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Computer-aided Detection of Subsolid Nodules at Chest CT: Improved Performance with Deep Learning–based CT Section Thickness Reduction

  • Feb. 2021
  • by Sohee Park et. al.

Background

Studies on the optimal CT section thickness for detecting subsolid nodules (SSNs) with computer-aided detection (CAD) are lacking.
 

Purpose

To assess the effect of CT section thickness on CAD performance in the detection of SSNs and to investigate whether deep learning–based super-resolution algorithms for reducing CT section thickness can improve performance.
 

Materials and Methods

CT images obtained with 1-, 3-, and 5-mm-thick sections were obtained in patients who underwent surgery between March 2018 and December 2018. Patients with resected synchronous SSNs and those without SSNs (negative controls) were retrospectively evaluated. The SSNs, which ranged from 6 to 30 mm, were labeled ground-truth lesions. A deep learning–based CAD system was applied to SSN detection on CT images of each section thickness and those converted from 3- and 5-mm section thickness into 1-mm section thickness by using the super-resolution algorithm. The CAD performance on each section thickness was evaluated and compared by using the jackknife alternative free response receiver operating characteristic figure of merit.
 

Results

A total of 308 patients (mean age ± standard deviation, 62 years ± 10; 183 women) with 424 SSNs (310 part-solid and 114 nonsolid nodules) and 182 patients without SSNs (mean age, 65 years ± 10; 97 men) were evaluated. The figures of merit differed across the three section thicknesses (0.92, 0.90, and 0.89 for 1, 3, and 5 mm, respectively; P = .04) and between 1- and 5-mm sections (P = .04). The figures of merit varied for nonsolid nodules (0.78, 0.72, and 0.66 for 1, 3, and 5 mm, respectively; P < .001) but not for part-solid nodules (range, 0.93–0.94; P = .76). The super-resolution algorithm improved CAD sensitivity on 3- and 5-mm-thick sections (P = .02 for 3 mm, P < .001 for 5 mm).

Conclusion

Computer-aided detection (CAD) of subsolid nodules performed better at 1-mm section thickness CT than at 3- and 5-mm section thickness CT, particularly with nonsolid nodules. Application of a super-resolution algorithm improved the sensitivity of CAD at 3- and 5-mm section thickness CT.

Link

https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2021203387

Author

Sohee Park, Sang Min Lee , Wooil Kim1, Hyunho Park, Kyu-Hwan Jung, Kyung-Hyun Do, and Joon Beom Seo

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