Assessment of Lymphovascular Invasion in Breast Cancer Using a Combined MRI Morphological Features, Radiomics, and Deep Learning Approach Based on Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI.

Journal: Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Assessment of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in breast cancer (BC) primarily relies on preoperative needle biopsy. There is an urgent need to develop a non-invasive assessment method.

Authors

  • Xiuqi Yang
    Department of Radiology, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China.
  • Xiaohong Fan
    Department of Pneumology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China.
  • Shanyue Lin
    Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China.
  • Yingjun Zhou
    Department of Radiology, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China.
  • Haibo Liu
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
  • Xuefei Wang
    Department of Breast Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
  • Zhichao Zuo
    School of Mathematics and Computational Science, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China.
  • Ying Zeng
    Tongji University School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.