Practical guidelines for handling head and neck computed tomography artifacts for quantitative image analysis

• Published in: Computerized medical imaging and graphics Vol. 69; pp. 134 - 139
• Main Authors: Ger, Rachel B., Craft, Daniel F., Mackin, Dennis S., Zhou, Shouhao, Layman, Rick R., Jones, A. Kyle, Elhalawani, Hesham, Fuller, Clifton D., Howell, Rebecca M., Li, Heng, Stafford, R. Jason, Court, Laurence E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2018; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Algorithms; Cancer; Cartridges; Chlorides; Computation; Computed tomography; Computer simulation; Dental fillings; Dental materials; Female; Hardening; Head & neck cancer; Head and neck; Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Histopathology; Humans; Image analysis; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted - methods; Image processing; Male; Medical imaging; Middle Aged; Patients; Phantoms, Imaging; Polylactic acid; Polystyrene; Polystyrene resins; Polyvinyl chloride; Quantitative imaging; Radiomics; Texture; Tomography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Head and neck; Artifacts; Quantitative imaging; Texture; Radiomics

•Head and neck patients are often affected by streak and beam hardening artifacts, impacting their inclusion in studies.•Streak artifacts impact the majority of radiomics features’ values.•Contours of structures can abut bone without affecting most radiomics features’ values if needed.•Most features...