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病因。儿童高级别胶质瘤的五年生存率不足20%。由于此类疾病罕见，其诊断常被延误，治疗主要基于历史治疗理念，而临床试验需要多机构协作。本文介绍CBTN-CONNECT-DIPGR-ASNR-MICCAI BraTS-PEDs挑战赛，聚焦儿童脑肿瘤，数据来源于多个致力于儿童神经肿瘤学与临床试验的国际联合体。该挑战赛汇聚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发展，从而惠及临床试验，并最终改善脑肿瘤患儿的诊疗水平。