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ReviewAJR. American journal of roentgenology2024

Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Pediatric Cancer Imaging.

Shashi B Singh, Amir H Sarrami, Sergios Gatidis, Zahra S Varniab, Akshay Chaudhari, Heike E Daldrup-Link

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Review in AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  10. CNN-based detection of pediatric lymphoma on whole body [American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  12. Pediatrics 4.0: the Transformative Impacts of the Latest Industrial Revolution on Pediatrics.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shashi B SinghDepartment of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1201 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA 94305.
Amir H SarramiDepartment of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1201 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA 94305.
Sergios GatidisDepartment of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1201 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA 94305.
Zahra S VarniabDepartment of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1201 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA 94305.
Akshay ChaudhariDepartment of Radiology, Integrative Biomedical Imaging Informatics (IBIIS), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Heike E Daldrup-LinkDepartment of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1201 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA 94305.

Funding

Advanced Imaging Tools to Assess Cancer Therapeutics in Pediatric PatientsR01CA269231 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Heike Elizabeth Daldrup-Link · 2022 to 2026
$3.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA269231
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the medical imaging of adult patients. However, its utilization in pediatric oncology imaging remains constrained, in part due to the inherent scarcity of data associated with childhood cancers. Pediatric cancers are rare, and imaging technologies are evolving rapidly, leading to insufficient data of a particular type to effectively train these algorithms. The small market size of pediatric patients compared with adult patients could also contribute to this challenge, as market size is a driver of commercialization. This review provides an overview of the current state of AI applications for pediatric cancer imaging, including applications for medical image acquisition, processing, reconstruction, segmentation, diagnosis, staging, and treatment response monitoring. Although current developments are promising, impediments due to the diverse anatomies of growing children and nonstandardized imaging protocols have led to limited clinical translation thus far. Opportunities include leveraging reconstruction algorithms to achieve accelerated low-dose imaging and automating the generation of metric-based staging and treatment monitoring scores. Transfer learning of adult-based AI models to pediatric cancers, multiinstitutional data sharing, and ethical data privacy practices for pediatric patients with rare cancers will be keys to unlocking the full potential of AI for clinical translation and improving outcomes for these young patients.

Indexed as

Artificial IntelligenceNeoplasmsChildDiagnostic ImagingHumansPediatricsartificial intelligencecancermachine learningpediatricsradiology

Identifiers

PMID38809123
PMCPMC11874589

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