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Generalizable transfer learning of automated tumor segmentation from cervical cancers toward a universal model for uterine malignancies in diffusion-weighted MRI.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the generalizability of transfer learning (TL) of automated tumor segmentation from cervical cancers toward a universal model for cervical and uterine malignancies in diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI).

Methods

In this retrospective multicenter study, we analyzed pelvic DWI data from 169 and 320 patients with cervical and uterine malignancies and divided them into the training (144 and 256) and testing (25 and 64) datasets, respectively. A pretrained model was established using DeepLab V3 + from the cervical cancer dataset, followed by TL experiments adjusting the training data sizes and fine-tuning layers. The model performance was evaluated using the dice similarity coefficient (DSC).

Results

In predicting tumor segmentation for all cervical and uterine malignancies, TL models improved the DSCs from the pretrained cervical model (DSC 0.43) when adding 5, 13, 26, and 51 uterine cases for training (DSC improved from 0.57, 0.62, 0.68, 0.70, p < 0.001). Following the crossover at adding 128 cases (DSC 0.71), the model trained by combining data from adding all the 256 patients exhibited the highest DSCs for the combined cervical and uterine datasets (DSC 0.81) and cervical only dataset (DSC 0.91).

Conclusions

TL may improve the generalizability of automated tumor segmentation of DWI from a specific cancer type toward multiple types of uterine malignancies especially in limited case numbers.

SUBMITTER: Lin YC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9871146 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Generalizable transfer learning of automated tumor segmentation from cervical cancers toward a universal model for uterine malignancies in diffusion-weighted MRI.

Lin Yu-Chun YC Lin Yenpo Y Huang Yen-Ling YL Ho Chih-Yi CY Chiang Hsin-Ju HJ Lu Hsin-Ying HY Wang Chun-Chieh CC Wang Jiun-Jie JJ Ng Shu-Hang SH Lai Chyong-Huey CH Lin Gigin G

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<h4>Purpose</h4>To investigate the generalizability of transfer learning (TL) of automated tumor segmentation from cervical cancers toward a universal model for cervical and uterine malignancies in diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI).<h4>Methods</h4>In this retrospective multicenter study, we analyzed pelvic DWI data from 169 and 320 patients with cervical and uterine malignancies and divided them into the training (144 and 256) and testing (25 and 64) datasets, respectively. A p ...[more]

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Generalizable transfer learning of automated tumor segmentation from cervical cancers toward a universal model for uterine malignancies in diffusion-weighted MRI.

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Generalizable transfer learning of automated tumor segmentation from cervical cancers toward a universal model for uterine malignancies in diffusion-weighted MRI.

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