CLIP-based multimodal endorectal ultrasound enhances prediction of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy response in locally advanced rectal cancer

• Hanchen Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hanchen Zhang, Hang Yi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Medical Ultrasonics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Biomedical Innovation Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5912-8621

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• Hang Yi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hanchen Zhang, Hang Yi

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Medical Ultrasonics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Biomedical Innovation Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Si Qin,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Medical Ultrasonics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Biomedical Innovation Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Xiaoyin Liu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Medical Ultrasonics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Biomedical Innovation Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Guangjian Liu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: liugj@mail.sysu.edu.cn

  Affiliations Department of Medical Ultrasonics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Diseases, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Biomedical Innovation Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5224-008X

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