Journal article
Quantification of uptake in pelvis F-18 FLT PET-CT images using a 3D localization and segmentation CNN
Medical physics (Lancaster), Vol.49(3), pp.1585-1598
01/04/2022
DOI: 10.1002/mp.15440
PMCID: PMC9447843
PMID: 34982836
Abstract
The purpose of this work was to develop and validate a deep convolutional neural network (CNN) approach for the automated pelvis segmentation in computed tomography (CT) scans to enable the quantification of active pelvic bone marrow by means of Fluorothymidine F-18 (FLT) tracer uptake measurement in positron emission tomography (PET) scans. This quantification is a critical step in calculating bone marrow dose for radiopharmaceutical therapy clinical applications as well as external beam radiation doses.
An approach for the combined localization and segmentation of the pelvis in CT volumes of varying sizes, ranging from full-body to pelvis CT scans, was developed that utilizes a novel CNN architecture in combination with a random sampling strategy. The method was validated on 34 planning CT scans and 106 full-body FLT PET-CT scans using a cross-validation strategy. Specifically, two different training and CNN application options were studied, quantitatively assessed, and statistically compared.
The proposed method was able to successfully locate and segment the pelvis in all test cases. On all data sets, an average Dice coefficient of 0.9396
0.0182 or better was achieved. The relative tracer uptake measurement error ranged between 0.065% and 0.204%. The proposed approach is time-efficient and shows a reduction in runtime of up to 95% compared to a standard U-Net-based approach without a localization component.
The proposed method enables the efficient calculation of FLT uptake in the pelvis. Thus, it represents a valuable tool to facilitate bone marrow preserving adaptive radiation therapy and radiopharmaceutical dose calculation. Furthermore, the method can be adapted to process other bone structures as well as organs.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Quantification of uptake in pelvis F-18 FLT PET-CT images using a 3D localization and segmentation CNN
- Creators
- Xiaofan Xiong - Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USABrian J Smith - Department of Biostatistics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAStephen A Graves - Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAJohn J Sunderland - Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USAMichael M Graham - Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USABrandie A Gross - Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USAJohn M Buatti - Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USAReinhard R Beichel - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Medical physics (Lancaster), Vol.49(3), pp.1585-1598
- DOI
- 10.1002/mp.15440
- PMID
- 34982836
- PMCID
- PMC9447843
- NLM abbreviation
- Med Phys
- ISSN
- 0094-2405
- eISSN
- 2473-4209
- Grant note
- U01CA140206 / NCI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/04/2022
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Radiology; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Biostatistics; Physics and Astronomy; Radiation Oncology; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology; Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984210350502771
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