Preliminary study of AI-assisted diagnosis using FDG-PET/CT for axillary lymph node metastasis in patients with breast cancer.

Zongyao LiKazuhiro KitajimaKenji HirataRen TogoJunki TakenakaYasuo MiyoshiKohsuke KudoTakahiro OgawaMiki Haseyama

Published in: EJNMMI research (2021)

It is expected that AI using deep-learning technologies will be useful in diagnosing axillary LN metastasis using 2-[18F]FDG-PET/CT. Even if the diagnostic performance of AI is not better than that of clinicians, taking AI diagnoses into consideration may positively impact the overall diagnostic accuracy.

Keyphrases

artificial intelligence
lymph node metastasis
deep learning
lymph node
machine learning
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
squamous cell carcinoma
sentinel lymph node
ultrasound guided
papillary thyroid
palliative care
radiation therapy
convolutional neural network
early stage
locally advanced