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AURORA

Deep learning models for brain cancer metastasis segmentation based on the manuscripts:

Installation

With a Python 3.10+ environment, you can install directly from pypi.org:

pip install brainles-aurora

Usage

BrainLes features Jupyter Notebook tutorials with usage instructions.

Citation

Please support our development by citing the following manuscripts:

Identifying core MRI sequences for reliable automatic brain metastasis segmentation

@article{buchner2023identifying,
  title={Identifying core MRI sequences for reliable automatic brain metastasis segmentation},
  author={Buchner, Josef A and Peeken, Jan C and Etzel, Lucas and Ezhov, Ivan and Mayinger, Michael and Christ, Sebastian M and Brunner, Thomas B and Wittig, Andrea and Menze, Bjoern H and Zimmer, Claus and others},
  journal={Radiotherapy and Oncology},
  volume={188},
  pages={109901},
  year={2023},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}

also consider citing the original AURORA manuscript, especially when using the vanilla model:

Development and external validation of an MRI-based neural network for brain metastasis segmentation in the AURORA multicenter study

@article{buchner2022development,
  title={Development and external validation of an MRI-based neural network for brain metastasis segmentation in the AURORA multicenter study},
  author={Buchner, Josef A and Kofler, Florian and Etzel, Lucas and Mayinger, Michael and Christ, Sebastian M and Brunner, Thomas B and Wittig, Andrea and Menze, Bj{\"o}rn and Zimmer, Claus and Meyer, Bernhard and others},
  journal={Radiotherapy and Oncology},
  year={2022},
  publisher={Elsevier}
}

Licensing

This project is licensed under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0.

Contact us regarding licensing.

Contact / Feedback / Questions

If possible please open a GitHub issue here.

For inquiries not suitable for GitHub issues:

Florian Kofler florian.kofler [at] tum.de

Josef Buchner j.buchner [at] tum.de

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