Deep learning-based auto-delineation of gross tumour volumes and involved nodes in PET/CT images of head and neck cancer patients.

Yngve Mardal Mardal Moe Aurora Rosvoll Groendahl Oliver Tomic Einar Dale Eirik Malinen Cecilia Marie Futsaether

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2021)

CNNs provided high-quality auto-delineations for HNC using multimodality PET/CT. The introduced structure-wise evaluation metrics provided valuable information on CNN model strengths and weaknesses for multi-structure auto-delineation.

Keyphrases

pet ct
deep learning
convolutional neural network
positron emission tomography
artificial intelligence
machine learning
sentinel lymph node
health information
computed tomography
locally advanced