Multimodal feature fusion with GMM-filtered radiomics for predicting early HCC recurrence
摘要
Accurate prediction of early post-operative recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is crucial for personalized treatment. This study introduces a multimodal framework integrating clinical parameters, pathological features, and CT radiomics, employing Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) clustering for unsupervised radiomics filtering. Analyzing 205 HCC patients who underwent curative resection, we identified two distinct clusters and 50 discriminative features. The Clinical+Pathological+Radiomics feature set achieved superior performance (AUC: 0.909, 95% CI: 0.900−0.918), significantly outperforming other combinations. Our framework demonstrates potential for improving HCC recurrence prediction through comprehensive data integration and rigorous validation.