Texture Feature Analysis for Classification of Early-Stage Prostate Cancer in mpMRI

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Main Authors: Muftah, Asmail, Schirmer, S M, Langbein, Frank C
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author Muftah, Asmail
Schirmer, S M
Langbein, Frank C
author_facet Muftah, Asmail
Schirmer, S M
Langbein, Frank C
contents Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a crucial tool in the diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer, owing to its superior tissue contrast. However, it also creates large volumes of data that must be assessed by trained experts, a time-consuming and laborious task. This has prompted the development of machine learning tools for the automation of Prostate cancer (PCa) risk classification based on multiple MRI modalities (T2W, ADC, and high-b-value DWI). Understanding and interpreting the predictions made by the models, however, remains a challenge. We analyze Random Forests (RF) and Support Vector Machines (SVM), for two complementary datasets, the public Prostate-X dataset, and an in-house, mostly early-stage PCa dataset to elucidate the contributions made by first-order statistical features, Haralick texture features, and local binary patterns to the classification. Using correlation analysis and Shapley impact scores, we find that many of the features typically used are strongly correlated, and that the majority of features have negligible impact on the classification. We identify a small set of features that determine the classification outcome, which may aid the development of explainable AI approaches.
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spellingShingle Texture Feature Analysis for Classification of Early-Stage Prostate Cancer in mpMRI
Muftah, Asmail
Schirmer, S M
Langbein, Frank C
Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Medical Physics
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a crucial tool in the diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer, owing to its superior tissue contrast. However, it also creates large volumes of data that must be assessed by trained experts, a time-consuming and laborious task. This has prompted the development of machine learning tools for the automation of Prostate cancer (PCa) risk classification based on multiple MRI modalities (T2W, ADC, and high-b-value DWI). Understanding and interpreting the predictions made by the models, however, remains a challenge. We analyze Random Forests (RF) and Support Vector Machines (SVM), for two complementary datasets, the public Prostate-X dataset, and an in-house, mostly early-stage PCa dataset to elucidate the contributions made by first-order statistical features, Haralick texture features, and local binary patterns to the classification. Using correlation analysis and Shapley impact scores, we find that many of the features typically used are strongly correlated, and that the majority of features have negligible impact on the classification. We identify a small set of features that determine the classification outcome, which may aid the development of explainable AI approaches.
title Texture Feature Analysis for Classification of Early-Stage Prostate Cancer in mpMRI
topic Image and Video Processing
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Medical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15571