Artificial intelligence for the diagnosis of lymph node metastases in patients with abdominopelvic malignancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal: Artificial intelligence in medicine
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Accurate clinical diagnosis of lymph node metastases is of paramount importance in the treatment of patients with abdominopelvic malignancy. This review assesses the diagnostic performance of deep learning algorithms and radiomics models for lymph node metastases in abdominopelvic malignancies.

Authors

  • Sergei Bedrikovetski
    Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
  • Nagendra N Dudi-Venkata
    Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Colorectal Unit, Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Gabriel Maicas
    Australian Institute for Machine Learning, The University of Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: gabriel.maicas@adelaide.edu.au.
  • Hidde M Kroon
    Colorectal Unit, Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Warren Seow
    Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Gustavo Carneiro
    Australian Centre for Visual Technologies, The University of Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: gustavo.carneiro@adelaide.edu.au.
  • James W Moore
    Discipline of Surgery, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Colorectal Unit, Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
  • Tarik Sammour
    Colorectal Unit, Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia. tarik.sammour@gmail.com.