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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Discrimination on MRI by Comparison of Hierarchical and Simple Layered Convolutional Neural Networks.

Li Ji, Rongzhi Mao, Jian Wu, Cheng Ge, Feng Xiao, Xiaojun Xu, Liangxu Xie, Xiaofeng Gu

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Li JiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second People's Hospital of Changzhou Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, China.
Rongzhi MaoInstitute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China.
Jian WuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second People's Hospital of Changzhou Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, China.
Cheng GeInstitute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4010-5686
Feng XiaoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second People's Hospital of Changzhou Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, China.
Xiaojun XuInstitute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China.
Liangxu XieInstitute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6380-698X
Xiaofeng GuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, The Second People's Hospital of Changzhou Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Changzhou 213003, China.

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Abstract

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is one of the most common head and neck cancers. Early diagnosis plays a critical role in the treatment of NPC. To aid diagnosis, deep learning methods can provide interpretable clues for identifying NPC from magnetic resonance images (MRI). To identify the optimal models, we compared the discrimination performance of hierarchical and simple layered convolutional neural networks (CNN). Retrospectively, we collected the MRI images of patients and manually built the tailored NPC image dataset. We examined the performance of the representative CNN models including shallow CNN, ResNet50, ResNet101, and EfficientNet-B7. By fine-tuning, shallow CNN, ResNet50, ResNet101, and EfficientNet-B7 achieved the precision of 72.2%, 94.4%, 92.6%, and 88.4%, displaying the superiority of deep hierarchical neural networks. Among the examined models, ResNet50 with pre-trained weights demonstrated the best classification performance over other types of CNN with accuracy, precision, and an F1-score of 0.93, 0.94, and 0.93, respectively. The fine-tuned ResNet50 achieved the highest prediction performance and can be used as a potential tool for aiding the diagnosis of NPC tumors.

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artificial intelligenceconvolutional neural networkdeep learningimage diagnosisnasopharyngeal carcinoma

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PMID36292167
PMCPMC9601165

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