Artificial Intelligence in Oncology

Dear Colleagues, 

Artificial intelligence (AI) comprises a type of computer science that develops software programs for intelligent execution of tasks or decision making. These approaches allow for bridging the gap between the acquisition of data and its meaningful interpretation. Consequently, artificial intelligence has demonstrated outstanding capabilities for the resolution of a variety of biomedical problems, including cancer, over the past decade. 

Machine learning is a subfield of AI and applies mathematical and statistical algorithms to improve computer performance. Deep learning, a subfield of machine learning, is based on artificial neural networks with representation learning that supports automatic feature extraction and provides high flexibility. 

Artificial intelligence can play an essential role in a wide variety of aspects of oncology: tumor detection and segmentation, histopathological diagnosis, tracking tumor development, clinical decision making as well as cancer therapy development and validation or prognosis prediction. 

This Topical Collection will highlight several of the above issues. We welcome submissions of research and review articles addressing several facets of AI in both basic and clinical cancer research.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Stadlbauer
Prof. Dr. Anke Meyer-Baese
Dr. Max Zimmermann
Collection Editors

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