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Several auto\u2010segmentation models were developed on average 4DCT with promising geometric agreement, yet their feasibility in clinical outcome analysis on lung CT remains unclear.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Purpose<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study evaluates whether automated LAD segmentation can reproduce, at the group level, the established dose\u2010survival association in a multi\u2010institutional clinical trial dataset.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Three deep learning\u2010based auto\u2010segmentation (DLAS) models for automatic segmentation of the LAD coronary artery were applied to 460 patients from the NRG Oncology\/RTOG 0617 dataset. Kaplan\u2013Meier curves and Cox proportional hazard ratio (HR) were calculated using each model's segmentation. The LAD V15 Gy was used to stratify patients into high\u2010and low\u2010risk groups, and the cut\u2010off values were determined by minimizing mean absolute error (MAE) between DLAS\u2010derived and manual OS curves.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      All three models demonstrated significantly different OS curves between the high risk and low risk groups (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05). The HR was 1.40 (95% CI: 1.02\u20131.93;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.0381; MAE\u00a0=\u00a07.1%), 1.32 (95% CI: 1.03\u20131.68;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.0258; MAE\u00a0=\u00a09.6%), and 1.37 (95% CI: 1.03\u20131.84;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.0331; MAE\u00a0=\u00a07.9%) for the three models using a common V15 Gy \u2265 10% cut\u2010off. After optimizing the cut\u2010off, one model aligned well with what was derived from manual segmentation (MAE\u00a0=\u00a04.3%).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among the evaluated models, one DL model showed the strongest performance of survival groups separation and achieved group\u2010level overall survival stratification comparable to that previously reported using manual contours in the multi\u2010institutional cohort. 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