VASARI-auto: equitable, efficient, and economical featurisation of glioma MRI

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Main Authors: Ruffle, James K, Mohinta, Samia, Baruteau, Kelly Pegoretti, Rajiah, Rebekah, Lee, Faith, Brandner, Sebastian, Nachev, Parashkev, Hyare, Harpreet
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author Ruffle, James K
Mohinta, Samia
Baruteau, Kelly Pegoretti
Rajiah, Rebekah
Lee, Faith
Brandner, Sebastian
Nachev, Parashkev
Hyare, Harpreet
author_facet Ruffle, James K
Mohinta, Samia
Baruteau, Kelly Pegoretti
Rajiah, Rebekah
Lee, Faith
Brandner, Sebastian
Nachev, Parashkev
Hyare, Harpreet
contents The VASARI MRI feature set is a quantitative system designed to standardise glioma imaging descriptions. Though effective, deriving VASARI is time-consuming and seldom used in clinical practice. This is a problem that machine learning could plausibly automate. Using glioma data from 1172 patients, we developed VASARI-auto, an automated labelling software applied to both open-source lesion masks and our openly available tumour segmentation model. In parallel, two consultant neuroradiologists independently quantified VASARI features in a subsample of 100 glioblastoma cases. We quantified: 1) agreement across neuroradiologists and VASARI-auto; 2) calibration of performance equity; 3) an economic workforce analysis; and 4) fidelity in predicting patient survival. Tumour segmentation was compatible with the current state of the art and equally performant regardless of age or sex. A modest inter-rater variability between in-house neuroradiologists was comparable to between neuroradiologists and VASARI-auto, with far higher agreement between VASARI-auto methods. The time taken for neuroradiologists to derive VASARI was substantially higher than VASARI-auto (mean time per case 317 vs. 3 seconds). A UK hospital workforce analysis forecast that three years of VASARI featurisation would demand 29,777 consultant neuroradiologist workforce hours (£1,574,935), reducible to 332 hours of computing time (and £146 of power) with VASARI-auto. The best-performing survival model utilised VASARI-auto features as opposed to those derived by neuroradiologists. VASARI-auto is a highly efficient automated labelling system with equitable performance across patient age or sex, a favourable economic profile if used as a decision support tool, and with non-inferior fidelity in downstream patient survival prediction. Future work should iterate upon and integrate such tools to enhance patient care.
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spellingShingle VASARI-auto: equitable, efficient, and economical featurisation of glioma MRI
Ruffle, James K
Mohinta, Samia
Baruteau, Kelly Pegoretti
Rajiah, Rebekah
Lee, Faith
Brandner, Sebastian
Nachev, Parashkev
Hyare, Harpreet
Quantitative Methods
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Tissues and Organs
The VASARI MRI feature set is a quantitative system designed to standardise glioma imaging descriptions. Though effective, deriving VASARI is time-consuming and seldom used in clinical practice. This is a problem that machine learning could plausibly automate. Using glioma data from 1172 patients, we developed VASARI-auto, an automated labelling software applied to both open-source lesion masks and our openly available tumour segmentation model. In parallel, two consultant neuroradiologists independently quantified VASARI features in a subsample of 100 glioblastoma cases. We quantified: 1) agreement across neuroradiologists and VASARI-auto; 2) calibration of performance equity; 3) an economic workforce analysis; and 4) fidelity in predicting patient survival. Tumour segmentation was compatible with the current state of the art and equally performant regardless of age or sex. A modest inter-rater variability between in-house neuroradiologists was comparable to between neuroradiologists and VASARI-auto, with far higher agreement between VASARI-auto methods. The time taken for neuroradiologists to derive VASARI was substantially higher than VASARI-auto (mean time per case 317 vs. 3 seconds). A UK hospital workforce analysis forecast that three years of VASARI featurisation would demand 29,777 consultant neuroradiologist workforce hours (£1,574,935), reducible to 332 hours of computing time (and £146 of power) with VASARI-auto. The best-performing survival model utilised VASARI-auto features as opposed to those derived by neuroradiologists. VASARI-auto is a highly efficient automated labelling system with equitable performance across patient age or sex, a favourable economic profile if used as a decision support tool, and with non-inferior fidelity in downstream patient survival prediction. Future work should iterate upon and integrate such tools to enhance patient care.
title VASARI-auto: equitable, efficient, and economical featurisation of glioma MRI
topic Quantitative Methods
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Tissues and Organs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15318