Li Ke, Zhang Ran, Cai Weibo
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, USA.
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, USA.
Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2021 Aug 15;11(4):327-331. eCollection 2021.
This perspective briefly reviewed the applications of F-FDG PET/CT in the clinical management of lymphoma and the need for lesion segmentation in those applications. It discussed the limitations of existing segmentation technologies and the great potential of using deep learning convolutional neural network (DLCNN) to accomplish automatic lymphoma segmentation and characterizations. Finally, the authors shared perspectives on the technical challenges that need to be addressed to fully unleash the potential of DLCNN and F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of lymphoma.
本观点简要回顾了F-FDG PET/CT在淋巴瘤临床管理中的应用以及这些应用中病变分割的必要性。讨论了现有分割技术的局限性以及使用深度学习卷积神经网络(DLCNN)实现淋巴瘤自动分割和特征描述的巨大潜力。最后,作者就充分发挥DLCNN和F-FDG PET/CT在淋巴瘤诊断、预后和治疗方面的潜力所需解决的技术挑战分享了观点。