Identification of macrotrabecular-massive hepatocellular carcinoma through multiphasic CT-based representation learning method.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Macrotrabecular-massive hepatocellular carcinoma (MTM-HCC) represents an aggressive subtype of HCC and is associated with poor survival.

Authors

  • Zhenyang Zhang
    Department of Radiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
  • Wanli Zhang
    Chongqing Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Circuits and Intelligent Information Processing, College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
  • Chutong He
    Medical Imaging Center, Jinan University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
  • Jincheng Xie
    School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, People's Republic of China.
  • Fangrong Liang
    Department of Radiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
  • Yandong Zhao
    School of Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
  • Lilian Tan
    Department of Radiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
  • Shengsheng Lai
    Department of Medical Equipment, Guangdong Food and Drug Vocational College, Guangzhou, 510520, Guangdong, China.
  • Xinqing Jiang
    Department of Radiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, China.
  • Xinhua Wei
    Department of Radiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510180, China.
  • Xin Zhen
    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States of America.
  • Ruimeng Yang
    Department of Radiology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510180, Guangdong, China.