Predicting early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma with texture analysis of preoperative MRI: a radiomics study

To investigate the feasibility of using texture analysis in preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict early recurrence (ER) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) post-curative surgery.Institutional review board was obtained. A retrospective review of all patients who underwent hepatectomy between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2015 was performed. Inclusion criteria included preoperative MRI, tumour size ≥1 cm, new cases of HCC....