MRI-Based Radiomics in Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review and Radiomics Quality Score Assessment
, Cosmin Caraiani 2,*, Teodora Telecan 3,4,*, Roxana Pintican 5, Andrei Lebovici 5, Iulia Andras 3,4, Nicolae Crisan 3,4, Alexandru Pavel 1, Laura Diosan 6, Zoltan Balint 7, Monica Lupsor-Platon 2,8 and Mircea Marian Buruian 1Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This systematic review studied the potential of radiomics as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in bladder cancer (BCa). The authors searched Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus databases and finally picked up 26 published papers which were analyzed in the present review.
The data are thoroughly analyzed and the results are clearly presented.
This manuscript is potentially interesting for radiologists, urologists, and other clinicians.
It seems that the references are not assigned correctly. Could you please check the references?
Author Response
Reviewer 1
This systematic review studied the potential of radiomics as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in bladder cancer (BCa). The authors searched Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus databases and finally picked up 26 published papers which were analyzed in the present review.
The data are thoroughly analyzed and the results are clearly presented.
This manuscript is potentially interesting for radiologists, urologists, and other clinicians.
It seems that the references are not assigned correctly. Could you please check the references?
Answer: We thank the reviewer for his/her observation. We checked the references and changed them accordingly.
Reviewer 2 Report
Manuscript ID: diagnostics-2438183
Type of manuscript: Review
Title: MRI-based radiomics in bladder cancer: a systematic review and
Radiomics Quality Score Assessment
General comments
This paper performed 1)a systematic review of the use of MR imaging radiomics for BCa staging, grading and disease prognosis 2) to determine the quality of published papers using radiomics quality score.
Overall, the study is scientific and the purpose and conclusion of the study are thought to be clear.
However, given that this is a review paper, it would be helpful for the authors to understand more if radiomics were briefly added to the introduction.
Author Response
Reviewer 2
Title: MRI-based radiomics in bladder cancer: a systematic review and
Radiomics Quality Score Assessment
General comments
This paper performed 1)a systematic review of the use of MR imaging radiomics for BCa staging, grading and disease prognosis 2) to determine the quality of published papers using radiomics quality score.
Overall, the study is scientific and the purpose and conclusion of the study are thought to be clear.
However, given that this is a review paper, it would be helpful for the authors to understand more if radiomics were briefly added to the introduction.
Answer: We thank the reviewer for his/her suggestion. We added the requested information. Please refer to rows 66 – 79.
