Research Article

Radiomic Analysis of Craniopharyngioma and Meningioma in the Sellar/Parasellar Area with MR Images Features and Texture Features: A Feasible Study

Table 4

Diagnostic performance of texture features for differentiating craniopharyngioma from meningioma.

Texture parameterAUCStandard error95% CICutoff pointSensitivitySpecificity

Contrast-enhanced images on T1WIHISTO-Skewness0.7000.04910.612∼0.7780.64887.5055.56
GLCM-Contrast0.7110.0460.624∼0.78829.44464.0673.02
Z-score0.7760.0430.693∼0.8450.09379.6969.84
Images of T2WIHISTO-Skewness0.7130.0500.612∼0.793−0.30874.1468.97

HISTO: histogram-based matrix, GCLM: grey-level co-occurrence matrix, T1WI: T1-weighted imaging, T2WI: T2-weighted imaging, AUC: area under the curve, CI: confidence interval.