Using deep learning models to analyze the cerebral edema complication caused by radiotherapy in patients with intracranial tumor.

Journal: Scientific reports
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Abstract

Using deep learning models to analyze patients with intracranial tumors, to study the image segmentation and standard results by clinical depiction complications of cerebral edema after receiving radiotherapy. In this study, patients with intracranial tumors receiving computer knife (CyberKnife M6) stereotactic radiosurgery were followed using the treatment planning system (MultiPlan 5.1.3) to obtain before-treatment and four-month follow-up images of patients. The TensorFlow platform was used as the core architecture for training neural networks. Supervised learning was used to build labels for the cerebral edema dataset by using Mask region-based convolutional neural networks (R-CNN), and region growing algorithms. The three evaluation coefficients DICE, Jaccard (intersection over union, IoU), and volumetric overlap error (VOE) were used to analyze and calculate the algorithms in the image collection for cerebral edema image segmentation and the standard as described by the oncologists. When DICE and IoU indices were 1, and the VOE index was 0, the results were identical to those described by the clinician.The study found using the Mask R-CNN model in the segmentation of cerebral edema, the DICE index was 0.88, the IoU index was 0.79, and the VOE index was 2.0. The DICE, IoU, and VOE indices using region growing were 0.77, 0.64, and 3.2, respectively. Using the evaluated index, the Mask R-CNN model had the best segmentation effect. This method can be implemented in the clinical workflow in the future to achieve good complication segmentation and provide clinical evaluation and guidance suggestions.

Authors

  • Pei-Ju Chao
    Department of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, 80778, Taiwan, ROC.
  • Liyun Chang
    Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan.
  • Chen-Lin Kang
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, 83342, Taiwan, ROC.
  • Chin-Hsueh Lin
    Department of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, 80778, Taiwan, ROC.
  • Chin-Shiuh Shieh
    Department of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, 80778, Taiwan, ROC.
  • Jia-Ming Wu
    Department of Biomedicine Engineering, Chengde Medical University, Chengde Hebei, 067000, China.
  • Chin-Dar Tseng
    Department of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, 80778, Taiwan, ROC.
  • I-Hsing Tsai
    Department of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, 80778, Taiwan, ROC.
  • Hsuan-Chih Hsu
    Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, 83342, Taiwan, ROC.
  • Yu-Jie Huang
    Medical Physics and Informatics Laboratory of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, 80778, Taiwan, ROC. yjhuang@adm.cgmh.org.tw.
  • Tsair-Fwu Lee
    Medical Physics and Informatics Laboratory of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 80778, Taiwan.