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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2023

Error mitigation enables PET radiomic cancer characterization on quantum computers.

S Moradi, Clemens Spielvogel, Denis Krajnc, C Brandner, S Hillmich, R Wille, T Traub-Weidinger, X Li, M Hacker, W Drexler and 1 more

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Applications of artificial intelligence in nuclear medicine.Zeitschrift fur medizinische Physik · 2026
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  3. Prostate Cancer Classification Using Quantum Machine Learning on Multi-parametric MRI.Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

S MoradiApplied Quantum Computing Group, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, T1090, Vienna, Austria.
Clemens SpielvogelDivision of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Denis KrajncCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
C BrandnerApplied Quantum Computing Group, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, T1090, Vienna, Austria.
S HillmichInstitute for Integrated Circuits, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria.
R WilleChair for Design Automation, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
T Traub-WeidingerDivision of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
X LiDivision of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
M HackerDivision of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
W DrexlerCenter for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
L PappApplied Quantum Computing Group, Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, T1090, Vienna, Austria. laszlo.papp@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0002-9049-9989
Medical University of Vienna · ATJohannes Kepler University of Linz · ATTechnical University of Munich · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. While routine diagnosis of cancer is performed mainly with biopsy sampling, it is suboptimal to accurately characterize tumor heterogeneity. Positron emission tomography (PET)-driven radiomic research has demonstrated promising results when predicting clinical endpoints. This study aimed to investigate the added value of quantum machine learning both in simulator and in real quantum computers utilizing error mitigation techniques to predict clinical endpoints in various PET cancer patients.

methodsPreviously published PET radiomics datasets including 11C-MET PET glioma, 68GA-PSMA-11 PET prostate and lung 18F-FDG PET with 3-year survival, low-vs-high Gleason risk and 2-year survival as clinical endpoints respectively were utilized in this study. Redundancy reduction with 0.7, 0.8, and 0.9 Spearman rank thresholds (SRT), followed by selecting 8 and 16 features from all cohorts, was performed, resulting in 18 dataset variants. Quantum advantage was estimated by Geometric Difference (GD

resultsOn average, QML outperformed CML in simulator environments with 16-features (BACC 70% and 69%, respectively), while with 8-features, CML outperformed QML with + 1%. The highest average QML advantage was + 4%. The GD

conclusionsWe demonstrated that with error mitigation, quantum advantage can be achieved in real existing quantum computers when predicting clinical endpoints in clinically relevant PET cancer cohorts. Quantum advantage can already be achieved in simulator environments in these cohorts when relying on QML.

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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18Lung NeoplasmsComputersHumansLungMalePositron-Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRetrospective StudiesFluorodeoxyglucose F18CancerMachine learningPETQuantum computingRadiomics

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