Deep learning for malignancy risk estimation of incidental sub-centimeter pulmonary nodules on CT images.

Journal: European radiology
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To establish deep learning models for malignancy risk estimation of sub-centimeter pulmonary nodules incidentally detected by chest CT and managed in clinical settings.

Authors

  • Rui Zhang
    Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
  • Ying Wei
    School of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China ; Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging Calculation of the Ministry of Education, Shenyang 110004, China.
  • Denian Wang
    Precision Medicine Center, Precision Medicine Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Bojiang Chen
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, 610041 Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
  • Huaiqiang Sun
    Department of Radiology, the Center for Medical Imaging, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China.
  • Yi Lei
    Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, 3002 SunGangXi Road, Shenzhen, 518035, China.
  • Qing Zhou
    Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Zhuang Luo
    Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
  • Li Jiang
    School of Food Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China.
  • Rong Qiu
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Suining Central Hospital, Suining, Sichuan, China.
  • Feng Shi
    Department of Research and Development, Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence, Co., Ltd. Shanghai, China.
  • Weimin Li
    Department of Psychiatry, Sleep Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.