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Metastatic Lymph Node Detection on Ultrasound Images Using YOLOv7 in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Sato Eida, Motoki Fukuda, Ikuo Katayama, Yukinori Takagi, Miho Sasaki, Hiroki Mori, Maki Kawakami, Tatsuyoshi Nishino, Yoshiko Ariji, Misa Sumi

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sato EidaDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Motoki FukudaDepartment of Oral Radiology, Osaka Dental University, 1-5-17 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0008, Japan.
Ikuo KatayamaDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Yukinori TakagiDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Miho SasakiDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Hiroki MoriDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Maki KawakamiDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Tatsuyoshi NishinoDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Yoshiko ArijiDepartment of Oral Radiology, Osaka Dental University, 1-5-17 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0008, Japan.
Misa SumiDepartment of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5610-5395
Nagasaki University · JPOsaka Dental University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP20K10122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasonography is the preferred modality for detailed evaluation of enlarged lymph nodes (LNs) identified on computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging, owing to its high spatial resolution. However, the diagnostic performance of ultrasonography depends on the examiner's expertise. To support the ultrasonographic diagnosis, we developed YOLOv7-based deep learning models for metastatic LN detection on ultrasonography and compared their detection performance with that of highly experienced radiologists and less experienced residents. We enrolled 462 B- and D-mode ultrasound images of 261 metastatic and 279 non-metastatic histopathologically confirmed LNs from 126 patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The YOLOv7-based B- and D-mode models were optimized using B- and D-mode training and validation images and their detection performance for metastatic LNs was evaluated using B- and D-mode testing images, respectively. The D-mode model's performance was comparable to that of radiologists and superior to that of residents' reading of D-mode images, whereas the B-mode model's performance was higher than that of residents but lower than that of radiologists on B-mode images. Thus, YOLOv7-based B- and D-mode models can assist less experienced residents in ultrasonographic diagnoses. The D-mode model could raise the diagnostic performance of residents to the same level as experienced radiologists.

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computer-assisted diagnosisdeep learningmetastatic lymph nodesquamous cell carcinomaultrasonographyYOLOv7

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PMID38254765
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