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. 2021 Jan 14;31(7):4824–4838. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07601-2

Table 2.

Results of single sequences based on multiple volumetric interests for predicting MVI

Sequence Classifier and cohort AUC
VOI50% VOItumor VOItumor + 5mm VOItumor + 10mm VOItumor + liver VOItumor + 5mm + liver VOItumor + 10mm + livera
T2WI RF (TD/VD) 0.818/0.722 0.832/0.714 0.897/0.730 0.816/0.742 0.841/0.726 0.867/0.749 0.975/0.755
LR (TD/VD) 0.641/0.698 0.647/0.708 0.632/0.725 0.650/0.712 0.647/0.708 0.632/0.725 0.638/0.727
DWI RF (TD/VD) 0.830/0.736 0.980/0.778 0.879/0.793 0.828/0.791 0.813/0.784 0.832/0.793 0.978/0.812
LR (TD/VD) 0.695/0.701 0.752/0.703 0.663/0.775 0.655/0.777 0.681/0.731 0.664/0.774 0.667/0.780
PRE RF (TD/VD) 0.829/0.737 0.938/0.765 0.898/0.771 0.813/0.761 0.991/0.782 0.878/0.797 0.912/0.810
LR(TD/VD) 0.746/0.749 0.730/0.752 0.728/0.757 0.728/0.757 0.730/0.761 0.730/0.773 0.735/0.782
Pre-T1 maps RF (TD/VD) 0.802/0.793 0.720/0.714 0.642/0.738 0.669/0.758 0.677/0.717 0.826/0.740 0.752/0.766
LR(TD/VD) 0.633/0.765 0.658/0.724 0.643/0.714 0.631/0.746 0.648/0.715 0.652/0.714 0.637/0.754
AP RF (TD/VD) 0.980/0.685 0.873/0.765 1.000/0.812 0.996/0.802 0.948/0.777 0.886/0.815 0.944/0.830
LR (TD/VD) 0.701/0.692 0.715/0.693 0.686/0.746 0.731/0.742 0.639/0.719 0.821/0.761 0.715/0.761
PVP RF (TD/VD) 0.920/0.740 0.996/0.810 0.876/0.832 0.808/0.818 0.902/0.825 0.902/0.836 0.912/0.837
LR (TD/VD) 0.761/0.706 0.755/0.768 0.728/0.798 0.731/0.799 0.733/0.796 0.732/0.800 0.727/0.806
TP RF (TD /VD) 0.900/0.729 0.963/0.728 0.995/0.738 0.854/0.778 0.884/0.749 0.871/0.762 0.802/0.792
LR (TD /VD) 0.716/0.683 0.718/0.716 0.720/0.707 0.739/0.754 0.720/0.725 0.736/0.720 0.751/0.762
HBP RF (TD/VD) 0.712/0.784 0.991/0.799 0.874/0.831 0.976/0.789 1.000/0.808 0.866/0.827 0.885/0.855
LR (TD/VD) 0.676/0.723 0.744/0.746 0.678/0.735 0.770/0.759 0.743/0.762 0.751/0.803 0.715/0.805
HBP-T1 maps RF (TD/VD) 0.923/0.718 0.808/0.705 0.821/0.726 0.821/0.726 0.822/0.724 0.822/0.729 0.807/0.731
LR (TD/VD) 0.705/0.703 0.706/0.703 0.691/0.708 0.684/0.715 0.683/0.714 0.705/0.715 0.702/0.716

Abbreviations: VOI, volumetric interest; AUC, area under the curve; VD, validation dataset; TD, training dataset; RF, random forest; LR, logistic regression; T2WI, T2-weighted imaging with fat suppression; DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging; PRE, pre-contrast phase; AP, arterial phase; PVP, portal venous phase; TP, transitional phase; HBP, hepatobiliary phase

The sensitivity, specificity, and AUC of VOItumor + 10mm + liver using random forest in each single sequence for predicting histologic MVI are listed in Table S4

Italicized values indicated the highest AUC of validation cohort in each single sequence