Radiomic analysis allows for the detection of imaging biomarkers supporting decision-making processes in clinical environments, from diagnosis to prognosis. Frequently, the original set of radiomic features is augmented by considering high-level features, such as wavelet transforms. However, several wavelets families (so called kernels) are able to generate different multi-resolution representations of the original image, and which of them produces more salient images is not yet clear. In this study, an in-depth analysis is performed by comparing different wavelet kernels and by evaluating their impact on predictive capabilities of radiomic models. A dataset composed of 1589 chest X-ray images was used for COVID-19 prognosis prediction as a case study. Random forest, support vector machine, and XGBoost were trained (on a subset of 1103 images) after a rigorous feature selection strategy to build-up the predictive models. Next, to evaluate the models generalization capability on unseen data, a test phase was performed (on a subset of 486 images). The experimental findings showed that Bior1.5, Coif1, Haar, and Sym2 kernels guarantee better and similar performance for all three machine learning models considered. Support vector machine and random forest showed comparable performance, and they were better than XGBoost. Additionally, random forest proved to be the most stable model, ensuring an appropriate balance between sensitivity and specificity.

Prinzi F., Militello C., Conti V., Vitabile S. (2023). Impact of Wavelet Kernels on Predictive Capability of Radiomic Features: A Case Study on COVID-19 Chest X-ray Images. JOURNAL OF IMAGING, 9(2), 1-18 [10.3390/jimaging9020032].

Impact of Wavelet Kernels on Predictive Capability of Radiomic Features: A Case Study on COVID-19 Chest X-ray Images

Prinzi F.
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Vitabile S.
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2023-01-30

Abstract

Radiomic analysis allows for the detection of imaging biomarkers supporting decision-making processes in clinical environments, from diagnosis to prognosis. Frequently, the original set of radiomic features is augmented by considering high-level features, such as wavelet transforms. However, several wavelets families (so called kernels) are able to generate different multi-resolution representations of the original image, and which of them produces more salient images is not yet clear. In this study, an in-depth analysis is performed by comparing different wavelet kernels and by evaluating their impact on predictive capabilities of radiomic models. A dataset composed of 1589 chest X-ray images was used for COVID-19 prognosis prediction as a case study. Random forest, support vector machine, and XGBoost were trained (on a subset of 1103 images) after a rigorous feature selection strategy to build-up the predictive models. Next, to evaluate the models generalization capability on unseen data, a test phase was performed (on a subset of 486 images). The experimental findings showed that Bior1.5, Coif1, Haar, and Sym2 kernels guarantee better and similar performance for all three machine learning models considered. Support vector machine and random forest showed comparable performance, and they were better than XGBoost. Additionally, random forest proved to be the most stable model, ensuring an appropriate balance between sensitivity and specificity.
30-gen-2023
Prinzi F., Militello C., Conti V., Vitabile S. (2023). Impact of Wavelet Kernels on Predictive Capability of Radiomic Features: A Case Study on COVID-19 Chest X-ray Images. JOURNAL OF IMAGING, 9(2), 1-18 [10.3390/jimaging9020032].
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