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    Development and external validation of an MRI-based neural network for brain metastasis segmentation in the AURORA multicenter study.
        
        Radiother. Oncol. 178:109425 (2022)
    
    
    
				BACKGROUND: Stereotactic radiotherapy is a standard treatment option for patients with brain metastases. The planning target volume is based on gross tumor volume (GTV) segmentation. The aim of this work is to develop and validate a neural network for automatic GTV segmentation to accelerate clinical daily routine practice and minimize interobserver variability. METHODS: We analyzed MRIs (T1-weighted sequence ± contrast-enhancement, T2-weighted sequence, and FLAIR sequence) from 348 patients with at least one brain metastasis from different cancer primaries treated in six centers. To generate reference segmentations, all GTVs and the FLAIR hyperintense edematous regions were segmented manually. A 3D-U-Net was trained on a cohort of 260 patients from two centers to segment the GTV and the surrounding FLAIR hyperintense region. During training varying degrees of data augmentation were applied. Model validation was performed using an independent international multicenter test cohort (n=88) including four centers. RESULTS: Our proposed U-Net reached a mean overall Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) of 0.92 ± 0.08 and a mean individual metastasis-wise DSC of 0.89 ± 0.11 in the external test cohort for GTV segmentation. Data augmentation improved the segmentation performance significantly. Detection of brain metastases was effective with a mean F1-Score of 0.93 ± 0.16. The model performance was stable independent of the center (p = 0.3). There was no correlation between metastasis volume and DSC (Pearson correlation coefficient 0.07). CONCLUSION: Reliable automated segmentation of brain metastases with neural networks is possible and may support radiotherapy planning by providing more objective GTV definitions.
			
			
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        Publikationstyp
        Artikel: Journalartikel
    
 
    
        Dokumenttyp
        Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
    
 
     
    
    
        Schlagwörter
        Mri ; Brain Metastasis ; External Testing ; Neural Network ; Stereotactic Radiotherapy
    
 
     
    
    
        Sprache
        englisch
    
 
    
        Veröffentlichungsjahr
        2022
    
 
     
    
        HGF-Berichtsjahr
        2022
    
 
    
    
        ISSN (print) / ISBN
        0167-8140
    
 
    
        e-ISSN
        1879-0887
    
 
     
     
     
	     
	 
	 
    
        Zeitschrift
        Radiotherapy and Oncology
    
 
		
    
        Quellenangaben
        
	    Band: 178,  
	    
	    
	    Artikelnummer: 109425 
	    
	
    
 
  
         
        
            Verlag
            Elsevier
        
 
        
            Verlagsort
            Elsevier House, Brookvale Plaza, East Park Shannon, Co, Clare, 00000, Ireland
        
 
	
         
         
         
         
         
	
         
         
         
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
        Begutachtungsstatus
        Peer reviewed
    
 
    
        Institut(e)
        Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM)
Helmholtz Artifical Intelligence Cooperation Unit (HAICU)
 
    Helmholtz Artifical Intelligence Cooperation Unit (HAICU)
        POF Topic(s)
        30203 - Molecular Targets and Therapies
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
 
    30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
        Forschungsfeld(er)
        Radiation Sciences
Enabling and Novel Technologies
 
    Enabling and Novel Technologies
        PSP-Element(e)
        G-501300-001
G-530001-001
 
    G-530001-001
        Förderungen
        
Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation
Young Talents in Clinical Research Beginners Grant from the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMW)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research)
 
     	
    
    Bangerter-Rhyner Foundation
Young Talents in Clinical Research Beginners Grant from the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMW)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research)
        WOS ID
        000920358700003
    
    
        Scopus ID
        85143497833
    
    
        PubMed ID
        36442609
    
    
        Erfassungsdatum
        2022-12-09