Amin Mousavi

Mr. Amin Mousavi

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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 January 2025 in Cancers
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MSMohammad R. Salmanpour
Mohammad R. Salmanpour
AGArman Gorji
Arman Gorji
AMAmin Mousavi
Amin Mousavi
AJAli Fathi Jouzdani
Ali Fathi Jouzdani
Nima SanatiNima Sanati
Nima Sanati
ARArman Rahmim
Arman Rahmim
Objective: This study explores a semi-supervised learning (SSL), pseudo-labeled strategy using diverse datasets such as head and neck cancer (HNCa) to enhance lung cancer (LCa) survival outcome predictions, analyzing handcrafted and deep radiomic features (HRF/DRF) from PET/CT scans with hybrid machine learning systems (HMLSs). Methods: We collected 199 LCa patients with both PET and CT images, obtained from TCIA and our local database, alongside 408 HNCa PET/CT images from TCIA. We extracted 215 HRFs and 1024 DRFs by PySERA and a 3D autoencoder, respectively, within the ViSERA 1.0.0 software, from segmented primary tumors. The supervised strategy (SL) employed an HMLS–PCA connected with six classifiers on both HRFs and DRFs. The SSL strategy expanded the datasets by adding 408 pseudo-labeled HNCa cases (labeled by the Random Forest algorithm) to 199 LCa cases, using the same HMLS techniques. Furthermore, principal component analysis (PCA) linked with four survival prediction algorithms were utilized in the survival hazard ratio analysis. Results: The SSL strategy outperformed the SL method (p << 0.001), achieving an average accuracy of 0.85 ± 0.05 with DRFs from PET and PCA + Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), compared to 0.69 ± 0.06 for the SL strategy using DRFs from CT and PCA + Light Gradient Boosting (LGB). Additionally, PCA linked with Component-wise Gradient Boosting Survival Analysis on both HRFs and DRFs, as extracted from CT, had an average C-index of 0.80, with a log rank p-value << 0.001, confirmed by external testing. Conclusions: Shifting from HRFs and SL to DRFs and SSL strategies, particularly in contexts with limited data points, enabling CT or PET alone, can significantly achieve high predictive performance.