Assessing the impact of a pre-processing pipeline on a tumor localization model in prostate MRI within a large multi-institutional dataset (NRGGU005)

Stephanie Alley, Marion Tonneau, Damien Olivié, Clare M. Tempany-Afdhal, Peter L. Choyke, I. Baris Turkbey, Uulke A. van der Heide, Rodney J. Ellis, Thomas P. Boike, J. Daniel Pennington, Arthur Frazier, Colleen A.F. Lawton, Nelson Leong, Alina M. Mihai, Scott C. Morgan, Abhishek A. Solanki, Jeff M. Michalski, Felix Y. Feng, Howard Sandler, Cynthia MenardSamuel Kadoury

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Abstract

Multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) is increasingly recognized as a valuable tool for characterizing prostate cancer, integrating T2-weighted (T2w), diffusion-weighted (DWI), and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging. Despite its high sensitivity in localizing tumors, the specificity of mpMRI was shown to be hindered by benign conditions that mimic cancerous tissue features. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a pre-processing pipeline integrating state-of-the-art registration, bias field correction and normalization tools. We validated this pre-processing pipeline on a large multi-site dataset of 468 patients from 109 institutions. After performing all pre-processing, tumor localization was determined using a model-based tumor localization approach that takes both multi-parametric MRI and prior clinical knowledge features as input. Results show deformable image registration yielded a significant improvement in tumor localization accuracy, both for the diameter analysis as well as the area under the curve comparison for the subset of patients with ground truth tumor delineations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedical Imaging 2025
Subtitle of host publicationClinical and Biomedical Imaging
EditorsBarjor S. Gimi, Andrzej Krol
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510685987
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
EventMedical Imaging 2025: Clinical and Biomedical Imaging - San Diego, United States
Duration: Feb 18 2025Feb 21 2025

Publication series

NameProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
Volume13410
ISSN (Print)1605-7422

Conference

ConferenceMedical Imaging 2025: Clinical and Biomedical Imaging
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period02/18/2502/21/25

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