Utilizing the transformer mechanism to predict cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma

• Huiting Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Huiting Chen, Fangqiu Ruan

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Ultrasound Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, Department of Ultrasound Imaging, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

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• Fangqiu Ruan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Huiting Chen, Fangqiu Ruan

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2 Section, Institute of Abdominal Surgery, Key Laboratory of Accurate Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer, The First Hospital Affiliated to Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

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• Li Zhu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Ultrasound Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

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• Yong Zhuang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Ultrasound Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, Department of Ultrasound Imaging, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

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• Xiaojian Ye,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Ultrasound Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, Department of Ultrasound Imaging, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

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• Xinxiu Liu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Ultrasound Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, Department of Ultrasound Imaging, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

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• Jinshu Zeng

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

  * E-mail: zengjinshu761129@163.com

  Current address: Department of Ultrasound Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, China

  Affiliations Department of Ultrasound Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China, Department of Ultrasound Imaging, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1783-9924

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