Open Question

Can radiomic/imaging signatures be prospectively standardized at acquisition so that reproducibility does not depend on post-hoc harmonization that may erase biology?

Evidence profile

Status: question. Rule: atlas-profile-2.0.

5 linked publications; not a count of independent studies.

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Historical grade: WEAK (retained from 22 September 2026; not a completed profile 2.0 assessment).

Why it matters

The hand-crafted radiomics enterprise rests on reproducibility that is largely retrospective; if signal cannot survive prospective standardization it will not translate.

Conflicting evidence

IBSI/ComBat make features poolable, but harmonization can remove real biological variance along with batch effect.

Proposed study direction

Prospective standardized-acquisition study comparing pre-specified radiomic signatures with and without harmonization against outcome; quantify biology-vs-batch tradeoff.

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Curated and maintained by Resonant Labs. Editorial lead: Claims are synthesized from the cited literature and graded per the Atlas methodology (about the Atlas). Page generated 2026-10-02. This is not a new clinical review date.

This is an educational research resource from Resonant Labs, not clinical advice. Atlas assessments are heuristic, not probabilities or formal GRADE ratings. Findings are summarized from the literature and may change as the field evolves.