To develop a deep learning model using transfer learning for automatic detection and segmentation of neck lymph nodes (LNs) in computed tomography (CT) images, the study included 11,013 annotated LNs with a short-axis diameter ≥ 3 mm from 626 head an...
BACKGROUND: Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) can compensate for the dosimetric impact of anatomic change during radiotherapy of head-neck cancer (HNC) patients. However, implementing ART universally poses challenges in clinical workflow and resource alloc...
BACKGROUND: Proton pencil beam scanning (PBS) treatment planning for head and neck (H&N) cancers is a time-consuming and experience-demanding task where a large number of potentially conflicting planning objectives are involved. Deep reinforcement le...
INTRODUCTION: Modern radiotherapy practice relies on multiple approaches for verification of patient positioning. All of these techniques require experienced radiotherapists who understand the anatomical landmarks and the limitations of the used veri...
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
Jan 30, 2025
BACKGROUND: Head and neck cancers, constituting 3-5% of all cancer cases, often require surgical resection for optimal outcomes. Achieving complete resection (R0) is crucial, but current methods, relying on white light endoscopy and microscopy, have ...
BACKGROUND: Online adaptive radiotherapy (OART) and rapid quality assurance (QA) are essential for effective heavy ion therapy (HIT). However, there is a shortage of deep learning (DL) models and workflows for predicting Monte Carlo (MC) doses in suc...
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology
Jan 24, 2025
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to develop an ultrasound image-based radiomics model for diagnosing cervical lymph node (LN) metastasis in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) that shows higher accuracy than previous models.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
Jan 14, 2025
PURPOSE: Oral mucositis (OM) reflects a complex interplay of several risk factors. Machine learning (ML) is a promising frontier in science, capable of processing dense information. This study aims to assess the performance of ML in predicting OM ris...
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
Jan 9, 2025
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Few studies have examined the factors associated with xerostomia during proton and carbon ion radiotherapy for head and neck cancer (HNC), which are reported to have fewer toxic effects compared to traditional photon-based rad...
International journal of surgery (London, England)
Jan 1, 2025
BACKGROUND: Loss of chromosome 9p is an important biomarker in the malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia (OLK) to head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), and is associated with the prognosis of HNSCC patients. However, various challenge...
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