A Hybrid Model for Fetal Growth Restriction Assessment by Automatic Placental Radiomics on T2‐Weighted MRI and Multifeature Fusion
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Background: MRI‐based placental analyses have been used to improve fetal growth restriction (FGR) assessment by complementing ultrasound‐based measurements. However, these are still limited by time‐consuming manual annotation in MRI data and the lack of mother‐based information. Purpose: To develop and validate a hybrid model for accurate FGR assessment by automatic placental radiomics on T2‐weighted imaging (T2WI) and multifeature fusion. Study Type: Retrospective. Population: 274 pregnant women (29.5 4.0 years) from two centers were included and randomly divided into training (N = 119), internal test (N = 40), time‐independent validation (N = 43), and external validation (N = 72) sets. Field Strength/Sequence: 1.5‐T, T2WI half‐Fourier acquisition single‐shot turbo spin‐echo pulse sequence. Assessment: First, the placentas on T2WI were manually annotated, and a deep learning model was developed to automatically segment the placentas. Then, the radiomic features were extracted from the placentas and selected by three‐step feature selection. In addition, fetus‐based measurement features and mother‐based clinical features were obtained from ultrasound examinations and medical records, respectively. Finally, a hybrid model based on random forest was constructed by fusing these features, and further compared with models based on other machine learning methods and different feature combinations. Statistical Tests: The performances of placenta segmentation and FGR assessment were evaluated by Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), respectively. A P‐value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The placentas were automatically segmented with an average DSC of 90.0%. The hybrid model achieved an AUROC of 0.923, 0.931, and 0.880 on the internal test, time‐independent validation, and external validation sets, respectively. The mother‐based clinical features resulted in significant performance improvements for FGR assessment. Data Conclusion: The proposed hybrid model may be able to assess FGR with high accuracy. Furthermore, information complementation based on placental, fetal, and maternal features could also lead to better FGR assessment performance. Level of Evidence: 3. Technical Efficacy: Stage 2.
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Other recent multimodal frameworks combining placental MRI with ultrasound and clinical data have achieved external validation AUCs around 0.88.
“Other recent multimodal frameworks combining advanced imaging modalities, such as placental MRI, with ultrasound and clinical data have achieved external validation AUCs around 0.88.16”
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- Authors
- Li, R., Song, F., Zhou, Q., Wu, W., Cao, Y., Zhang, G., Qian, Z., & Wang, L.
- Affiliations
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Qian, Zhaoxia
- Wang, Lisheng
- Venue
- Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2024-04-24
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 494-504
- ISSN
- 1053-1807 (ISSN-L)
- 1522-2586
- OpenAlex
- W4395111356
- Semantic Scholar
- 7255336b27e3e9ad47abde090c8cf5fb02a675fe
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (12090024)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
- Keywords
- fetal growth restriction, T2-weighted MRI, deep learning segmentation, feature fusion, random forest, fetal ultrasound measurement, hybrid forecasting model
- MeSH terms
- Deep Learning, Radiomics, Adult, Female, Fetal Growth Retardation, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Placenta, Pregnancy, Retrospective Studies, ROC Curve, Reproducibility of Results, Ultrasonography, Prenatal
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