The Journal of Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging • Vol 2 • No MICCAI 2023 LNQ challenge
LNQ Challenge 2023: Learning Mediastinal Lymph Node Segmentation with a Probabilistic Lymph Node Atlas
May 2024 • Sofija Engelson, Jan Ehrhardt, Timo Kepp, Joshua Niemeijer, Heinz Handels
The evaluation of lymph node metastases plays a crucial role in achieving precise cancer staging, which in turn influences subsequent decisions regarding treatment options. The detection of lymph nodes poses challenges due to the presence of unclear boundaries and the diverse range of sizes and morphological characteristics, making it a resource-intensive process. As part of the LNQ 2023 MICCAI challenge, we propose the use of anatomical priors as a tool to address the challenges that persist in automatic mediasti…