Research Article

Prediction of Chemotherapy Response of Osteosarcoma Using Baseline 18F-FDG Textural Features Machine Learning Approaches with PCA

Table 2

Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis and univariate logistic regression analysis for evaluation of response to chemotherapy.

VariableAUCSen (%)Spe (%)-value

SUVmax
 Baseline0.55351.6167.860.488
 After NAC0.83961.2992.86<0.001
 % change0.86393.5571.43<0.001

TLG
 Baseline0.53845.1682.140.626
 After NAC0.81677.4271.43<0.001
 % change0.83880.6582.14<0.001

MTV
 Baseline0.53645.1678.570.645
 After NAC0.76496.7746.43<0.001
 % change0.83880.6582.14<0.001

1st entropy
 Baseline0.53822.5892.860.616
 After NAC0.76770.9782.14<0.001
 % change0.71370.9771.430.0018

GLCM entropy
 Baseline0.54341.94750.575
 After NAC0.77570.9782.14<0.001
 % change0.7167.74750.0022

AUC, area under the curve; Sen, sensitivity; Spe, specificity; SUV, standardized uptake value; NAC, neoadjuvant chemotherapy; TLG, total lesion glycolysis; MTV, metabolic tumor volume.