Application of deep learning to the diagnosis of cervical lymph node metastasis from thyroid cancer with CT: external validation and clinical utility for resident training.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

PURPOSE: This study aimed to validate a deep learning model's diagnostic performance in using computed tomography (CT) to diagnose cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) from thyroid cancer in a large clinical cohort and to evaluate the model's clinical utility for resident training.

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.).
  • DaYoung Kim
    Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Wonchon-Dong, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, 443-380, South Korea.
  • Yong Jun Jung
    Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Wonchon-Dong, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, 443-380, South Korea.
  • Subin Heo
    Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Wonchon-Dong, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, 443-380, South Korea.
  • Yong-Ho Jang
    Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Wonchon-Dong, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, 443-380, South Korea.
  • Sung Hyun An
    Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Wonchon-Dong, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, 443-380, South Korea.
  • Kyungmin Lee
    Department of Radiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Wonchon-Dong, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon, 443-380, South Korea.