CT Radiomics in Thoracic Oncology: Technique and Clinical Applications

Precision medicine offers better treatment options and improved survival for cancer patients based on individual variability. As the success of precision medicine depends on robust biomarkers, the requirement for improved imaging biomarkers that reflect tumor biology has grown exponentially. Radiomi...

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Published in:Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2018, 52(2), , pp.91-98
Main Authors: Lee, Geewon, Bak, So Hyeon, Lee, Ho Yun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology
Biomarkers
Cardiology
Feature extraction
Imaging
Medical imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nuclear Medicine
Oncology
Orthopedics
Pulmonary functions
Radiology
Radiomics
Review
Tumors
Workflow
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Summary:Precision medicine offers better treatment options and improved survival for cancer patients based on individual variability. As the success of precision medicine depends on robust biomarkers, the requirement for improved imaging biomarkers that reflect tumor biology has grown exponentially. Radiomics, the field of study in which high-throughput data are generated and large amounts of advanced quantitative features are extracted from medical images, has shown great potential as a source of quantitative biomarkers in the field of oncology. Radiomics provides quantitative information about the morphology, texture, and intratumoral heterogeneity of the tumor itself as well as features related to pulmonary function. Hence, radiomics data can be used to build descriptive and predictive clinical models that relate imaging characteristics to tumor biology phenotypes. In this review, we describe the workflow of CT radiomics, types of CT radiomics, and its clinical application in thoracic oncology.
ISSN:1869-3474
1869-3482
DOI:10.1007/s13139-017-0506-5