Application of deep learning to the diagnosis of cervical lymph node metastasis from thyroid cancer with CT.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To develop a deep learning-based computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system for use in the CT diagnosis of cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with thyroid cancer.

Authors

  • Jeong Hoon Lee
    1 Division of Biomedical Informatics, Seoul National University Biomedical Informatics, Seoul National University College of Medicine , Seoul, Korea.
  • Eun Ju Ha
    Department of Radiology, Severance Hospital, Research Institute of Radiological Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (G.R.K., E.-K.K., J.H.Y., H.J.M., J.Y.K.); Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (S.J.K.); Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea (E.J.H.); Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (J.Y.); and Department of Research Affairs, Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (H.S.L., J.H.H.).
  • Ju Han Kim
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.