Can histogram analysis of MR images predict aggressiveness in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors?

Riccardo De RobertisBogdan MarisNicolò CardobiPaolo Tinazzi MartiniStefano GobboPaola CapelliSilvia OrtolaniSara CingarliniSalvatore PaiellaLuca LandoniGiovanni ButturiniPaolo RegiAldo ScarpaGiampaolo TortoraMirko D'Onofrio

Published in: European radiology (2018)

• Whole-tumour ADC histogram analysis can predict aggressiveness in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. • ADC entropy and kurtosis are higher in aggressive tumours. • ADC histogram analysis can quantify tumour diffusion heterogeneity. • Non-invasive quantification of tumour heterogeneity can provide adjunctive information for prognostication.

Keyphrases

diffusion weighted imaging
diffusion weighted
contrast enhanced
neuroendocrine tumors
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
healthcare
convolutional neural network