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Ultrasound-guided thermal ablation can shrink nodules and alleviate discomfort. Because the degree and rate of lesion absorption vary greatly between individuals, there is no reliable model for predicting the therapeutic efficacy of thermal ablation.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Five convolutional neural network models including VGG19, Resnet 50, EfficientNetB1, EfficientNetB0, and InceptionV3, pre-trained with ImageNet, were compared for predicting the efficacy of ultrasound-guided microwave ablation (MWA) for benign thyroid nodules using ultrasound data. The patients were randomly assigned to one of two data sets: training (70%) or validation (30%). 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