Research Article

The Effect of CT Scan Parameters on the Measurement of CT Radiomic Features: A Lung Nodule Phantom Study

Table 1

Definition of the 20 computer features.

FeaturesDefinitionDescription

HistogramMeanThe mean value of the histogram distribution
StddevThe square root of the variance
VarianceThe amount of variation of the histogram distribution
SkewnessThe asymmetry of the histogram distribution
KurtosisThe flatness of the histogram distribution
EnergyThe uniformity of the histogram distribution
EntropyThe randomness of the histogram distribution

LCMContrastThe local variation of voxel pairs
DissimilarityThe variation of voxel pairs
HomogeneityThe homogeneity of voxel pairs
Angular second moment (ASM)The uniformity of voxel pairs
EnergySquare root of the ASM
Probability maxHigh max value of voxel pairs
EntropyThe randomness of voxel pairs
CorrelationThe linear dependency of gray levels

GLRLMLong runs emphasis (LRE)The distribution of the long run length
Gray-level nonuniformity (GLN)The nonuniformity of the gray level
Run length nonuniformity (RLN)The nonuniformity of the run length
Low-gray-level run emphasis (LGRE)The distribution of the low gray level groups
High-gray-level run emphasis (HGRE)The distribution of the high gray level groups