Multi-input deep learning architecture for predicting breast tumor response to chemotherapy using quantitative MR images.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) aims to minimize the tumor size before surgery. Predicting response to NAC could reduce toxicity and delays to effective intervention. Computational analysis of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance images (DCE-MRI) through deep convolution neural network (CNN) has shown a significant performance to distinguish responders and no responder's patients. This study intends to present a new deep learning (DL) model predicting the breast cancer response to NAC based on multiple MRI inputs.

Authors

  • Mohammed El Adoui
    Computer Science Unit, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium. Mohammed.Eladoui@umons.ac.be.
  • Stylianos Drisis
    Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
  • Mohammed Benjelloun
    Computer Science Unit, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mons, Mons 7000, Belgium.