Clinical application of mask region-based convolutional neural network for the automatic detection and segmentation of abnormal liver density based on hepatocellular carcinoma computed tomography datasets

• Ching-Juei Yang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Division of Medical Radiology, E-Da Cancer Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, E-Da Cancer Hospital, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer Collaborative Oncology Group, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5539-6899

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• Chien-Kuo Wang,

  Roles Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Department of Medical Imaging, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yu-Hua Dean Fang,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Jing-Yao Wang,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Division of Medical Radiology, E-Da Cancer Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Fong-Chin Su,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Biomedical Engineering & Medical Device Innovation Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hong-Ming Tsai,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Medical Imaging, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Liver Cancer Collaborative Oncology Group, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yih-Jyh Lin,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Liver Cancer Collaborative Oncology Group, Tainan, Taiwan, Division of General and Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0998-3229

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• Hung-Wen Tsai,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Liver Cancer Collaborative Oncology Group, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Lee-Ren Yeh

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yehlr3323@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7694-7095

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