Automated detection of metastatic lymph nodes in head and neck malignant tumors on high - resolution MRI images using an improved convolutional neural network.

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Authors

• Zhongwei Zhou
  Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, P.R. China; Institution of Medical Sciences, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, P.R. China. Electronic address: zzwjoel@hotmail.com.
• Jiawen Xue
  Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia Key Laboratory of Oral Disease Research, Yinchuan, P.R. China.
• Yue Wu
  Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China.
• Jingjing Mao
  Department of Anesthesiology, Huai'an Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University (The Fifth People's Hospital of Huai'an), Huaian, China.
• Cheng Li
  College of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China.
• Xianghai Yu
  Department of Stomatology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical Universityl, No. 301, Zhengyuan North Street, Jinfeng District, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750001, P.R. China. Electronic address: 360942762@qq.com.
• Changping Ma
  Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, No. 804, Sheng Li South Road, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750004, P.R. China. Electronic address: mcp990218@163.com.
• Guizhi Zhao
  Department of Stomatology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Ningxia Medical Universityl, No. 301, Zhengyuan North Street, Jinfeng District, Yinchuan, Ningxia 750001, P.R. China. Electronic address: zhaogz040@163.com.

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