1.Feature pyramid network for automatic segmentation and semantic feature classification of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage hematoma on non-contrast CT images
Changfeng FENG ; Qun LAO ; Zhongxiang DING ; Luoyu WANG ; Tianyu WANG ; Yuzhen XI ; Jing HAN ; Linyang HE ; Qijun SHEN
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2024;40(10):1487-1492
Objective To observe the value of feature pyramid network(FPN)for automatic segmentation and semantic feature classification of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage(sICH)hematoma showed on non-contrast CT.Methods Non-contrast CT images of 408 sICH patients in hospital A(training set)and 103 sICH patients in hospital B(validation set)were retrospectively analyzed.Deep learning(DL)segmentation model was constructed based on FPN to segment the hematoma region,and its efficacy was assessed using intersection over union(IoU),Dice similarity coefficient(DSC)and accuracy.Then DL classification model was established to identify the semantic features of sICH hematoma.Receiver operating characteristic curves were drawn,and the area under the curves(AUC)were calculated to evaluate the efficacy of DL classification model for recognizing semantic features of sICH hematoma.Results The IoU,DSC and accuracy of DL segmentation model for 95%sICH hematoma in training set was 0.84±0.07,0.91±0.04 and(88.78±8.04)%,respectively,which was 0.83±0.07,0.91±0.05 and(88.59±7.76)%in validation set,respectively.The AUC of DL classification model for recognizing irregular shape,uneven density,satellite sign,mixed sign and vortex sign of sICH hematoma were 0.946-0.993 and 0.714-0.833 in training set and validation set,respectively.Conclusions FPN could accurately,effectively and automatically segment hematoma of sICH,hence having high efficacy for identifying semantic features of sICH hematoma.
2.3D Res2Net deep learning model for predicting volume doubling time of solid pulmonary nodule
Jing HAN ; Lexing ZHANG ; Linyang HE ; Changfeng FENG ; Yuzhen XI ; Zhongxiang DING ; Yangyang XU ; Qijun SHEN
Chinese Journal of Medical Imaging Technology 2024;40(10):1514-1518
Objective To observe the value of 3D Res2Net deep learning model for predicting volume doubling time(VDT)of solid pulmonary nodule.Methods Chest CT data of 734 patients with solid pulmonary nodules were retrospectively analyzed.The patients were divided into progressive group(n=218)and non-progressive group(n=516)according to whether lung nodule volume increased by ≥25%during follow-up or not,also assigned into training set(n=515)and validation set(n=219)at a ratio of 7∶3.Then a clinical model was constructed based on clinical factors being significantly different between groups,CT features model was constructed based on features of nodules on 2D CT images using convolutional neural network,and 3D Res2Net model was constructed based on Res2Net network using 3D CT images as input.Receiver operating characteristic curve was drawn,and the area under the curve(AUC)was calculated.Taken actual VDT as gold standard,the efficacy of the above models for predicting solid pulmonary nodule'VDT≤400 days were evaluated.Results No significant difference of predicting efficacy for solid pulmonary nodule'VDT≤400 days was found among clinical model,CT feature model and 3D Res2Net model,the AUC of which was 0.689,0.698 and 0.734 in training set,0.692,0.714 and 0.721 in validation set,respectively.3D Res2Net model needed 5-7 s to predict VDT of solid pulmonary nodules,with an average time of(5.92±1.08)s.Conclusion 3D Res2Net model could be used to predict VDT of solid pulmonary nodules,which might obviously reduce manual interpreting time.
3. Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI radiomic features predict axillary lymph node metastasis of breast cancer
Yanna SHAN ; Xiangyang GONG ; Zhongxiang DING ; Qijun SHEN ; Wen XU ; Peipei PANG ; Wei WANG
Chinese Journal of Radiology 2019;53(9):742-747
Objective:
To investigate the prognostic value of radiomics analysis in predicting axillary lymph nodes (ALN) metastasis of breast cancer based on dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging (DCE-MRI).
Methods:
One hundred and ninety-six patients with suspected breast cancer were prospectively collected for dynamic breast DCE-MRI. Enhanced MR imaging data of 72 axillary lymph nodes were evaluated separately by a chief radiologist and a resident, and the consistency analysis was performed. Lymph nodes were dichotomized according to the pathology results derived from operation or biopsy under real-time virtual sonography based on MRI data. Clinical and imaging data were also divided into corresponding groups. (Imaging) Data from both groups were respectively classified as training set and testing set by stratified sampling in proportion with 3∶1. AK software was applied to extract 6 major categories of 385 features (including histogram, morphology, texture parameters, gray level co-occurrence matrix, run-length matrix and grey level zone size matrix from imaging), and a set of statistically significant features were subsequently obtained by dimension reduction. The prediction model was established through binary classification logistic regression and employed to externally test the validation set by the method of confusion matrix. Meanwhile, ROC analysis was applied to assess the diagnostic performance of the model.
Results:
Of the 72 axillary lymph nodes, 35 were metastatic negative and 37 were positive. The consistency of enhanced MRI radiomics features was good, between 0.841 and 0.980. Uniformity, ClusterProminence_AllDirection_offset1_SD, Correlation_AllDirection_offset1, LongRunEmphasis_angle90_offset7 and SurfaceVolumeRatio were statistically significant differences (
4. Analysis of risk factors of ventricular arrhythmia in patients with Brugada syndrome
Tongtong SHEN ; Jie GENG ; Binbin YUAN ; Chun CHEN ; Xiujuan ZHOU ; Qijun SHAN
Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2018;46(11):862-867
Objective:
To investigate the risk factors of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with Brugada syndrome.
Methods:
Clinical data of 60 Brugada syndrome patients admitted in the department of cardiology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from March 2003 to December 2016 were collected and retrospectively analyzed. The age at diagnosis was (43.2±13.1) years (0.6-83.0 years), 98.3% were males (
5.Comparison of effects of laparoscopic operation and open operation for the peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets and Th1 Th2 of patients with severe acute pancreatitis
Haixing SHEN ; Yafeng WAN ; Qijun YANG
Chinese Journal of Biochemical Pharmaceutics 2017;37(2):305-307
Objective To compare the influence degree of laparoscopic operation and open operation on peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets and Th1Th2 in patients with severe acute pancreatitis.Methods 54 patients who underwent surgical treatment in our hospital from February 2013 to December 2014 were selected as the subjects, 27 patients with severe acute pancreatitis who were treated with open operation as group A , 27 cases who were treated with laparoscopic operation at the same time were selected as group B , and then the peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets and serum Th1Th2 indexes of two groups before the operation and at first,third and seventh day after the operation were respectively detected, then the detection results of two groups were compared.Results The peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets and serum Th1Th2 indexes of group B at first, third and seventh day after the operation were all significantly better than those of group A , the difference was statistically significant ( P<0.05 ) , and the detection results of group A and group B at third day after the operation were worse than those at other time , the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion The influence of laparoscopic operation and open operation on T lymphocyte subsets and Th1Th2 in peripheral blood of patients with severe acute pancreatitis, the adverse effects of laparoscopic operation on the above indicators were relatively small.
6.Diagnostic value of CT texture analysis in the quantification of radiological phenotype for pancreatic cystadenoma
Zhengyu HU ; Qijun SHEN ; Zhan FENG ; Liang ZHANG ; Guoshi WAN ; Zuting CHEN ; Xiaojie HU ; Chaoqun LUO ; Fenhua ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Pancreatology 2017;17(5):330-334
Objective To provide objective parameters for differentiating pancreatic cystic tumors via using computed tomography texture analysis (CTTA) to quantify the special imaging features of pancreatic cystadenomas.Methods Enhanced CT images of pancreas from patients who were admitted in Department of Radiology in First Hospital affiliated with Zhejiang University and First People's Hospital of Hangzhou City and pathologically diagnosed as pancreatic serous cystadenomas (n =48) and mucinous cystadenomas (n =34) from January 2009 to December 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.Regions of interest were drawn on the parenchymal phase CT images in 5 slices according to the border of the tumors.Mean grey level intensity (M),variance (V),entropy (E),skewness (Ske) and kurtosis (Kur) were obtained from fine texture (σ =1.0) to coarse texture (σ =2.5).Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for texture parameters with statistically difference was drawn,and the area under curve (AUC),diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were calculated.The diagnostic accuracy of senior and junior doctors was compared with the traditional CT analysis method.Results Reliability coefficient of the two radiologists was 0.809 ~ 0.997 with high consistency.Compared with mucinous cystic tumors,serous cystadenomas had a significantly different V (5.93 ± 9.02 vs 1.29±0.62),E (2.39±0.61 vs2.02±0.39) and Kur(30.18 ±42.55 vs 8.80-±4.34) in Ske0 of 2.5 (P <0.05),and there were no statistically significant differences on other parameters.The AUC of differential parameters for diagnosing two kinds of cystic tumors ranged from 0.56 to 0.84.The diagnostic accuracy of the traditional CT analysis method by junior doctor and senior radiologist was 60% and 71%,respectively.Conclusions CTTA can not only effectively quantify the heterogeneity of pancreatic cystadenomas,but also is effective in the differentiation.
7.The Impact of Sample-size and Sample-process on Several Usual Importance Evaluate Methods
Lizhi WU ; Xiaoxia JIA ; Qijun SHEN
Chinese Journal of Health Statistics 2017;34(2):210-213
Objective Implement random sample from a simulation population,to evaluate the The impact of samplesize and sample-process on several usual importance evaluate methods,observe the stability of those methods.Methods This study introduced existed importance methods,using PROC SURVEYSELECT procedure to sample a fixed population for 1000 times,generating 1000 same size sample,to evaluate the stability of relative importance methods.We sampled the population to generate datasets with different sample size to observe impact of sample-size on those methods.Results The sum of squared correlation coefficients' estimator is bigger than model R-square,squared standardized regression coefficients' sum is smaller.In contrary,sum of the Product Measure,Relative Weight and Dominance Analysis are extremely close to model R-square.When the sample size small than 1000,the estimator have obviously variation,but the variation decreased when the sample size rise up.Conclusion The dominance analysis has best stability,also has the best match of model R2 in those methods.
8.Influence of congenital human cytomegalovirus infection on hepatitis B vaccine's immune effect
Qijun HAN ; Tianlian WEN ; Guohong SHEN ; Changli GUAN ; Dongdong DOU
Journal of Clinical Pediatrics 2014;(2):167-169
Objectives To investigate the immune effect of hepatitis B vaccine under the influence of congenital human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. Methods The newborn rat model of congenital HCMV infection was developed by intra-peritoneally inoculating pregnant rat with HCMV suspension,while the offsprings of healthy rats were used as the control group. Offspring rats in all groups were inoculated with hepatitis B vaccine in the postnatal 1st, 3rd and 5th week and were taken blood from hearts separately in 3rd, 5th, 7th and 11th week. Antibody to Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAb) titer in all groups was de-tected by ELISA method. Results The serum HBsAb titer in both groups all showed a trend of increasing gradually with added vaccinating times and decreased differently with time extending after completed vaccinations. Differences among changes of HBsAb titer along with prolonged time in each group were all statistically significant (P<0.001). At all time points (3rd, 5th, 7th, 11th week), the titer of serum HBsAb in congenital HCMV infection group was lower than that in the control group respectively, and there were statistically significant differences (P<0.01). Conclusions Congenital HCMV infection could weaken the im-mune effect of hepatitis B vaccine.
9.Identification of the etiology of primary aldosteronism with adrenal vein sampling in patients with equivocal imaging findings
Ping LI ; Shanmei SHEN ; Xuebin ZHANG ; Qijun FANG ; Xin SHU ; Le CHEN ; Hong HUANG ; Wei CHEN ; Yun HU ; Bin ZHU ; Dalong ZHU
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2012;28(10):842-844
A group of 19 referred hypertensive patients were diagnosed to have primary aldosteronism(PA) with inconclusive computed tomography scan results.Adrenal vein sarmpling (AVS) was performed in all patients.AVS was successful in 16 cases but failed in 3 cases.According to the results of AVS and postoperative pathology,8 cases were diagnosed as aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) and unilateral adrenal hyperplasia (UAH),and the other 8 cases were diagnosed as idiopathic hyperaldosteronism (IHA).In conclusion,AVS is one of the most crucial methods in typing diagnosis of PA.
10.Effectiveness of one-year community management for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Fan LI ; Xun XU ; Xuemin ZHANG ; Yingyun CAI ; Wanghui ZHU ; Huanying FU ; Chaoying SHEN ; Yunying LU ; Qijun ZHUANG ; Jianfeng YIN ; Suhua LI ; Weiwen YIN ; Meihua ZHOU ; Xiaoli CHEN
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2011;10(3):171-174
Objective To evaluate effectiveness of prevention and treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for one year at community health-care service (CHS)centers. Methods A quasi-experiment design was used to evaluate effectiveness of community management for patients with COPD who visited and registered at Xiaokunshan and Xinbang CHS centers in Songjiang district of Shanghai in 2008, with COPD patients from Xiaokunshan community CHS center as management group and those from Xinbang as control. Measures for community management included training for local general practitioners in essential knowledge of COPD prevention and treatment, allocation of necessary drugs for COPD treatment, and health education for COPD patients and their family members. No special measures were taken for control group except routine treatment. Results A total of 132 patients were diagnosed as COPD according to their pulmonary function on 2008, 61 at Xiaokunshan and 71 at Xinbang CHS canters.One hundred and two patients, 47 at Xiaokunshan and 55 at Xinbang, finished one-year follow-up. Five patients from Xiaokunshan who were smokers at their first visits and three of them quitted smoking after oneyear management. Meanwhile, none of nine smoked patients from Xinbang quitted smoking in the same period. There was no statistically significant difference in symptom scores, pulmonary function, and forced expiratory volume at the first second (FEV1) between patients in the two groups during one-year follow-up.Average score of quality of life in patients at Xiaokunshan dropped to 39. 12 after one-year management from 46. 96 at their first visits, and that in patients at Xinbang increased to 62. 11 from 56. 55 (P<0.01).Average six-minute walking distance (6-MWD) in patients at Xiaokunshan reduced to 354. 26 meters after one-year management from 361.66 meters at their first visits, meanwhile that in patients at Xinbang reduced to 351.18 meters from 398.07 meters (P =0. 008). Scores of functional dyspnea in patients at Xiaokunshan fell to 0.34 from 0.40 at their first visit, meanwhile that in patients at Xinbang increased to 1.00 from 0.95(P =0.038). During the one-year follow-up, 13 patients at Xiaokunshan and 53 at Xinbang visited emergency departments for treatment, and four at Xiaokunshan were hospitalized and none died, and five at Xinbang were hospitalized due to acute exacerbation of COPD and four of them died. Conclusions The study suggests that strengthening prevention and treatment for COPD patients at community level by general practitioners, patients themselves and their family members can improve their quality of life, reduce emergency visits and hospitalization, alleviate dyspnea symptoms and delay the decline of 6MWD.

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