Prediction of Vestibular Schwannoma Enlargement after Radiosurgery Using Tumor Shape and MRI Texture Features

Nicholas A. George-Jones, Kai Wang, Jing Wang, Jacob B. Hunter

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Abstract

Objective:Determine if vestibular schwannoma (VS) shape and MRI texture features predict significant enlargement after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS).Study Design:Retrospective case review.Setting:Tertiary referral center.Patients:Fifty-Three patients were selected who underwent SRS and had a contrast-enhanced T1 sequence planning MRI scan and a follow-up contrast enhanced T1 MRI available for review. Median follow-up of 6.5 months (interquartile range/IQR, 5.9-7.4). Median pretreatment tumor volume was 1,006 mm3(IQR, 465-1,794).Intervention(s):Stereotactic radiosurgery.Main Outcome Measure(s):Texture and shape features from the SRS planning scans were extracted and used to train a linear support vector machine binary classifier to predict post-SRS enlargement >20% of the pretreatment volume. Sensitivity, specificity, area under the receiver-operating-characteristic curve (AUC), and positive likelihood ratio were computed. A stratified analysis based on pretreatment tumor volume greater or less than the median volume was also performed.Results:The model had a sensitivity of 92%, specificity of 65%, AUC of 0.75, and a positive likelihood ratio of 2.6 (95% CI 1.4-5.0) for predicting post-SRS enlargement of >20%. In the larger tumor subgroup, the model had a sensitivity of 87%, specificity of 73%, AUC of 0.76, and a positive likelihood ratio of 3.2 (95% CI 1.2-8.5). In the smaller tumor subgroup, the model had a sensitivity of 95%, specificity of 50%, AUC of 0.65, and a positive likelihood ratio of 1.9 (95% CI 0.8-4.3).Conclusions:VS shape and texture features may be useful inputs for machine learning models that predict VS enlargement after SRS.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)E348-E354
JournalOtology and Neurotology
Volume42
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2021

Keywords

  • Acoustic neuroma
  • Machine learning
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Neuroma
  • Radiosurgery
  • Support vector machine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology
  • Sensory Systems
  • Otorhinolaryngology

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