Noncontrast computer tomography–based radiomics model for predicting intracerebral hemorrhage expansion: preliminary findings and comparison with conventional radiological model

The authors developed a radiomics model for predicting hematoma expansion in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and compared its predictive performance with a conventional radiological feature-based model. Through retrospective analysis and noncontrast computed tomography (NCCT) assessment, it was found that an NCCT-based radiomics model showed better performance in the prediction of early hematoma expansion in ICH patients.

Key points

Radiomics model showed better performance for prediction of hematoma expansion in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage than radiological feature-based model.
Hematomas which expanded in follow-up NCCT tended to be larger in baseline volume, more irregular in shape, more heterogeneous in composition, and coarser in texture.
A radiomics model provides a convenient and objective tool for prediction of hematoma expansion that helps to define subsets of patients who would benefit from anti-expansion therapy.

Article: Noncontrast computer tomography–based radiomics model for predicting intracerebral hemorrhage expansion: preliminary findings and comparison with conventional radiological model

Authors: Huihui Xie, Shuai Ma, Xiaoying Wang, Xiaodong Zhang