Automated detection of small hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic livers: applying deep learning to Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI.

Journal: Abdominal radiology (New York)
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To develop an automated deep learning (DL) methodology for detecting small hepatocellular carcinoma (sHCC) in cirrhotic livers, leveraging Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI.

Authors

  • Junqiang Lei
    Department of Radiology, Seoul National College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Korea (H.C., S.H.Y., S.J.P., C.M.P., J.H.L., H. Kim, E.J.H., S.J.Y., J.G.N., C.H.L., J.M.G.); CHESS Center, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (Q.X., J.L.); Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (K.H.L.); Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon Medical Center, Incheon, Korea (J.Y.K.); Department of Radiology, Seoul Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (Y.K.L.); Department of Radiology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (H. Ko); Department of Radiology, Myongji Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (K.H.K.); and Department of Radiology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwanju, Korea (Y.H.K.).
  • Yongsheng Xu
    School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/State Key Laboratory Incubation Base for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832000, China.
  • YuanHui Zhu
    Department of Radiology, Gansu Provincial Hospital, LanZhou, China.
  • Shanshan Jiang
    Division of MR Research, Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
  • Song Tian
    Infervision, Beijing, China.
  • Yi Zhu
    2State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong China.