A Self-supervised Multimodal Deep Learning Approach to Differentiate Post-radiotherapy Progression from Pseudoprogression in Glioblastoma
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| author | Gomaa, Ahmed Huang, Yixing Stephan, Pluvio Breininger, Katharina Frey, Benjamin Dörfler, Arnd Schnell, Oliver Delev, Daniel Coras, Roland Schmitter, Charlotte Stritzelberger, Jenny Semrau, Sabine Maier, Andreas Bayer, Siming Schönecker, Stephan Heiland, Dieter H Hau, Peter Gaipl, Udo S. Bert, Christoph Fietkau, Rainer Schmidt, Manuel A. Putz, Florian |
| author_facet | Gomaa, Ahmed Huang, Yixing Stephan, Pluvio Breininger, Katharina Frey, Benjamin Dörfler, Arnd Schnell, Oliver Delev, Daniel Coras, Roland Schmitter, Charlotte Stritzelberger, Jenny Semrau, Sabine Maier, Andreas Bayer, Siming Schönecker, Stephan Heiland, Dieter H Hau, Peter Gaipl, Udo S. Bert, Christoph Fietkau, Rainer Schmidt, Manuel A. Putz, Florian |
| contents | Accurate differentiation of pseudoprogression (PsP) from True Progression (TP) following radiotherapy (RT) in glioblastoma (GBM) patients is crucial for optimal treatment planning. However, this task remains challenging due to the overlapping imaging characteristics of PsP and TP. This study therefore proposes a multimodal deep-learning approach utilizing complementary information from routine anatomical MR images, clinical parameters, and RT treatment planning information for improved predictive accuracy. The approach utilizes a self-supervised Vision Transformer (ViT) to encode multi-sequence MR brain volumes to effectively capture both global and local context from the high dimensional input. The encoder is trained in a self-supervised upstream task on unlabeled glioma MRI datasets from the open BraTS2021, UPenn-GBM, and UCSF-PDGM datasets to generate compact, clinically relevant representations from FLAIR and T1 post-contrast sequences. These encoded MR inputs are then integrated with clinical data and RT treatment planning information through guided cross-modal attention, improving progression classification accuracy. This work was developed using two datasets from different centers: the Burdenko Glioblastoma Progression Dataset (n = 59) for training and validation, and the GlioCMV progression dataset from the University Hospital Erlangen (UKER) (n = 20) for testing. The proposed method achieved an AUC of 75.3%, outperforming the current state-of-the-art data-driven approaches. Importantly, the proposed approach relies on readily available anatomical MRI sequences, clinical data, and RT treatment planning information, enhancing its clinical feasibility. The proposed approach addresses the challenge of limited data availability for PsP and TP differentiation and could allow for improved clinical decision-making and optimized treatment plans for GBM patients. |
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| spellingShingle | A Self-supervised Multimodal Deep Learning Approach to Differentiate Post-radiotherapy Progression from Pseudoprogression in Glioblastoma Gomaa, Ahmed Huang, Yixing Stephan, Pluvio Breininger, Katharina Frey, Benjamin Dörfler, Arnd Schnell, Oliver Delev, Daniel Coras, Roland Schmitter, Charlotte Stritzelberger, Jenny Semrau, Sabine Maier, Andreas Bayer, Siming Schönecker, Stephan Heiland, Dieter H Hau, Peter Gaipl, Udo S. Bert, Christoph Fietkau, Rainer Schmidt, Manuel A. Putz, Florian Image and Video Processing Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Accurate differentiation of pseudoprogression (PsP) from True Progression (TP) following radiotherapy (RT) in glioblastoma (GBM) patients is crucial for optimal treatment planning. However, this task remains challenging due to the overlapping imaging characteristics of PsP and TP. This study therefore proposes a multimodal deep-learning approach utilizing complementary information from routine anatomical MR images, clinical parameters, and RT treatment planning information for improved predictive accuracy. The approach utilizes a self-supervised Vision Transformer (ViT) to encode multi-sequence MR brain volumes to effectively capture both global and local context from the high dimensional input. The encoder is trained in a self-supervised upstream task on unlabeled glioma MRI datasets from the open BraTS2021, UPenn-GBM, and UCSF-PDGM datasets to generate compact, clinically relevant representations from FLAIR and T1 post-contrast sequences. These encoded MR inputs are then integrated with clinical data and RT treatment planning information through guided cross-modal attention, improving progression classification accuracy. This work was developed using two datasets from different centers: the Burdenko Glioblastoma Progression Dataset (n = 59) for training and validation, and the GlioCMV progression dataset from the University Hospital Erlangen (UKER) (n = 20) for testing. The proposed method achieved an AUC of 75.3%, outperforming the current state-of-the-art data-driven approaches. Importantly, the proposed approach relies on readily available anatomical MRI sequences, clinical data, and RT treatment planning information, enhancing its clinical feasibility. The proposed approach addresses the challenge of limited data availability for PsP and TP differentiation and could allow for improved clinical decision-making and optimized treatment plans for GBM patients. |
| title | A Self-supervised Multimodal Deep Learning Approach to Differentiate Post-radiotherapy Progression from Pseudoprogression in Glioblastoma |
| topic | Image and Video Processing Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03999 |