| Περίληψη: | The purpose of this study is the comparison of methods of image enhancement kinetics in breast MRI tomography, according to 4 models, that analyze dynamic image series. Specifically, the following models have been implemented: (a) the Kuhl empirical approach, (b) a 3-parameter empirical model, (c) the 3 parameter mathematical model of Jansen and (d) the 5-parameter mathematical model of Fan. These models have been tested in a classification task of breast lesions (benignity/malignancy), using a k-ΝΝ (k=3 and k=7) classifier. A case sample of 29 benign and 49 malignant lesions, originating from 1.5T system, were analyzed. A graphical user interface has been implemented, intended as a visual aid to guide the identification of the location of the analyzing Region of Interest (ROI) of the lesion. In this study, the enhancement kinetic features of the two empirical models, as well as the primary and the secondary kinetic features of the two mathematical models were calculated. For proper ROI selection, 2 feature maps (a) the initial enhancement and (b) the 3 Time Point (3TP) kinetic map (Hauth et al. 2006), were utilized as pre-processing step. To evaluate the classification performance, indices such as sensitivity, specificity and accuracy were utilized. Employing the initial enhancement map, classification performance obtained for Kuhl empirical approach (Kuhl et al. 1999), the 3-parameter empirical model, the mathematical model of Jansen et al (Jansen et al. 2008) and the mathematical model of Fan (Fan et al. 2004, 2007) was: (0.87, 0.34, 67.9%), (0.81, 0.65, 70.5%), (0.85, 0.55, 70.5%) and (0.81, 0.58, 67.9%), respectively. Classification results employing the 3TP kinetic map for the Kuhl empirical approach (Kuhl 1999), 3-parameter empirical model, the mathematical model of Jansen and the mathematical model of Fan were: (0.95, 0.58, 82.0%), (0.95, 0.82, 84.6%), (0.85, 0.68, 78.2%) and (0.93, 0.79, 79.4%), respectively. In conclusion, the 3TP kinetic contributed in the proper location of the analyzing ROI and subsequently in the improved classification of malignant from benign lesions for all enhancement kinetic models studied.
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