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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Automatic Segmentation of Pelvic Cancers Using Deep Learning: State-of-the-Art Approaches and Challenges.

Reza Kalantar, Gigin Lin, Jessica M Winfield, Christina Messiou, Susan Lalondrelle, Matthew D Blackledge, Dow-Mu Koh

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Reza KalantarDivision of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6211-9475
Gigin LinDepartment of Medical Imaging and Intervention, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou and Chang Gung University, 5 Fuhsing St., Guishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-7246-1058
Jessica M WinfieldDivision of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.
Christina MessiouDivision of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.
Susan LalondrelleDivision of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.
Matthew D BlackledgeDivision of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8117-9003
Dow-Mu KohDivision of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK.

Funding

Cancer Research UK 19727Cancer Research UK 28284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent rise of deep learning (DL) and its promising capabilities in capturing non-explicit detail from large datasets have attracted substantial research attention in the field of medical image processing. DL provides grounds for technological development of computer-aided diagnosis and segmentation in radiology and radiation oncology. Amongst the anatomical locations where recent auto-segmentation algorithms have been employed, the pelvis remains one of the most challenging due to large intra- and inter-patient soft-tissue variabilities. This review provides a comprehensive, non-systematic and clinically-oriented overview of 74 DL-based segmentation studies, published between January 2016 and December 2020, for bladder, prostate, cervical and rectal cancers on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), highlighting the key findings, challenges and limitations.

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deep learningpelvic cancer segmentationradiation oncologyradiologyradiotherapy planning

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PMID34829310
PMCPMC8625809

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