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 grade: WEAK — Supported only by weak or preliminary evidence.

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.

What would resolve it

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

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This is an educational research resource from Resonant Labs, not clinical advice. Evidence grades and controversies are summarized from the literature and may change as the field evolves.