Paper ID: 2404.15009

The Brain Tumor Segmentation in Pediatrics (BraTS-PEDs) Challenge: Focus on Pediatrics (CBTN-CONNECT-DIPGR-ASNR-MICCAI BraTS-PEDs)

Anahita Fathi Kazerooni, Nastaran Khalili, Xinyang Liu, Deep Gandhi, Zhifan Jiang, Syed Muhammed Anwar, Jake Albrecht, Maruf Adewole, Udunna Anazodo, Hannah Anderson, Ujjwal Baid, Timothy Bergquist, Austin J. Borja, Evan Calabrese, Verena Chung, Gian-Marco Conte, Farouk Dako, James Eddy, Ivan Ezhov, Ariana Familiar, Keyvan Farahani, Andrea Franson, Anurag Gottipati, Shuvanjan Haldar, Juan Eugenio Iglesias, Anastasia Janas, Elaine Johansen, Blaise V Jones, Neda Khalili, Florian Kofler, Dominic LaBella, Hollie Anne Lai, Koen Van Leemput, Hongwei Bran Li, Nazanin Maleki, Aaron S McAllister, Zeke Meier, Bjoern Menze, Ahmed W Moawad, Khanak K Nandolia, Julija Pavaine, Marie Piraud, Tina Poussaint, Sanjay P Prabhu, Zachary Reitman, Jeffrey D Rudie, Mariana Sanchez-Montano, Ibraheem Salman Shaikh, Nakul Sheth, Wenxin Tu, Chunhao Wang, Jeffrey B Ware, Benedikt Wiestler, Anna Zapaishchykova, Miriam Bornhorst, Michelle Deutsch, Maryam Fouladi, Margot Lazow, Leonie Mikael, Trent Hummel, Benjamin Kann, Peter de Blank, Lindsey Hoffman, Mariam Aboian, Ali Nabavizadeh, Roger Packer, Spyridon Bakas, Adam Resnick, Brian Rood, Arastoo Vossough, Marius George Linguraru

Pediatric tumors of the central nervous system are the most common cause of cancer-related death in children. The five-year survival rate for high-grade gliomas in children is less than 20%. Due to their rarity, the diagnosis of these entities is often delayed, their treatment is mainly based on historic treatment concepts, and clinical trials require multi-institutional collaborations. Here we present the CBTN-CONNECT-DIPGR-ASNR-MICCAI BraTS-PEDs challenge, focused on pediatric brain tumors with data acquired across multiple international consortia dedicated to pediatric neuro-oncology and clinical trials. The CBTN-CONNECT-DIPGR-ASNR-MICCAI BraTS-PEDs challenge brings together clinicians and AI/imaging scientists to lead to faster development of automated segmentation techniques that could benefit clinical trials, and ultimately the care of children with brain tumors.

Submitted: Apr 23, 2024