Fully automated 3D machine learning model for HPV status characterization in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas based on CT images.

Am J Otolaryngol

Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America; Department of Otolaryngology-Head a

Published: June 2024


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Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) status plays a major role in predicting oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) survival. This study assesses the accuracy of a fully automated 3D convolutional neural network (CNN) in predicting HPV status using CT images.

Methods: Pretreatment CT images from OPSCC patients were used to train a 3D DenseNet-121 model to predict HPV-p16 status. Performance was evaluated by the ROC Curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and F1 score.

Results: The network achieved a mean AUC of 0.80 ± 0.06. The best-preforming fold had a sensitivity of 0.86 and specificity of 0.92 at the Youden's index. The PPV, NPV, and F1 scores are 0.97, 0.71, and 0.82, respectively.

Conclusions: A fully automated CNN can characterize the HPV status of OPSCC patients with high sensitivity and specificity. Further refinement of this algorithm has the potential to provide a non-invasive tool to guide clinical management.

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