Predicting acute radiation induced xerostomia in head and neck Cancer using MR and CT Radiomics of parotid and submandibular glands

Predicting acute radiation induced xerostomia in head and neck Cancer using MR and CT Radiomics of parotid and submandibular glands

Abstract Purpose To analyze baseline CT/MR-based image features of salivary glands to predict radiation-induced xerostomia 3-months after head-and-neck cancer (HNC) radiotherapy. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 266 HNC patients who were treated using radiotherapy at our institution...

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Main Authors: Khadija Sheikh, Sang Ho Lee, Zhi Cheng, Pranav Lakshminarayanan, Luke Peng, Peijin Han, Todd R. McNutt, Harry Quon, Junghoon Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Head and neck cancer
Radiation therapy
Radiomics
Machine learning
Xerostomia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1339-4

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