Construction of Prostate Cancer Model Based on T2WI Combined with DWI Multi Parameter MRI Texture Feature Fusion

doi:10.11938/cjmr20253144

Abstract

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Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancers in men, and imaging techniques have been increasingly used in its diagnosis. This study develops a prostate cancer model based on magnetic resonance T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) combined with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) texture analysis. Significant feature parameters were selected to construct a predictive model for prostate cancer, and the diagnostic value of texture features for disease discrimination was evaluated using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and the area under the curve (AUC). The results showed that the prostate cancer prediction model incorporating ${\sigma }_{\text{T2WI}}^{\text{2}}$ and ${\mu }_{\text{DWI}}^{}$ achieved an AUC value of 0.994, demonstrating high predictive performance. This study confirms that the textural features based on T2WI and DWI have good application value in distinguishing prostate cancer.

Key words: T₂ weighted imaging (T2WI), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), prostate cancer (PCa), benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), texture analysis

CLC Number:

O482.53

LI Lu, GAO Yong, ZHOU Yupan. Construction of Prostate Cancer Model Based on T2WI Combined with DWI Multi Parameter MRI Texture Feature Fusion[J]. Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2025, 42(4): 355-363.

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指标	PCa（n=90）	BPH（n=90）	t	P
年龄/岁	75.78±8.01	74.67±5.39	1.092	0.276
身体质量指数/（kg/m²）	22.14±2.03	22.05±1.98	0.301	0.764

指标	PCa（n=90）	BPH（n=90）	t	P
方差_T2WI	2403.62±688.66	4333.2±612.01	-19.869	<0.001
熵_T2WI	4.94±0.63	5.15±0.57	-2.301	0.023
峰度_T2WI	0.58±0.06	0.63±0.16	-3.026	0.003
偏度_T2WI	0.31±0.15	0.54±0.20	-8.972	<0.001
平均值_T2WI	670.52±120.42	710.25±104.03	-2.368	0.019

指标	PCa（n=90）	BPH（n=90）	t	P
方差_DWI	1836.78±725.29	1681.54±768.11	1.394	0.165
熵_DWI	6.18±0.77	6.33±0.82	-1.294	0.197
峰度_DWI	0.09±0.04	0.11±0.05	-2.570	0.011
偏度_DWI	0.10±0.05	0.09±0.04	1.392	0.166
平均值_DWI	464.5±108.03	292.69±81.55	12.042	<0.001

因素	β	SE	Walds	P	OR	95%CI
因素	β	SE	Walds	P	OR	下限	上限
方差_T2WI	14.186	6.617	4.597	0.032	1448658.610	3.380	6.209E+11
熵_T2WI	-2.206	1.372	2.584	0.108	0.110	0.007	1.622
峰度_T2WI	3.403	2.125	2.566	0.109	30.057	0.467	1933.646
偏度_T2WI	3.282	1.879	3.052	0.081	26.638	0.670	1058.906
平均值_T2WI	1.975	1.607	1.510	0.219	7.206	0.309	168.150
峰度_DWI	3.821	2.468	2.396	0.122	45.641	0.362	5761.451
平均值_DWI	-5.986	2.678	4.995	0.025	0.003	0.000	0.479
常量	-0.910	1.240	0.539	0.463	0.402

检验结果变量	AUC	标准错误a	渐近显著性b	95%CI
检验结果变量	AUC	标准错误a	渐近显著性b	下限	上限
方差_T2WI	0.980	0.008	0.000	0.965	0.995
平均值_DWI	0.896	0.023	0.000	0.851	0.941
联合预测	0.994	0.004	0.000	0.986	1.000