Predicting N2 lymph node metastasis in presurgical stage I-II non-small cell lung cancer using multiview radiomics and deep learning method.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Accurate diagnosis of N2 lymph node status of the resectable stage I-II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) before surgery is crucial, while there is lack of corresponding method clinically.

Authors

  • Hanfei Zhang
    School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
  • Meiyan Liao
    Department of Radiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
  • Qun Guo
    Media Tek, Wuhan, China.
  • Jun Chen
    Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
  • Shan Wang
    Department of Echocardiography & Noninvasive Cardiology Laboratory, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610047, China.
  • Songmei Liu
    Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
  • Feng Xiao
    Institute of Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China.