Table 2.
Performance, reproducibility and reliability of individual radiomic features capable of differentiating malignant from benign pulmonary nodules
| Radiomic features | AUC (95% CI) | p-values | R1 CCC (95% CI) | R2 CCC (95% CI) | R12 CCC (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Correlation maximum DWI B0 | 0.780 (0.672, 0.887) | 0.004 | 0.998 (0.998, 0.999) | 0.918 (0.873, 0.947) | 0.919 (0.876, 0.948) |
| Correlation maximum DWI B50 | 0.818 (0.718, 0.917) | <0.001 | 0.999 (0.998, 0.999) | 0.925 (0.883, 0.952) | 0.842 (0.763, 0.897) |
| Correlation mean DWI B0 | 0.760 (0.645, 0.876) | 0.001 | 0.999 (0.998, 0.999) | 0.979 (0.967, 0.987) | 0.946 (0.915, 0.966) |
| Correlation mean DWI B50 | 0.779 (0.663, 0.895) | <0.001 | 0.997 (0.996, 0.998) | 0.980 (0.969, 0.988) | 0.944 (0.913, 0.965) |
| Correlation median DWI B0 | 0.753 (0.636, 0.869) | 0.001 | 0.999 (0.998, 0.999) | 0.981 (0.970, 0.988) | 0.932 (0.894, 0.957) |
| Correlation median DWI B50 | 0.764 (0.645, 0.883) | <0.001 | 0.998 (0.997, 0.999) | 0.984 (0.974, 0.990) | 0.941 (0.908, 0.963) |
| Correlation 75th percentile DWI B0 | 0.766 (0.651, 0.881) | 0.001 | 0.999 (0.999, 0.999) | 0.979 (0.968, 0.987) | 0.959 (0.936, 0.974) |
| Correlation 75th percentile DWI B50 | 0.794 (0.682, 0.907) | <0.001 | 0.996 (0.994, 0.998) | 0.963 (0.942, 0.976) | 0.880 (0.816, 0.923) |
| Correlation skew DWIB0 | 0.735 (0.616, 0.855) | 0.004 | 0.995 (0.992, 0.997) | 0.897 (0.845, 0.933) | 0.866 (0.795, 0.914) |
| Energy SD DWI B0 | 0.731 (0.609, 0.852) | 0.015 | 0.997 (0.995, 0.998) | 0.926 (0.884, 0.953) | 0.822 (0.734, 0.883) |
| Homogeneity SD DWI B0 | 0.733 (0.616, 0.851) | 0.003 | 0.997 (0.995, 0.998) | 0.890 (0.830, 0.929) | 0.842 (0.765, 0.896) |
AUC = area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; CCC = Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient; CI = confidence interval; DWI = diffusion-weighted imaging; R1 = Reader 1 intrareader; R2 = Reader 2 intrareader; R12 = interreader-reader.