Medical images such as magnetic resonance (MR) imaging provide valuable information for cancer detection, diagnosis, and prognosis. In addition to the anatomical information these images provide, machine learning can identify texture features from these images to further personalize treatment. This study aims to evaluate the use of texture features derived from T
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-weighted post contrast scans to classify different types of brain tumors and predict tumor growth rate in a preclinical mouse model. To optimize prediction models this study uses varying gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) sizes, tumor region selection and different machine learning models. Using a random forest classification model with a GLCM of size 512 resulted in 92%, 91%, and 92% specificity, and 89%, 85%, and 73% sensitivity for GL261 (mouse glioma), U87 (human glioma) and Daoy (human medulloblastoma), respectively. A tenfold cross-validation of the classifier resulted in 84% accuracy when using the entire tumor volume for feature extraction and 74% accuracy for the central tumor region. A two-layer feedforward neural network using the same features is able to predict tumor growth with 16% mean squared error. Broadly applicable, these predictive models can use standard medical images to classify tumor type and predict tumor growth, with model performance, varying as a function of GLCM size, tumor region, and tumor type.
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