Artificial intelligence-based prediction of cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer with CT.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To develop an artificial intelligence (AI) system for predicting cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) preoperatively in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) based on CT images.

Authors

  • Cai Wang
    School of Clinical Medicine, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261042, People's Republic of China.
  • Pengyi Yu
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, 264000, People's Republic of China.
  • Haicheng Zhang
    Department of Radiology, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
  • Xiao Han
    College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University Jinan 250014 China cyzhang@sdnu.edu.cn.
  • Zheying Song
    School of Clinical Medicine, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, 261042, People's Republic of China.
  • Guibin Zheng
    Department of Thyroid Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, 264000, People's Republic of China.
  • Guangkuo Wang
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, 264000, People's Republic of China.
  • Haitao Zheng
    Department of Thyroid Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, 264000, People's Republic of China.
  • Ning Mao
    Department of Radiology, Peking University People's Hospital, 11 Xizhimen Nandajie, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.
  • Xicheng Song
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, 264000, People's Republic of China. drxchsong@163.com.