Research Article

A Multiparametric Fusion Radiomics Signature Based on Contrast-Enhanced MRI for Predicting Early Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 2

The predictive performance of the clinico-radiological model, radiomics signatures using MR sequences and the predictive model.

Different modelsTraining dataset (n = 211)Validation dataset (n = 91)
SENS%SPEC%ACC%AUC (95% CI)SENS%SPEC%ACC%AUC (95% CI)

Clinico-radiological model80.387.283.40.90
0.83–0.92
77.380.979.10.85
0.76–0.90
T2WI87.865.678.00.83
0.78–0.89
69.867.468.50.74
0.64–0.85
DWI94.861.379.90.81
0.75–0.88
88.653.270.30.75
0.65–0.85
Arterial phase signature89.770.281.00.85
0.80–0.91
88.670.279.10.79
0.69–0.89
Portal venous phase signature89.764.978.70.81
0.75–0.87
90.959.674.70.80
0.70–0.89
Fusion radiomics signature89.769.180.60.85
0.80–0.91
90.970.280.20.79
0.68–0.89
Predictive model91.578.785.80.91
0.87–0.95
88.674.581.30.87
0.79–0.94

A fusion radiomics signature was developed with arterial phase images and portal venous phase images. The predictive model consisted of a fusion radiomics signature and a clinico-radiological model. T2WI: T2-weighted imaging, DWI: diffusion-weighted imaging, SENS: sensitivity, SPEC: specificity, ACC: accuracy, and AUC: area under the curve.