Combined molecular subtyping, grading, and segmentation of glioma using multi-task deep learning

Sebastian R van der Voort, Fatih Incekara, Maarten M J Wijnenga, Georgios Kapsas, Renske Gahrmann, Joost W Schouten, Rishi Nandoe Tewarie, Geert J Lycklama, Philip C De Witt Hamer, Roelant S Eijgelaar, Pim J French, Hendrikus J Dubbink, Arnaud J P E Vincent, Wiro J Niessen, Martin J van den Bent, Marion Smits, Stefan Klein*

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Accurate characterization of glioma is crucial for clinical decision making. A delineation of the tumor is also desirable in the initial decision stages but is time-consuming. Previously, deep learning methods have been developed that can either non-invasively predict the genetic or histological features of glioma, or that can automatically delineate the tumor, but not both tasks at the same time. Here, we present our method that can predict the molecular subtype and grade, while simultaneously providing a delineation of the tumor.

METHODS: We developed a single multi-task convolutional neural network that uses the full 3D, structural, pre-operative MRI scans to predict the IDH mutation status, the 1p/19q co-deletion status, and the grade of a tumor, while simultaneously segmenting the tumor. We trained our method using a patient cohort containing 1508 glioma patients from 16 institutes. We tested our method on an independent dataset of 240 patients from 13 different institutes.

RESULTS: In the independent test set we achieved an IDH-AUC of 0.90, an 1p/19q co-deletion AUC of 0.85, and a grade AUC of 0.81 (grade II/III/IV). For the tumor delineation, we achieved a mean whole tumor DICE score of 0.84.

CONCLUSIONS: We developed a method that non-invasively predicts multiple, clinically relevant features of glioma. Evaluation in an independent dataset shows that the method achieves a high performance and that it generalizes well to the broader clinical population. This first of its kind method opens the door to more generalizable, instead of hyper-specialized, AI methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-289
Number of pages11
JournalNeuro-Oncology
Volume25
Issue number2
Early online date5 Jul 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding:
S.R.v.d.V and F.I. acknowledge funding by the Dutch Cancer Society
(KWF project number EMCR 2015-7859). This project has received
funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and
Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 952103.

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Neuro-Oncology.

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Neuro-Oncology.

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