2024/05/13 by Chi-en Amy Tai, Tai, Chi-en Amy, Alexander Wong +1
Computer Science · Engineering · #AI in cancer detection #Advanced Image Fusion Techniques #Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Electrical engineering #Image and Video Processing (eess.IV) #Medical Imaging and Analysis #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2405.07869
openalex publication_date 2024/05/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In 2020, prostate cancer saw a staggering 1.4 million new cases, resulting in over 375,000 deaths. The accurate identification of clinically significant prostate cancer is crucial for delivering effective treatment to patients. Consequently, there has been a surge in research exploring the application of deep neural networks to predict clinical significance based on magnetic resonance images. However, these networks demand extensive datasets to attain optimal performance. Recently, transfer learning emerged as a technique that leverages acquired features from a domain with richer data to enhance the performance of a domain with limited data. In this paper, we investigate the improvement of clinically significant prostate cancer prediction in T2-weighted images through transfer learning from breast cancer. The results demonstrate a remarkable improvement of over 30% in leave-one-out cross-validation accuracy.