Prognosis Prediction of Lung Cancer Patients Using CT Images : Feature Extraction by Convolutional Neural Network and Prediction by Machine Learning

PURPOSE: Lung cancer accounts for the largest number of deaths among malignant tumors. Recently, more and more patients are concerned about their own life expectancy. CT examination is essential for the diagnosis of lung cancer. However, it is difficult to accurately predict the prognosis using CT images. In this study, we developed a method to predict the prognosis of lung cancer patients from CT images using a convolutional neural network (CNN) and a machine learning method.

METHODS: In this study, the CT images of 173 lung cancer patients were collected. First, we selected the slice with the largest tumor size in each case and extracted features using a CNN. Next, we performed feature selection using information gain and predicted alive or death by classifiers. An artificial neural network or Naïve Bayes was used as a classifier and alive and death were predicted at one-year intervals from one year to five years later.

RESULTS: We evaluated the prediction accuracy via the three-fold cross-validation method and found that the prediction accuracies were around 80% for all periods from 1 to 5 years. In the evaluation of the survival curve, the shape of the curve was close to the actual curve.

CONCLUSION: These results indicate that feature extraction by a CNN and classification by the machine learning method may be effective in predicting the prognosis of lung cancer patients using CT images.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:78

Enthalten in:

Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai zasshi - 78(2022), 8 vom: 20. Aug., Seite 829-837

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oshita, Yuki [VerfasserIn]
Takeuchi, Nonoko [VerfasserIn]
Teramoto, Atsushi [VerfasserIn]
Kondo, Masashi [VerfasserIn]
Imaizumi, Kazuyoshi [VerfasserIn]
Saito, Kuniaki [VerfasserIn]
Fujita, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Convolutional neural network
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Machine learning
Predict prognosis
Survival curve

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 23.08.2022

Date Revised 23.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.6009/jjrt.2022-1224

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343316072