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AI Artificial Intelligence
AUC Area Under the Curve
CART Classification and Regression Tree
CBR Clinico-Biological-Radiomics
CT Computed Tomography
DL Deep Learning
DLR Deep Learning Radiomics
DLNMS Deep Learning Nodal Metastasis Signature
EBUS Endobronchial Ultrasound
ESMO European Society for Medical Oncology
ESTS European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
FDG Fluorodeoxyglucose
18F-FDG 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose
GBDT Gradient-Boosted Decision Tree
GDPR General Data Protection Regulation
GLOBOCAN Global Cancer Observatory
IRB Institutional Review Board
KNN K-Nearest Neighbors
LASSO Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator
LN Lymph Node
LNM Lymph Node Metastasis
LR Logistic Regression
ML Machine Learning
MLP Multilayer Perceptron
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NSCLC Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
PET Positron Emission Tomography
PET/CT Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
PICO Population, Index Test, Comparator, Outcome
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
QUADAS-2 Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2
RF Random Forest
SHAP SHapley Additive exPlanations
SUV Standardized Uptake Value
SUVmax Maximum Standardized Uptake Value
SVM Support Vector Machine
TBNA Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
TCIA The Cancer Imaging Archive
TLPC Tumor and Lymph Node PET/CT