Prediction of the local treatment outcome in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma using deep learning analysis of pretreatment FDG-PET images.

Journal: BMC cancer
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the utility of deep learning analysis using pretreatment FDG-PET images to predict local treatment outcome in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) patients.

Authors

  • Noriyuki Fujima
    Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
  • V Carlota Andreu-Arasa
    Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
  • Sara K Meibom
    Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
  • Gustavo A Mercier
    Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
  • Minh Tam Truong
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
  • Kenji Hirata
    Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Koichi Yasuda
    Departments of Radiation Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, kita 15, nishi 7, kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8638, Japan.
  • Satoshi Kano
    Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, kita 15, nishi 7, kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8638, Japan.
  • Akihiro Homma
    Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, kita 15, nishi 7, kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8638, Japan.
  • Kohsuke Kudo
    Departments of Diagnostic Imaging, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, kita 15, nishi 7, kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8638, Japan.
  • Osamu Sakai
    Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, FGH Building, 3rd Floor, 820 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, 02118, USA. Osamu.Sakai@bmc.org.