Abstract:
Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of texture analysis in differentiating orbital lymphoma from inflammatory pseudotumor.
Methods There were 25 patients with orbital lymphoma and 24 patients with orbital inflammatory pseudotumor confirmed by postoperative pathological test. MaZda software was used to extract tumor texture features of contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images (CE-T1W). Twenty texture feature parameters of run-length matrix (RLM) between the two groups were compared. Principal component analysis (PCA) was performed for the parameters with statistical significance between the two groups. Multivariate logistic regression was used to model the features that showed statistical significance between the two groups and principal components respectively, then ROC curve was drawn to evaluate the efficiency of the models.
Results Four parameters of grey level non-uniformity (GLNU) and long run emphasis (LRE) were higher in lymphoma than inflammatory pseudotumor (P < 0.001). Four parameters of short run emphasis (SRE) and fraction of image in runs (FIR) were lower in the lymphoma group than those in the inflammatory pseudotumor group (P < 0.001). There were no significant differences of four parameters of run length non-uniformity (RLNU) between the two groups. Among the features that showed statistically significant differences between the two groups, the model with GLNU parameters showed the highest effect with sensitivity, specificity, and area under curve (AUC) of 95.9%, 72.0%, and 0.905. The sensitivity, specificity, and AUC of the multivariate logistic regression model established with two principal components extracted by PCA, were 87.5%, 88.0%, and 0.913, respectively.
Conclusions Texture feature parameters based on CE-T1W could effectively distinguish orbital lymphoma from orbital inflammatory pseudotumor, among which, GLNU had the highest diagnostic efficiency.