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.

翻译：儿童中枢神经系统肿瘤是导致儿童癌症相关死亡的最常见原因。儿童高级别胶质瘤的五年生存率低于20%。由于这些疾病罕见，诊断时常存在延迟，治疗主要基于传统治疗理念，而临床试验需要多机构协作。本文介绍了CBTN-CONNECT-DIPGR-ASNR-MICCAI BraTS-PEDs挑战赛，该挑战赛聚焦于儿童脑肿瘤，数据来源于多个致力于儿科神经肿瘤学与临床试验的国际联盟。CBTN-CONNECT-DIPGR-ASNR-MICCAI BraTS-PEDs挑战赛汇聚了临床医生与人工智能/影像科学家，旨在加速自动化分割技术的开发，从而惠及临床试验并最终改善脑肿瘤患儿的诊疗水平。