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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Oncol.
Sec. Head and Neck Cancer
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1485393
This article is part of the Research Topic Advancing Cancer Imaging Technologies: Bridging the Gap from Research to Clinical Practice View all 14 articles
Diagnosis of Parotid Gland Tumors Using a Ternary Classification Model based on Ultrasound Radiomics
Provisionally accepted- 1 Ultrasound, Beijing Anzhen Nanchong Hospital, Capital Medical University (Nanchong Central Hospital), Nanchong, China
- 2 North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan Province, China
- 3 Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
- 4 Ultrasound, The Central Hospital of Shaoyang, Shaoyang, Hunan, China
- 5 Ultrasound, Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
algorithm with least absolute shrinkage and selection operator feature selection method, RFE-Voting: voting ensemble learning modeling algorithm with recursive feature elimination feature selection method, RFE-RF: random forest modeling algorithm with recursive feature elimination feature selection method, RFE-ET: extremely randomized trees modeling algorithm with recursive feature elimination feature selection method, RFE-HGBoost: histogram-based gradient boosting modeling algorithm with recursive feature elimination feature selection method, CI: confidence interval, PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value.
Keywords: Parotid gland tumors, Pleomorphic adenoma, Warthin's tumor, ultrasound radiomics, Classification diagnosis
Received: 23 Aug 2024; Accepted: 20 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Liu, Xiao, Yang, Wang, Tian, Wang and Qin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Dong Tian, Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
Gang Wang, Ultrasound, The Central Hospital of Shaoyang, Shaoyang, Hunan, China
Xiachuan Qin, Ultrasound, Chengdu Second People's Hospital, Chengdu, 610017, Sichuan Province, China
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