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The Role of Radiomics in Salivary Gland Imaging: A Systematic Review and Radiomics Quality Assessment

Background: Radiomics of salivary gland imaging can support clinical decisions in different clinical scenarios, such as tumors, radiation-induced xerostomia and sialadenitis. This review aims to evaluate the methodological quality of radiomics studies on salivary gland imaging. Material and Methods:...

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Autores principales: Aringhieri, Giacomo, Fanni, Salvatore Claudio, Febi, Maria, Colligiani, Leonardo, Cioni, Dania, Neri, Emanuele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9777175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12123002
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author Aringhieri, Giacomo
Fanni, Salvatore Claudio
Febi, Maria
Colligiani, Leonardo
Cioni, Dania
Neri, Emanuele
author_facet Aringhieri, Giacomo
Fanni, Salvatore Claudio
Febi, Maria
Colligiani, Leonardo
Cioni, Dania
Neri, Emanuele
author_sort Aringhieri, Giacomo
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description Background: Radiomics of salivary gland imaging can support clinical decisions in different clinical scenarios, such as tumors, radiation-induced xerostomia and sialadenitis. This review aims to evaluate the methodological quality of radiomics studies on salivary gland imaging. Material and Methods: A systematic search was performed, and the methodological quality was evaluated using the radiomics quality score (RQS). Subgroup analyses according to the first author’s professional role (medical or not medical), journal type (radiological journal or other) and the year of publication (2021 or before) were performed. The correlation of RQS with the number of patients was calculated. Results: Twenty-three articles were included (mean RQS 11.34 ± 3.68). Most studies well-documented the imaging protocol (87%), while neither prospective validations nor cost-effectiveness analyses were performed. None of the included studies provided open-source data. A statistically significant difference in RQS according to the year of publication was found (p = 0.009), with papers published in 2021 having slightly higher RQSs than older ones. No differences according to journal type or the first author’s professional role were demonstrated. A moderate relationship between the overall RQS and the number of patients was found. Conclusions: Radiomics application in salivary gland imaging is increasing. Although its current clinical applicability can be affected by the somewhat inadequate quality of the papers, a significant improvement in radiomics methodologies has been demonstrated in the last year.
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spelling pubmed-97771752022-12-23 The Role of Radiomics in Salivary Gland Imaging: A Systematic Review and Radiomics Quality Assessment Aringhieri, Giacomo Fanni, Salvatore Claudio Febi, Maria Colligiani, Leonardo Cioni, Dania Neri, Emanuele Diagnostics (Basel) Systematic Review Background: Radiomics of salivary gland imaging can support clinical decisions in different clinical scenarios, such as tumors, radiation-induced xerostomia and sialadenitis. This review aims to evaluate the methodological quality of radiomics studies on salivary gland imaging. Material and Methods: A systematic search was performed, and the methodological quality was evaluated using the radiomics quality score (RQS). Subgroup analyses according to the first author’s professional role (medical or not medical), journal type (radiological journal or other) and the year of publication (2021 or before) were performed. The correlation of RQS with the number of patients was calculated. Results: Twenty-three articles were included (mean RQS 11.34 ± 3.68). Most studies well-documented the imaging protocol (87%), while neither prospective validations nor cost-effectiveness analyses were performed. None of the included studies provided open-source data. A statistically significant difference in RQS according to the year of publication was found (p = 0.009), with papers published in 2021 having slightly higher RQSs than older ones. No differences according to journal type or the first author’s professional role were demonstrated. A moderate relationship between the overall RQS and the number of patients was found. Conclusions: Radiomics application in salivary gland imaging is increasing. Although its current clinical applicability can be affected by the somewhat inadequate quality of the papers, a significant improvement in radiomics methodologies has been demonstrated in the last year. MDPI 2022-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9777175/ /pubmed/36553009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12123002 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Aringhieri, Giacomo
Fanni, Salvatore Claudio
Febi, Maria
Colligiani, Leonardo
Cioni, Dania
Neri, Emanuele
The Role of Radiomics in Salivary Gland Imaging: A Systematic Review and Radiomics Quality Assessment
title The Role of Radiomics in Salivary Gland Imaging: A Systematic Review and Radiomics Quality Assessment
title_full The Role of Radiomics in Salivary Gland Imaging: A Systematic Review and Radiomics Quality Assessment
title_fullStr The Role of Radiomics in Salivary Gland Imaging: A Systematic Review and Radiomics Quality Assessment
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Radiomics in Salivary Gland Imaging: A Systematic Review and Radiomics Quality Assessment
title_short The Role of Radiomics in Salivary Gland Imaging: A Systematic Review and Radiomics Quality Assessment
title_sort role of radiomics in salivary gland imaging: a systematic review and radiomics quality assessment
topic Systematic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9777175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36553009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12123002
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