The potential of an artificial intelligence for diagnosing MRI images in rectal cancer: multicenter collaborative trial.

Journal: Journal of gastroenterology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: An artificial intelligence-based algorithm we developed, mrAI, satisfactorily segmented the rectal tumor, rectum, and mesorectum from MRI data of rectal cancer patients in an initial study. Herein, we aimed to validate mrAI using an independent dataset.

Authors

  • Atsushi Hamabe
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Ichiro Takemasa
    Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita City, Osaka, Japan.
  • Masayuki Ishii
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Koichi Okuya
    Department of Surgery, Surgical Oncology and Science, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan.
  • Koya Hida
    Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. hidakoya@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
  • Daisuke Nishizaki
    Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Atsuhiko Sumii
    Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Shigeki Arizono
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
  • Shigeshi Kohno
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
  • Koji Tokunaga
    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan.
  • Hirotsugu Nakai
    Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate, School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. Electronic address: nakai.hirotsugu.33x@kyoto-u.jp.
  • Yoshiharu Sakai
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Masahiko Watanabe
    Department of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kitasato 1-15-1, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan.