Artificial intelligence for pre-operative lymph node staging in colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal: BMC cancer
Published Date: Sep 26, 2021

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in medical imaging analysis. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of AI models used for detection of lymph node metastasis on pre-operative staging imaging for colorectal cancer.

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.
  • 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.
  • Ryash Vather
    Department of Surgery, Colorectal Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, 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.

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