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ArticleRadiology. Cardiothoracic imaging2024

Leveraging Serial Low-Dose CT Scans in Radiomics-based Reinforcement Learning to Improve Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer at Baseline Screening.

Yifan Wang, Chuan Zhou, Lei Ying, Elizabeth Lee, Heang-Ping Chan, Aamer Chughtai, Lubomir M Hadjiiski, Ella A Kazerooni

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Risk prediction for lung cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-regression.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Yifan WangFrom the Departments of Radiology (Y.W., C.Z., E.L., H.P.C., A.C., L.M.H., E.A.K.) and Internal Medicine (E.A.K.), The University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Medical Inn Building, Rm C479, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0904; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (Y.W., L.Y.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (A.C.).ORCID 0009-0007-4677-9514
Chuan ZhouFrom the Departments of Radiology (Y.W., C.Z., E.L., H.P.C., A.C., L.M.H., E.A.K.) and Internal Medicine (E.A.K.), The University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Medical Inn Building, Rm C479, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0904; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (Y.W., L.Y.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (A.C.).
Lei YingFrom the Departments of Radiology (Y.W., C.Z., E.L., H.P.C., A.C., L.M.H., E.A.K.) and Internal Medicine (E.A.K.), The University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Medical Inn Building, Rm C479, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0904; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (Y.W., L.Y.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (A.C.).
Elizabeth LeeFrom the Departments of Radiology (Y.W., C.Z., E.L., H.P.C., A.C., L.M.H., E.A.K.) and Internal Medicine (E.A.K.), The University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Medical Inn Building, Rm C479, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0904; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (Y.W., L.Y.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (A.C.).ORCID 0000-0001-5404-1447
Heang-Ping ChanFrom the Departments of Radiology (Y.W., C.Z., E.L., H.P.C., A.C., L.M.H., E.A.K.) and Internal Medicine (E.A.K.), The University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Medical Inn Building, Rm C479, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0904; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (Y.W., L.Y.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (A.C.).ORCID 0000-0001-7777-9006
Aamer ChughtaiFrom the Departments of Radiology (Y.W., C.Z., E.L., H.P.C., A.C., L.M.H., E.A.K.) and Internal Medicine (E.A.K.), The University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Medical Inn Building, Rm C479, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0904; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (Y.W., L.Y.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (A.C.).
Lubomir M HadjiiskiFrom the Departments of Radiology (Y.W., C.Z., E.L., H.P.C., A.C., L.M.H., E.A.K.) and Internal Medicine (E.A.K.), The University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Medical Inn Building, Rm C479, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0904; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (Y.W., L.Y.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (A.C.).
Ella A KazerooniFrom the Departments of Radiology (Y.W., C.Z., E.L., H.P.C., A.C., L.M.H., E.A.K.) and Internal Medicine (E.A.K.), The University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Medical Inn Building, Rm C479, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0904; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich (Y.W., L.Y.); and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (A.C.).ORCID 0000-0001-5859-8744

Funding

Histopathology correlated quantitative analysis of lung nodules with LDCT for early detection of lung cancerU01CA216459 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ZHOU, CHUAN · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA216459
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of leveraging serial low-dose CT (LDCT) scans to develop a radiomics-based reinforcement learning (RRL) model for improving early diagnosis of lung cancer at baseline screening. Materials and Methods In this retrospective study, 1951 participants (female patients, 822; median age, 61 years [range, 55-74 years]) (male patients, 1129; median age, 62 years [range, 55-74 years]) were randomly selected from the National Lung Screening Trial between August 2002 and April 2004. An RRL model using serial LDCT scans (S-RRL) was trained and validated using data from 1404 participants (372 with lung cancer) containing 2525 available serial LDCT scans up to 3 years. A baseline RRL (B-RRL) model was trained with only LDCT scans acquired at baseline screening for comparison. The 547 held-out individuals (150 with lung cancer) were used as an independent test set for performance evaluation. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and the net reclassification index (NRI) were used to assess the performances of the models in the classification of screen-detected nodules. Results Deployment to the held-out baseline scans showed that the S-RRL model achieved a significantly higher test AUC (0.88 [95% CI: 0.85, 0.91]) than both the Brock model (AUC, 0.84 [95% CI: 0.81, 0.88];

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Early Detection of CancerLung NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedAgedFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansLungMachine LearningMaleMass ScreeningMiddle AgedRadiation DosageRadiomicsRetrospective StudiesLow-Dose CTLung Cancer ScreeningMachine LearningRadiomics-based Reinforcement Learning

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PMID38752718
PMCPMC11211947

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