Abstract
BackgroundTo research the first-order features of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) in maxillofacial malignant mesenchymal tumours.MethodsThe clinical data of 12 patients with rare malignant mesenchymal tumours of the maxillofacial region (6 cases of sarcoma and 6 cases of lymphoma) treated in the hospital from May 2018 to June 2020 and were confirmed by postoperative pathology were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were all examined by 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging. PyRadiomics were used to extract radiomics imaging first-order features. Group differences in quantitative variables were examined using independent-samples t-tests.ResultsThe voxels number of ADCmean and ADCmedian of sarcoma tissues were 44.9124 and 44.2064, respectively, significantly higher than those in lymphoma tissues (ADCmean (− 68.8379) and ADCmedian (− 74.0045)), the difference considered statistically significant, so do the ADCkurt and ADCskew.ConclusionsThe statistical difference of ADCmean and ADCmedian is significant, it is consistent with the outcome of the manual measurement of the ADC mean value of the most significant cross-section of twelve cases of lymphoma. Development of tumour volume based on the ADC parameter map of DWI demonstrates that the first-order ADC radiomics features analysis can provide new imaging markers for the differentiation of maxillofacial sarcoma and lymphoma. Therefore, first-order ADC features of ADCkurt combined ADCskew may improve the diagnosis level.
Highlights
To research the first-order features of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) in maxillofacial malignant mesenchymal tumours
This study found that ADCkurt and ADCskew differed significantly between sarcoma and lymphoma
This study demonstrates that first-order ADC radiomics analysis, used with the average ADC value to improve diagnostic accuracy, could provide new imaging markers for the differentiation of maxillofacial sarcoma and lymphoma
Summary
To research the first-order features of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) in maxillofacial malignant mesenchymal tumours. The vast majority of malignant maxillofacial tumours originate from epithelial tissue, and mesenchymal tumours are rare. The imaging manifestations of these diseases are not well understood, and the rate of clinical misdiagnosis is high. Radiomics is a new technology whereby algorithms automatically extract and transform a large amount of representative imaging data into exploitable feature spaces that reflect the microscopic characteristics of tumours [3, 4]. MRI could detect and locate the focus and monitor the disease progression that a biopsy cannot [5, 6]. Radiomics has played an important role in the identification of imaging biomarkers and clinical
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