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- Title
CT-Based Radiomic Analysis May Predict Bacteriological Features of Infected Intraperitoneal Fluid Collections after Gastric Cancer Surgery.
- Authors
Puia, Vlad Radu; Lupean, Roxana Adelina; Ștefan, Paul Andrei; Fetti, Alin Cornel; Vălean, Dan; Zaharie, Florin; Rusu, Ioana; Ciobanu, Lidia; Al-Hajjar, Nadim
- Abstract
The ability of texture analysis (TA) features to discriminate between different types of infected fluid collections, as seen on computed tomography (CT) images, has never been investigated. The study comprised forty patients who had pathological post-operative fluid collections following gastric cancer surgery and underwent CT scans. Patients were separated into six groups based on advanced microbiological analysis of the fluid: mono bacterial (n = 16)/multiple-bacterial (n = 24)/fungal (n = 14)/non-fungal (n = 26) infection and drug susceptibility tests into: multiple drug-resistance bacteria (n = 23) and non-resistant bacteria (n = 17). Dedicated software was used to extract the collections' TA parameters. The parameters obtained were used to compare fungal and non-fungal infections, mono-bacterial and multiple-bacterial infections, and multiresistant and non-resistant infections. Univariate and receiver operating characteristic analyses and the calculation of sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) were used to identify the best-suited parameters for distinguishing between the selected groups. TA parameters were able to differentiate between fungal and non-fungal collections (ATeta3, p = 0.02; 55% Se, 100% Sp), mono and multiple-bacterial (CN2D6AngScMom, p = 0.03); 80% Se, 64.29% Sp) and between multiresistant and non-multiresistant collections (CN2D6Contrast, p = 0.04; 100% Se, 50% Sp). CT-based TA can statistically differentiate between different types of infected fluid collections. However, it is unclear which of the fluids' micro or macroscopic features are reflected by the texture parameters. In addition, this cohort is used as a training cohort for the imaging algorithm, with further validation cohorts being required to confirm the changes detected by the algorithm.
- Subjects
BODY fluid analysis; STOMACH tumors; BODY fluids; BACTERIOLOGY technique; SURGICAL complications; PERITONEUM; INFECTION; COMPUTED tomography; ABDOMINAL radiography
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2022, Vol 10, Issue 7, p1280
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare10071280