Additionally, this framework was built using one of the largest datasets for patients receiving lung radiotherapy, rendering greater accuracy and limiting false findings. Lastly, each clinical center can utilize their own CT datasets to customize the framework and tailor it to their specific patient population.
"Machine learning tools, including deep learning, are poised to play an important role in healthcare," says Dr. Abazeed. "This image-based information platform can provide the ability to individualize multiple cancer therapies but more immediately is a leap forward in radiation precision medicine."
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This study, which was done in collaboration with Siemens Healthcare, was funded by a National Institutes of Health grant to Dr. Abazeed, the National Cancer Institute, American Lung Association, Siemens Healthcare and VeloSano (Cleveland Clinic's flagship philanthropic initiative) to advance cancer research.
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