arXiv:2506.17536physics.med-phcs.AI2025-06被引 1

用热力图定位肿瘤中放疗抵抗区,助力个性化放疗决策

Exploring Strategies for Personalized Radiation Therapy Part I Unlocking Response-Related Tumor Subregions with Class Activation Mapping

  • 结合卷积网络与像素级热力图,精准定位肿瘤内响应区域
  • 热力图模型分类准确率高于传统方法,对非响应病灶识别更优
  • 结果可对接细胞层面数据,适合放疗科研与临床转化

个性化精准放疗需识别预后性、空间信息丰富的特征,并根据个体反应调整治疗方案。本研究比较三种预测治疗反应的方法:传统放射组学、基于梯度的特征,以及增强类激活图(CAM)的卷积神经网络。分析了39名患者共69个脑转移瘤,采用集成自编码器分类器预测3个月随访时肿瘤体积是否缩小超过20%,作为二分类任务。结果显示,像素级CAM提供最精细的空间信息,能识别病灶特异区域而非固定模式,具有强泛化能力;在无应答病灶中,激活区域可能指示放疗抵抗区。像素级CAM在分类准确率上优于放射组学与梯度方法。其细粒度空间特征可与细胞水平数据对齐,支持生物学验证,深化对异质性治疗反应的理解。尽管需进一步验证,这些发现凸显其在引导光子与粒子疗法个性化、自适应策略中的潜力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Personalized precision radiation therapy requires more than simple classification, it demands the identification of prognostic, spatially informative features and the ability to adapt treatment based on individual response. This study compares three approaches for predicting treatment response: standard radiomics, gradient based features, and convolutional neural networks enhanced with Class Activation Mapping. We analyzed 69 brain metastases from 39 patients treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery. An integrated autoencoder classifier model was used to predict whether tumor volume would shrink by more than 20 percent at a three months follow up, framed as a binary classification task. The results highlight their strength in hierarchical feature extraction and the classifiers discriminative capacity. Among the models, pixel wise CAM provides the most detailed spatial insight, identifying lesion specific regions rather than relying on fixed patterns, demonstrating strong generalization. In non responding lesions, the activated regions may indicate areas of radio resistance. Pixel wise CAM outperformed both radiomics and gradient based methods in classification accuracy. Moreover, its fine grained spatial features allow for alignment with cellular level data, supporting biological validation and deeper understanding of heterogeneous treatment responses. Although further validation is necessary, these findings underscore the promise in guiding personalized and adaptive radiotherapy strategies for both photon and particle therapies.

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