Discrimination of benign and malignant breast lesions on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging using deep learning.

Journal: Journal of cancer research and therapeutics
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate the capability of deep transfer learning (DTL) and fine-tuning methods in differentiating malignant from benign lesions in breast dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI).

Authors

  • Ming Zhang
    Heilongjiang Key Laboratory for Laboratory Animals and Comparative Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Harbin 150030, China.
  • Guangyuan He
  • Changjie Pan
    Radiology Department, the Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu, China.
  • Bing Yun
    Teaching and Research Department of English, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China.
  • Dong Shen
    College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
  • Mingzhu Meng
    Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Changzhou No. 2 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou, China.