上部)의 질소농도(窒素濃度)는 낮고 근부(根部)는 훨씬 높아서 ammonia 과잉(過剩)의 해독(害毒)이 예상되며 인산(燐酸)과 가리(加里)는 양부위(兩部位)에서 모두 심히 낮으며 특히 간(稈)과 엽초(葉稍)에서 더욱 낮았다. 7) 근부환경(根部環境)이 나쁜 곳에서는 좋은곳에서보다 지상부(地上部)의 당(糖)과 전분(澱粉) 및 전탄수화물(全炭水化物) 함량(含量)이 높은데 반(反)하여 근부(根部)에서는 낮은데 환원당(還元糖)에서 더욱 심하여 근부(根部)에서는 당(糖)의 이상소모(異常消耗)가 예상되고 지상부(地上部)에서는 이에 대비하여 당(糖) 대사(代謝)가 해당방향(解糖方向)으로 주력(注力)함이 예상된다. 8) 근부환경(根部環境)이 나쁜곳에서는 근부(根部)에서 지상부(地上部)로 양분(養分)의 전류(轉流)가 극히 나빴다. 9) 근부환경(根部環境)이 나쁜곳에서는 황산(黃酸)의 함유율(含有率)이 높은데 엽신(葉身)에서 특히 높아 황산(黃酸) Ion에 의(依)한 ATP 생성(生成) 조해(阻害)가 예상되고 $P_2O_5/S$ 값은 고위답(高位畓) 유기물무시용구(有機物無施用區)의 1/5에 불과(不過)하여 P-S 비(比)가 관련된것 같다. 10) 근부환경(根部環境)이 나쁜곳에서는 지상부(地上部) 철(鐵)의 함량(含量)에는 차이(差異)가 없으나 Mn 함량(含量)은 상당히 적은 편이어서 $Fe/P_2O_5$ 값이 큰데 간(稈)과 엽초(葉稍)에서 7배(倍)나 되어 철인산(鐵燐酸) 침전에 의(依)한 통도(通導)의 기계적(機械的) 장해(障害)가 예상된다. 11) 토양중(土壤中) 조해성(阻害性) 인자(因子)는 유기물(有機物) 분해속도(分解速度)가 빠른 경우 악화(惡化)되어 근부기능기(根部機能基)를 조해(阻害)하여 양분(養分)을 조지(阻止)하고 체내(體內) Ion 평형(平衡)(N. P. K. S. Fe)을 교란(攪亂) 이상대사(異常代謝)(해당작용(解糖作用) A. T. P 생성약화(生成弱化))를 일으켜 전류(轉流)가 방해(防害)되고 따라서 각부위(各部位)의 생육(生育)의 불균형(不均衡)을 초래(招來)하는 연발생(連發生) 조해작용(阻害作用)이 순환가속(順換加速)하는 것으로 추정(推定)된다. 12) 고위답(高位畓)에서 질소(窒素)의 시용량(施用量)에 따른 근분포(根分布)를 조사(調査)한 결과(結果) 저위답(低位畓)은 표토부분(表土部分)에 분포(分布)하나 고위답(高位畓)에서는 심토(心土)에 분포비율(分布比率)이 많다. 질소(窒素) 무시용(無施用)은 지하(地下) 0~7cm 부위(部位)에 분포(分布) 비율(比率)이 크고 질소(窒素)를 시용(施用)하면 7~14cm 부위(部位)에 근분포(根分布) 비율(比率)이 많다. 전(全) 근중(根重)은 저위답(低位畓)에 비(比)하여 고위답(高位畓)에 많고 질소(窒素) 무시용(無施用)에 비(比)해서 질소(窒素) 10a 12kg 시용(施用)에서 많았다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.484-492
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• 2002

The selection of the maxillary anterior artificial teeth is made primarily for esthetics and they must be in harmony with the surrounding oral environment. However the selection of artificial teeth is based on the large degree of subjective judgement or the dentists, therefore, this is one of the most unscientific processes. This study was performed to determine clinically whether there is correlation among the width of the maxillary central incisor(WMCI), the intercanine distance (ICD) the facial width(FW), and the interalar nasal width(IAW) in Korean adults, and to provide the selection standards for the maxillary anterior artificial teeth. The casts were obtained from 91 undergraduate dental students(49 males and 42 females) with Angle's class I occlusion presenting well-arranged intact anterior teeth. The WMCI and ICD were measured on the casts with a vernier calipers($Miltex^{(R)}$, Germany). The photographic procedures under standardized conditions were performed to record each subject's frontal face using digital camera($Olympus^{(R)}$, C-2500L, Japan). The FW and IAW were measured with image analyzer($Image-Pro^{(R)}$ PLUS. media cybermetrics. USA). The results were obtained as follows : 1. The mean WMCI was $8.11{\pm}0.67mm$, ICD was $37.88{\pm}2.15mm$, FW was $141.29{\pm}5.84mm$. and IAW was $37.85{\pm}2.29 mm$. 2. The ratios of FW/WMCI, FW/ICD, IAW/ICD were 17.4, 3.7, 1.0 respectively. 3. All measurements(WMCI, ICD, FW, and IAW) of male group were longer than those of female group significantly in Student's t-test(p<0.01). 4. There was significant correlation between WMCI, ICD, FW, and IAW in Pearson's correlation analysis(p<0.01). 5, The relationship between IAW and ICD shows the strongest correlation among six combinations in linear regression analysis($R^2$=0.753, Y=7.046+0.815X). The FW and IAW could be very reliable guides for the selection of the maxillary anterior artificial teeth.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.85-89
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• 2017

고온에서 가열 살균한 냉동 해산물의 텍스처 경화 개선 효과를 당알코올을 이용한 얼음결정 억제 측면에서 연구, 고찰하여 상업적으로 적용 가능한 전처리 방법을 확립하였다. 레토르트 낙지, 오징어 및 소라의 텍스처 경화 현상 개선 실험 결과 2, 4%(w/w) 솔비톨 용액을 혼합 후 급속냉동, 해동 후 고온 가열한 경우 무처리구 대비 텍스처의 기계적 측정 지표인 경도값이 9-36% 내외 감소하여 텍스처 연화 효과가 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 냉동 해산물의 냉동 과정에서 발생하는 얼음결정 형성에 따른 단백 조직의 수축에 의한 질긴 식감과 세포 조직 손상이 솔비톨 첨가에 따른 미세 얼음결정 형성과 보수력 향상으로 최소화되어 고온 가열 후에도 무처리구 대비 수분 용출이 감소하여 텍스처 연화가 발생함을 알 수 있었다(1,3,13-15). 또한 솔비톨 처리 시 단백 조직의 보수력 향상으로 중량 변화에 근거한 수율도 2-5% 내외 상승하였다. 오징어살과 소라살에서 5점 척도법 분석형 관능검사 결과 전처리 실험구의 탄력성 및 식감 기호도가 무처리구 대비 통계적 유의성 있게 0.2-0.4점 우수한 것으로 나타나 텍스처 기기 측정치와 동일하게 관능 분석에서도 텍스처 연화에 따른 식감 향상 효과가 검증 되었다. 이상과 같이 레토르트 냉동 해산물 원료의 냉동변성 현상을 억제하기 위하여 솔비톨과 염을 이용하여 급속 냉동시키는 얼음결정 억제 전처리 공정을 적용한 결과 오징어살과 소라살에서서 냉동변성 방지 효과가 확인되었으며, 오징어살의 최적 처리조건은 2% (w/w) 솔비톨 용액, 소라살의 최적 처리조건은 4% (w/w) 솔비톨 용액이었다.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.61-67
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• 2018

Purpose: To evaluate the association between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and occurrence of aspiration pneumonia in drug intoxication (DI) patients in the emergency department (ED) and to evaluate the relationship between NLR and length of hospital admission/intensive care unit (ICU) admission Methods: A total of 466 patients diagnosed with DI in the ED from January 2016 to December 2017 were included in the analysis. The clinical and laboratory results, including NLR, were evaluated as variables. NLR was calculated as the absolute neutrophil count/absolute lymphocyte count. To evaluate the prognosis of DI, data on the development of aspiration pneumonia were obtained. Also, we evaluated the relationship between NLR and length of hospital admission and between NLR and length of ICU admission. Statistically, multivariate logistic regression analyses, receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, and Pearson's correlation (${\rho}$) were performed. Results: Among the 466 DI patients, 86 (18.5%) developed aspiration pneumonia. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed NLR as an independent factor in predicting aspiration pneumonia (odds ratio, 1.7; p=0.001). NLR showed excellent predictive performance for aspiration pneumonia (areas under the ROC curves, 0.815; cut-off value, 3.47; p<0.001) with a sensitivity of 86.0% and a specificity of 72.6%. No correlations between NLR and length of hospital admission (${\rho}=0.195$) and between NLR and length of ICU admission (${\rho}=0.092$) were observed. Conclusion: The NLR is a simple and effective marker for predicting the occurrence of aspiration pneumonia in DI patients. Emergency physicians should be alert for aspiration pneumonia in DI patients with high NLR value (>3.47).

• 예술인문사회 융합 멀티미디어 논문지
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.815-823
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• 2017

본 연구는 특수교육 기본교육과정 학업성취도 평가 영역에 대한 중요도-실행도 분석에 근거하여 특수교육 현장의 실제적 평가에 대한 요구를 고찰한 것이다. 중요도-실행도 분석을 위한 평가영역 및 요소는 델파이 분석으로 도출한 특수교육 기본교육과정 대상학생의 4개 생활교육 범주, 22개 내용영역과 국가 교육과정의 7개 교과 범주, 27개 내용영역으로 설정하였다. P광역시에 소재하는 126명의 지적장애 특수학교 교사를 대상으로 중요도-실행도 분석을 실시한 결과, 모든 범주에서 중요도와 실행도 간에 통계적 유의차가 나타났다. 또 이를 평균점을 기준으로 실행도를 x축, 중요도를 y축으로 하여 산점도로 분석한 결과 교과교육의 일부영역은 중요도와 실행도 모두 낮은 인식수준을 보였다. 이러한 연구결과는 특수교육 기본교육과정의 학업성취도 평가영역 및 평가체제에 대한 재구조화의 필요성을 제기하며, 더 나아가 국가수준 기본교육과정의 교과목 편제 및 내용영역, 내용요소의 양에 대한 심도 깊은 개정 논의가 필요함을 암시한다.

• Korean Journal of Radiology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.334-343
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• 2021

Objective: We aimed to develop a prediction model for diagnosing severe aortic stenosis (AS) using computed tomography (CT) radiomics features of aortic valve calcium (AVC) and machine learning (ML) algorithms. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 408 patients who underwent cardiac CT between March 2010 and August 2017 and had echocardiographic examinations (240 patients with severe AS on echocardiography [the severe AS group] and 168 patients without severe AS [the non-severe AS group]). Data were divided into a training set (312 patients) and a validation set (96 patients). Using non-contrast-enhanced cardiac CT scans, AVC was segmented, and 128 radiomics features for AVC were extracted. After feature selection was performed with three ML algorithms (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator [LASSO], random forests [RFs], and eXtreme Gradient Boosting [XGBoost]), model classifiers for diagnosing severe AS on echocardiography were developed in combination with three different model classifier methods (logistic regression, RF, and XGBoost). The performance (c-index) of each radiomics prediction model was compared with predictions based on AVC volume and score. Results: The radiomics scores derived from LASSO were significantly different between the severe AS and non-severe AS groups in the validation set (median, 1.563 vs. 0.197, respectively, p < 0.001). A radiomics prediction model based on feature selection by LASSO + model classifier by XGBoost showed the highest c-index of 0.921 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.869-0.973) in the validation set. Compared to prediction models based on AVC volume and score (c-indexes of 0.894 [95% CI, 0.815-0.948] and 0.899 [95% CI, 0.820-0.951], respectively), eight and three of the nine radiomics prediction models showed higher discrimination abilities for severe AS. However, the differences were not statistically significant (p > 0.05 for all). Conclusion: Models based on the radiomics features of AVC and ML algorithms may perform well for diagnosing severe AS, but the added value compared to AVC volume and score should be investigated further.