Robustness of apparent diffusion coefficient-based lymph node classification for diagnosis of prostate cancer metastasis.
Benjamin NotoMaria EveslageKatharina Auf der SpringeAnne ExlerAndreas FaldumWalter HeindelStanislaw MilachowskiWolfgang RollMichael SchäfersLars SteggerJochen BauerPublished in: European radiology (2023)
• The diagnostic value of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) for lymph node classification in prostate cancer is unclear in the light of inter-rater and inter-scanner variability. • Metastatic and inconspicuous lymph nodes differ significantly in ADC, resulting in a high diagnostic potential that is robust to inter-scanner and inter-rater variability. • ADC has a high potential for lymph node classification in prostate cancer that is maintained under conditions comparable to clinical practice.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- diffusion weighted imaging
- prostate cancer
- radical prostatectomy
- deep learning
- machine learning
- magnetic resonance imaging
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- contrast enhanced
- clinical practice
- diffusion weighted
- squamous cell carcinoma
- small cell lung cancer
- computed tomography
- human health
- risk assessment
- image quality
- magnetic resonance