Preoperative assessment in lymph node metastasis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a transformer model based on dual-energy CT.

Journal: World journal of surgical oncology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Deep learning(DL) models can improve significantly discrimination of lymph node metastasis(LNM) of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma(PDAC), but have not been systematically assessed.

Authors

  • Xia Ding
    Department of Oncology, Qingdao Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Qingdao Municipal Hospital), Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China.
  • Wei Xu
    College of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471023 China.
  • Yan Xu
    Department of Nephrology, Suzhou Ninth People's Hospital, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
  • Yongchuang Zhang
    Department of Interventional Radiology, Qingdao Central Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Qingdao Central Hospital), Qingdao, Shandong, 266042, China.
  • Huaxiao Xu
    Department of Interventional Radiology, Qingdao Central Hospital, University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (Qingdao Central Hospital), Qingdao, Shandong, 266042, China.
  • Lin Guo
    Shenzhen Zhiying Medical Imaging, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
  • Lei Li
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Huaian No.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huai'an, China.