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BACKGROUND Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to fundamentally change medicine within the coming decades. Radiological imaging is one of the primary fields of its clinical application. OBJECTIVES In this article, we summarize previous AI developments with a focus on oncological radiology. Based on selected examples, we derive scenarios for developments in the next 10 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS This work is based on a review of various literature and product databases, publications by regulatory authorities, reports, and press releases. CONCLUSIONS The clinical use of AI applications is still in an early stage of development. The large number of research publications shows the potential of the field. Several certified products have already become available to users. However, for a widespread adoption of AI applications in clinical routine, several fundamental prerequisites are still awaited. These include the generation of evidence justifying the use of algorithms through representative clinical studies, adjustments to the framework for approval processes and dedicated education and teaching resources for its users. It is expected that use of AI methods will increase, thus, creating new opportunities for improved diagnostics, therapy, and more efficient workflows.
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- Andreas M Bucher
- Institut für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt am Main, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.
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- Translationale bildgestützte Onkologie, Institut für KI in der Medizin (IKIM), Universitätsmedizin Essen, Essen, Deutschland
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Zaid M, Elganainy D, Dogra P, Dai A, Widmann L, Fernandes P, Wang Z, Pelaez MJ, Ramirez JR, Singhi AD, Dasyam AK, Brand RE, Park WG, Rahmanuddin S, Rosenthal MH, Wolpin BM, Khalaf N, Goel A, Von Hoff DD, Tamm EP, Maitra A, Cristini V, Koay EJ. Imaging-Based Subtypes of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Exhibit Differential Growth and Metabolic Patterns in the Pre-Diagnostic Period: Implications for Early Detection. Front Oncol 2020; 10:596931. [PMID: 33344245 PMCID: PMC7738633 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.596931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previously, we characterized subtypes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) on computed-tomography (CT) scans, whereby conspicuous (high delta) PDAC tumors are more likely to have aggressive biology and poorer clinical outcomes compared to inconspicuous (low delta) tumors. Here, we hypothesized that these imaging-based subtypes would exhibit different growth-rates and distinctive metabolic effects in the period prior to PDAC diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospectively, we evaluated 55 patients who developed PDAC as a second primary cancer and underwent serial pre-diagnostic (T0) and diagnostic (T1) CT-scans. We scored the PDAC tumors into high and low delta on T1 and, serially, obtained the biaxial measurements of the pancreatic lesions (T0-T1). We used the Gompertz-function to model the growth-kinetics and estimate the tumor growth-rate constant (α) which was used for tumor binary classification, followed by cross-validation of the classifier accuracy. We used maximum-likelihood estimation to estimate initiation-time from a single cell (10-6 mm3) to a 10 mm3 tumor mass. Finally, we serially quantified the subcutaneous-abdominal-fat (SAF), visceral-abdominal-fat (VAF), and muscles volumes (cm3) on CT-scans, and recorded the change in blood glucose (BG) levels. T-test, likelihood-ratio, Cox proportional-hazards, and Kaplan-Meier were used for statistical analysis and p-value <0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS Compared to high delta tumors, low delta tumors had significantly slower average growth-rate constants (0.024 month-1 vs. 0.088 month-1, p<0.0001) and longer average initiation-times (14 years vs. 5 years, p<0.0001). α demonstrated high accuracy (area under the curve (AUC)=0.85) in classifying the tumors into high and low delta, with an optimal cut-off of 0.034 month-1. Leave-one-out-cross-validation showed 80% accuracy in predicting the delta-class (AUC=0.84). High delta tumors exhibited accelerated SAF, VAF, and muscle wasting (p <0.001), and BG disturbance (p<0.01) compared to low delta tumors. Patients with low delta tumors had better PDAC-specific progression-free survival (log-rank, p<0.0001), earlier stage tumors (p=0.005), and higher likelihood to receive resection after PDAC diagnosis (p=0.008), compared to those with high delta tumors. CONCLUSION Imaging-based subtypes of PDAC exhibit distinct growth, metabolic, and clinical profiles during the pre-diagnostic period. Our results suggest that heterogeneous disease biology may be an important consideration in early detection strategies for PDAC.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mohamed Zaid
- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Mathematics in Medicine Program, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Mathematics in Medicine Program, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States
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- Mathematics in Medicine Program, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States
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- Mathematics in Medicine Program, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States
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- Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Molecular Medicine, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Department of Abdominal Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Mathematics in Medicine Program, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States,*Correspondence: Eugene J. Koay,
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