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ArticleInternational journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery2024

Suitability of DNN-based vessel segmentation for SIRT planning.

Farina Kock, Felix Thielke, Nasreddin Abolmaali, Hans Meine, Andrea Schenk

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Article in International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Farina KockFraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Max-von-Laue-Str. 2, Bremen, 28359, Germany. farina.kock@mevis.fraunhofer.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5852-530X
Felix ThielkeFraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Max-von-Laue-Str. 2, Bremen, 28359, Germany.
Nasreddin AbolmaaliDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, St. Josef-Hospital, University Hospitals of the Ruhr University of Bochum, Gudrunstr. 56, Bochum, 44791, Germany.
Hans Meine *Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Max-von-Laue-Str. 2, Bremen, 28359, Germany.
Andrea Schenk *Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Max-von-Laue-Str. 2, Bremen, 28359, Germany.

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purposeThe segmentation of the hepatic arteries (HA) is essential for state-of-the-art pre-interventional planning of selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT), a treatment option for malignant tumors in the liver. In SIRT a catheter is placed through the aorta into the tumor-feeding hepatic arteries, injecting small beads filled with radiation emitting material for local radioembolization. In this study, we evaluate the suitability of a deep neural network (DNN) based vessel segmentation for SIRT planning.

methodsWe applied our DNN-based HA segmentation on 36 contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scans from the arterial contrast agent phase and rated its segmentation quality as well as the overall image quality. Additionally, we applied a traditional machine learning algorithm for HA segmentation as comparison to our deep learning (DL) approach. Moreover, we assessed by expert ratings whether the produced HA segmentations can be used for SIRT planning.

resultsThe DL approach outperformed the traditional machine learning algorithm. The DL segmentation can be used for SIRT planning in [Formula: see text] of the cases, while the reference segmentations, which were manually created by experienced radiographers, are sufficient in [Formula: see text]. Seven DL cases cannot be used for SIRT planning while the corresponding reference segmentations are sufficient. However, there are two DL segmentations usable for SIRT, where the reference segmentations for the same cases were rated as insufficient.

conclusionsHA segmentation is a difficult and time-consuming task. DL-based methods have the potential to support and accelerate the pre-interventional planning of SIRT therapy.

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Liver NeoplasmsNeural Networks, ComputerAlgorithmsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedTomography, X-Ray ComputedCTDeep learningHepatic arteriesLiver vesselsSegmentation

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PMCPMC10838818

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