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Alshamrani K, Alshamrani HA. Classification of Chest CT Lung Nodules Using Collaborative Deep Learning Model. J Multidiscip Healthc 2024; 17:1459-1472. [PMID: 38596001 PMCID: PMC11002784 DOI: 10.2147/jmdh.s456167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
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Background Early detection of lung cancer through accurate diagnosis of malignant lung nodules using chest CT scans offers patients the highest chance of successful treatment and survival. Despite advancements in computer vision through deep learning algorithms, the detection of malignant nodules faces significant challenges due to insufficient training datasets. Methods This study introduces a model based on collaborative deep learning (CDL) to differentiate between cancerous and non-cancerous nodules in chest CT scans with limited available data. The model dissects a nodule into its constituent parts using six characteristics, allowing it to learn detailed features of lung nodules. It utilizes a CDL submodel that incorporates six types of feature patches to fine-tune a network previously trained with ResNet-50. An adaptive weighting method learned through error backpropagation enhances the process of identifying lung nodules, incorporating these CDL submodels for improved accuracy. Results The CDL model demonstrated a high level of performance in classifying lung nodules, achieving an accuracy of 93.24%. This represents a significant improvement over current state-of-the-art methods, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Conclusion The findings suggest that the CDL model, with its unique structure and adaptive weighting method, offers a promising solution to the challenge of accurately detecting malignant lung nodules with limited data. This approach not only improves diagnostic accuracy but also contributes to the early detection and treatment of lung cancer, potentially saving lives.
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- Khalaf Alshamrani
- Radiological Sciences Department, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Al Bulushi Y, Saint-Martin C, Muthukrishnan N, Maleki F, Reinhold C, Forghani R. Radiomics and machine learning for the diagnosis of pediatric cervical non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2962. [PMID: 35194075 PMCID: PMC8863781 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06884-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection is an emerging infectious entity that often presents as lymphadenitis in the pediatric age group. Current practice involves invasive testing and excisional biopsy to diagnose NTM lymphadenitis. In this study, we performed a retrospective analysis of 249 lymph nodes selected from 143 CT scans of pediatric patients presenting with lymphadenopathy at the Montreal Children’s Hospital between 2005 and 2018. A Random Forest classifier was trained on the ten most discriminative features from a set of 1231 radiomic features. The model classifying nodes as pyogenic, NTM, reactive, or proliferative lymphadenopathy achieved an accuracy of 72%, a precision of 68%, and a recall of 70%. Between NTM and all other causes of lymphadenopathy, the model achieved an area under the curve (AUC) of 89%. Between NTM and pyogenic lymphadenitis, the model achieved an AUC of 90%. Between NTM and the reactive and proliferative lymphadenopathy groups, the model achieved an AUC of 93%. These results indicate that radiomics can achieve a high accuracy for classification of NTM lymphadenitis. Such a non-invasive highly accurate diagnostic approach has the potential to reduce the need for invasive procedures in the pediatric population.
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- Yarab Al Bulushi
- Augmented Intelligence and Precision Health Laboratory (AIPHL), Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O, Montréal, QC, H4A 3S9, Canada.,Department of Radiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada.,Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Radiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Augmented Intelligence and Precision Health Laboratory (AIPHL), Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O, Montréal, QC, H4A 3S9, Canada
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- Augmented Intelligence and Precision Health Laboratory (AIPHL), Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O, Montréal, QC, H4A 3S9, Canada
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- Augmented Intelligence and Precision Health Laboratory (AIPHL), Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O, Montréal, QC, H4A 3S9, Canada.,Department of Radiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Augmented Intelligence and Precision Health Laboratory (AIPHL), Department of Radiology and the Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, 5252 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O, Montréal, QC, H4A 3S9, Canada. .,Department of Radiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada. .,Radiomics and Augmented Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL), Department of Radiology and Division of Medical Physics, University of Florida, PO Box 100374, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0374, USA.
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Anan N, Zainon R, Tamal M. A review on advances in 18F-FDG PET/CT radiomics standardisation and application in lung disease management. Insights Imaging 2022; 13:22. [PMID: 35124733 PMCID: PMC8817778 DOI: 10.1186/s13244-021-01153-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Radiomics analysis quantifies the interpolation of multiple and invisible molecular features present in diagnostic and therapeutic images. Implementation of 18-fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) radiomics captures various disorders in non-invasive and high-throughput manner. 18F-FDG PET/CT accurately identifies the metabolic and anatomical changes during cancer progression. Therefore, the application of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the field of oncology is well established. Clinical application of 18F-FDG PET/CT radiomics in lung infection and inflammation is also an emerging field. Combination of bioinformatics approaches or textual analysis allows radiomics to extract additional information to predict cell biology at the micro-level. However, radiomics texture analysis is affected by several factors associated with image acquisition and processing. At present, researchers are working on mitigating these interrupters and developing standardised workflow for texture biomarker establishment. This review article focuses on the application of 18F-FDG PET/CT in detecting lung diseases specifically on cancer, infection and inflammation. An overview of different approaches and challenges encountered on standardisation of 18F-FDG PET/CT technique has also been highlighted. The review article provides insights about radiomics standardisation and application of 18F-FDG PET/CT in lung disease management.
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Muduli D, Dash R, Majhi B. Automated diagnosis of breast cancer using multi-modal datasets: A deep convolution neural network based approach. Biomed Signal Process Control 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2021.102825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Kaur N, Kaur L, Cheema SS. An enhanced version of Harris Hawks Optimization by dimension learning-based hunting for Breast Cancer Detection. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21933. [PMID: 34753979 PMCID: PMC8578615 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01018-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Swarm intelligence techniques have a vast range of real world applications.Some applications are in the domain of medical data mining where, main attention is on structure models for the classification and expectation of numerous diseases. These biomedical applications have grabbed the interest of numerous researchers because these are most serious and prevalent causes of death among the human whole world out of which breast cancer is the most serious issue. Mammography is the initial screening assessment of breast cancer. In this study, an enhanced version of Harris Hawks Optimization (HHO) approach has been developed for biomedical databases, known as DLHO. This approach has been introduced by integrating the merits of dimension learning-based hunting (DLH) search strategy with HHO. The main objective of this study is to alleviate the lack of crowd diversity, premature convergence of the HHO and the imbalance amid the exploration and exploitation. DLH search strategy utilizes a dissimilar method to paradigm a neighborhood for each search member in which the neighboring information can be shared amid search agents. This strategy helps in maintaining the diversity and the balance amid global and local search. To evaluate the DLHO lot of experiments have been taken such as (i) the performance of optimizers have analysed by using 29-CEC -2017 test suites, (ii) to demonstrate the effectiveness of the DLHO it has been tested on different biomedical databases out of which we have used two different databases for Breast i.e. MIAS and second database has been taken from the University of California at Irvine (UCI) Machine Learning Repository.Also to test the robustness of the proposed method its been tested on two other databases of such as Balloon and Heart taken from the UCI Machine Learning Repository. All the results are in the favour of the proposed technique.
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- Navneet Kaur
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Patiala, 147002, India.
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Patiala, 147002, India
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala, Patiala, 147002, India
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Webb JM, Adusei SA, Wang Y, Samreen N, Adler K, Meixner DD, Fazzio RT, Fatemi M, Alizad A. Comparing deep learning-based automatic segmentation of breast masses to expert interobserver variability in ultrasound imaging. Comput Biol Med 2021; 139:104966. [PMID: 34715553 PMCID: PMC8642313 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Deep learning is a powerful tool that became practical in 2008, harnessing the power of Graphic Processing Unites, and has developed rapidly in image, video, and natural language processing. There are ongoing developments in the application of deep learning to medical data for a variety of tasks across multiple imaging modalities. The reliability and repeatability of deep learning techniques are of utmost importance if deep learning can be considered a tool for assisting experts, including physicians, radiologists, and sonographers. Owing to the high costs of labeling data, deep learning models are often evaluated against one expert, and it is unknown if any errors fall within a clinically acceptable range. Ultrasound is a commonly used imaging modality for breast cancer screening processes and for visually estimating risk using the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System score. This process is highly dependent on the skills and experience of the sonographers and radiologists, thereby leading to interobserver variability and interpretation. For these reasons, we propose an interobserver reliability study comparing the performance of a current top-performing deep learning segmentation model against three experts who manually segmented suspicious breast lesions in clinical ultrasound (US) images. We pretrained the model using a US thyroid segmentation dataset with 455 patients and 50,993 images, and trained the model using a US breast segmentation dataset with 733 patients and 29,884 images. We found a mean Fleiss kappa value of 0.78 for the performance of three experts in breast mass segmentation compared to a mean Fleiss kappa value of 0.79 for the performance of experts and the optimized deep learning model.
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- Jeremy M Webb
- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN,Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN,Corresponding author: Azra Alizad, 200 1 St. SW, Rochester, MN 55 902,
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Forghani R. Precision Digital Oncology: Emerging Role of Radiomics-based Biomarkers and Artificial Intelligence for Advanced Imaging and Characterization of Brain Tumors. Radiol Imaging Cancer 2020; 2:e190047. [PMID: 33778721 DOI: 10.1148/rycan.2020190047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Advances in computerized image analysis and the use of artificial intelligence-based approaches for image-based analysis and construction of prediction algorithms represent a new era for noninvasive biomarker discovery. In recent literature, it has become apparent that radiologic images can serve as mineable databases that contain large amounts of quantitative features with potential clinical significance. Extraction and analysis of these quantitative features is commonly referred to as texture or radiomic analysis. Numerous studies have demonstrated applications for texture and radiomic characterization methods for assessing brain tumors to improve noninvasive predictions of tumor histologic characteristics, molecular profile, distinction of treatment-related changes, and prediction of patient survival. In this review, the current use and future potential of texture or radiomic-based approaches with machine learning for brain tumor image analysis and prediction algorithm construction will be discussed. This technology has the potential to advance the value of diagnostic imaging by extracting currently unused information on medical scans that enables more precise, personalized therapy; however, significant barriers must be overcome if this technology is to be successfully implemented on a wide scale for routine use in the clinical setting. Keywords: Adults and Pediatrics, Brain/Brain Stem, CNS, Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD), Computer Applications-General (Informatics), Image Postprocessing, Informatics, Neural Networks, Neuro-Oncology, Oncology, Treatment Effects, Tumor Response Supplemental material is available for this article. © RSNA, 2020.
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- Reza Forghani
- Department of Radiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Blvd, Room C02.5821, Montreal, QC, Canada H4A 3J1; Augmented Intelligence & Precision Health Laboratory (AIPHL), Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada; Segal Cancer Centre and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada; Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Forghani R, Savadjiev P, Chatterjee A, Muthukrishnan N, Reinhold C, Forghani B. Radiomics and Artificial Intelligence for Biomarker and Prediction Model Development in Oncology. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2019; 17:995-1008. [PMID: 31388413 PMCID: PMC6667772 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 07/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- Reza Forghani
- Department of Radiology, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada.,Department of Radiology and Research, Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal H4A 3J1, Quebec, Canada.,Segal Cancer Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada.,Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Suite 720, 5100 Maisonneuve Blvd West, Montreal, Quebec H4A3T2, Canada.,Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 boul. Decarie Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H3A 3J1, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada.,Department of Computer Science, McGill University, 3480 University St, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0E9, Canada
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- Medical Physics Unit, Cedars Cancer Centre, McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Department of Radiology and Research, Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal H4A 3J1, Quebec, Canada.,Segal Cancer Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada.,Department of Radiology and Research, Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, 1001 Decarie Blvd, Montreal H4A 3J1, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada.,Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Suite 720, 5100 Maisonneuve Blvd West, Montreal, Quebec H4A3T2, Canada
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De Man R, Gang GJ, Li X, Wang G. Comparison of deep learning and human observer performance for detection and characterization of simulated lesions. J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 2019; 6:025503. [PMID: 31263738 DOI: 10.1117/1.jmi.6.2.025503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Detection and characterization of abnormalities in clinical imaging are of utmost importance for patient diagnosis and treatment. We present a comparison of convolutional neural network (CNN) and human observer performance on a simulated lesion detection and characterization task. We apply both conventional performance metrics, including accuracy and nonconventional metrics such as lift charts to perform qualitative and quantitative comparisons of each type of observer. It is determined that the CNN generally outperforms the human observers, particularly at high noise levels. However, high noise correlation reduces the relative performance of the CNN, and human observer performance is comparable to CNN under these conditions. These findings extend into the field of diagnostic radiology, where the adoption of deep learning is starting to become widespread. Consideration of the applications for which deep learning is most effective is of critical importance to this development.
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- Ruben De Man
- Stony Brook University, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook, New York, United States
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- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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- GE Global Research, Radiation Imaging Sciences, Niskayuna, New York, United States
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- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Troy, New York, United States
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Kriti, Virmani J, Agarwal R. Effect of despeckle filtering on classification of breast tumors using ultrasound images. Biocybern Biomed Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbe.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Ou X, Wang J, Zhou R, Zhu S, Pang F, Zhou Y, Tian R, Ma X. Ability of 18F-FDG PET/CT Radiomic Features to Distinguish Breast Carcinoma from Breast Lymphoma. CONTRAST MEDIA & MOLECULAR IMAGING 2019; 2019:4507694. [PMID: 30930700 PMCID: PMC6410462 DOI: 10.1155/2019/4507694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Purpose. To investigate the value of SUV metrics and radiomic features based on the ability of 18F-FDG PET/CT in differentiating between breast lymphoma and breast carcinoma. Methods. A total of 67 breast nodules from 44 patients who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT pretreatment were retrospectively analyzed. Radiomic parameters and SUV metrics were extracted using the LIFEx package on PET and CT images. All texture parameters were divided into six groups: histogram (HISTO), SHAPE, gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM), gray-level run-length matrix (GLRLM), neighborhood gray-level different matrix (NGLDM), and gray-level zone-length matrix (GLZLM). Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves were generated to evaluate the discriminative ability of each parameter, and the optimal parameter in each group was selected to generate a new predictive variable by using binary logistic regression. PET predictive variable, CT predictive variable, the combination of PET and CT predictive variables, and SUVmax were compared in terms of areas under the curve (AUCs), sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy. Results. Except for SUVmin (p=0.971), the averages of FDG uptake metrics of lymphoma were significantly higher than those of carcinoma (p ≤ 0.001), with the following median values: SUVmean, 4.75 versus 2.38 g/ml (P < 0.001); SUVstd, 2.04 versus 0.88 g/ml (P=0.001); SUVmax, 10.69 versus 4.76 g/ml (P=0.001); SUVpeak, 9.15 versus 2.78 g/ml (P < 0.001); TLG, 42.24 versus 9.90 (P < 0.001). In the ROC curves analysis based on radiomic features and SUVmax, the AUC for SUVmax was 0.747, for CT texture parameters was 0.729, for PET texture parameters was 0.751, and for the combination of CT and PET texture parameters was 0.771. Conclusion. The SUV metrics in 18FDG PET/CT images showed a potential ability in the differentiation between breast lymphoma and carcinoma. The combination of SUVmax and PET/CT texture analysis may be promising to provide an effectively discriminant modality for the differential diagnosis of breast lymphoma and carcinoma, even for the differentiation of subtypes of lymphoma.
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- Xuejin Ou
- West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610041, China
- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- School of Computer Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, No. 200, Xiaolinwei Road, Nanjing 210094, China
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- West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610041, China
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- West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Department of Biotherapy, West China Hospital and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Automatic thyroid nodule recognition and diagnosis in ultrasound imaging with the YOLOv2 neural network. World J Surg Oncol 2019; 17:12. [PMID: 30621704 PMCID: PMC6325802 DOI: 10.1186/s12957-019-1558-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In this study, images of 2450 benign thyroid nodules and 2557 malignant thyroid nodules were collected and labeled, and an automatic image recognition and diagnosis system was established by deep learning using the YOLOv2 neural network. The performance of the system in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules was evaluated, and the application value of artificial intelligence in clinical practice was investigated. METHODS The ultrasound images of 276 patients were retrospectively selected. The diagnoses of the radiologists were determined according to the Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System; the images were automatically recognized and diagnosed by the established artificial intelligence system. Pathological diagnosis was the gold standard for the final diagnosis. The performances of the established system and the radiologists in diagnosing the benign and malignant thyroid nodules were compared. RESULTS The artificial intelligence diagnosis system correctly identified the lesion area, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.902, which is higher than that of the radiologists (0.859). This finding indicates a higher diagnostic accuracy (p = 0.0434). The sensitivity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and accuracy of the artificial intelligence diagnosis system for the diagnosis of malignant thyroid nodules were 90.5%, 95.22%, 80.99%, and 90.31%, respectively, and the performance did not significantly differ from that of the radiologists (p > 0.05). The artificial intelligence diagnosis system had a higher specificity (89.91% vs 77.98%, p = 0.026). CONCLUSIONS Compared with the performance of experienced radiologists, the artificial intelligence system has comparable sensitivity and accuracy for the diagnosis of malignant thyroid nodules and better diagnostic ability for benign thyroid nodules. As an auxiliary tool, this artificial intelligence diagnosis system can provide radiologists with sufficient assistance in the diagnosis of benign and malignant thyroid nodules.
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Lu Y, Yu Q, Gao Y, Zhou Y, Liu G, Dong Q, Ma J, Ding L, Yao H, Zhang Z, Xiao G, An Q, Wang G, Xi J, Yuan W, Lian Y, Zhang D, Zhao C, Yao Q, Liu W, Zhou X, Liu S, Wu Q, Xu W, Zhang J, Wang D, Sun Z, Gao Y, Zhang X, Hu J, Zhang M, Wang G, Zheng X, Wang L, Zhao J, Yang S. Identification of Metastatic Lymph Nodes in MR Imaging with Faster Region-Based Convolutional Neural Networks. Cancer Res 2018; 78:5135-5143. [PMID: 30026330 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-0494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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MRI is the gold standard for confirming a pelvic lymph node metastasis diagnosis. Traditionally, medical radiologists have analyzed MRI image features of regional lymph nodes to make diagnostic decisions based on their subjective experience; this diagnosis lacks objectivity and accuracy. This study trained a faster region-based convolutional neural network (Faster R-CNN) with 28,080 MRI images of lymph node metastasis, allowing the Faster R-CNN to read those images and to make diagnoses. For clinical verification, 414 cases of rectal cancer at various medical centers were collected, and Faster R-CNN-based diagnoses were compared with radiologist diagnoses using receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC). The area under the Faster R-CNN ROC was 0.912, indicating a more effective and objective diagnosis. The Faster R-CNN diagnosis time was 20 s/case, which was much shorter than the average time (600 s/case) of the radiologist diagnoses.Significance: Faster R-CNN enables accurate and efficient diagnosis of lymph node metastases. Cancer Res; 78(17); 5135-43. ©2018 AACR.
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- Yun Lu
- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. .,Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Medicine and Computer Assisted Surgery, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. .,Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Medicine and Computer Assisted Surgery, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Medicine and Computer Assisted Surgery, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Medicine and Computer Assisted Surgery, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Medicine and Computer Assisted Surgery, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, & National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, & National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Hospital & National Center of Gerontology, Beijing. China
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- Beijing Hospital & National Center of Gerontology, Beijing. China
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- Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei, China
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- Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhenzhou, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhenzhou, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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Involvement of Machine Learning for Breast Cancer Image Classification: A Survey. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2017; 2017:3781951. [PMID: 29463985 PMCID: PMC5804413 DOI: 10.1155/2017/3781951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Breast cancer is one of the largest causes of women's death in the world today. Advance engineering of natural image classification techniques and Artificial Intelligence methods has largely been used for the breast-image classification task. The involvement of digital image classification allows the doctor and the physicians a second opinion, and it saves the doctors' and physicians' time. Despite the various publications on breast image classification, very few review papers are available which provide a detailed description of breast cancer image classification techniques, feature extraction and selection procedures, classification measuring parameterizations, and image classification findings. We have put a special emphasis on the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) method for breast image classification. Along with the CNN method we have also described the involvement of the conventional Neural Network (NN), Logic Based classifiers such as the Random Forest (RF) algorithm, Support Vector Machines (SVM), Bayesian methods, and a few of the semisupervised and unsupervised methods which have been used for breast image classification.
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Takahashi R, Kajikawa Y. Computer-aided diagnosis: A survey with bibliometric analysis. Int J Med Inform 2017; 101:58-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2016] [Revised: 01/28/2017] [Accepted: 02/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Mehdy MM, Ng PY, Shair EF, Saleh NIM, Gomes C. Artificial Neural Networks in Image Processing for Early Detection of Breast Cancer. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2017; 2017:2610628. [PMID: 28473865 PMCID: PMC5394406 DOI: 10.1155/2017/2610628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Medical imaging techniques have widely been in use in the diagnosis and detection of breast cancer. The drawback of applying these techniques is the large time consumption in the manual diagnosis of each image pattern by a professional radiologist. Automated classifiers could substantially upgrade the diagnosis process, in terms of both accuracy and time requirement by distinguishing benign and malignant patterns automatically. Neural network (NN) plays an important role in this respect, especially in the application of breast cancer detection. Despite the large number of publications that describe the utilization of NN in various medical techniques, only a few reviews are available that guide the development of these algorithms to enhance the detection techniques with respect to specificity and sensitivity. The purpose of this review is to analyze the contents of recently published literature with special attention to techniques and states of the art of NN in medical imaging. We discuss the usage of NN in four different medical imaging applications to show that NN is not restricted to few areas of medicine. Types of NN used, along with the various types of feeding data, have been reviewed. We also address hybrid NN adaptation in breast cancer detection.
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- M. M. Mehdy
- Department of Computer and Communication System Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Computer and Communication System Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Nandy S, Sanders M, Zhu Q. Classification and analysis of human ovarian tissue using full field optical coherence tomography. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 7:5182-5187. [PMID: 28018734 PMCID: PMC5175561 DOI: 10.1364/boe.7.005182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In this study, a full field optical coherence tomography (FFOCT) system was used to analyze and classify normal and malignant human ovarian tissue. 14 ovarian tissue samples (7 normal, 7 malignant) were imaged with the FFOCT system and five features were extracted by analyzing the normalized image histogram from 56 FFOCT images, based on the differences in the morphology of the normal and malignant tissue samples. A generalized linear model (GLM) classifier was trained using 36 images, and sensitivity of 95.3% and specificity of 91.1% was obtained. 20 images were used to test the model, and a sensitivity of 91.6% and specificity of 87.7% was obtained.
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- Sreyankar Nandy
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
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- University of Connecticut Health Center, Division of Pathology, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
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Araújo T, Abayazid M, Rutten MJCM, Misra S. Segmentation and three-dimensional reconstruction of lesions using the automated breast volume scanner (ABVS). Int J Med Robot 2016; 13. [DOI: 10.1002/rcs.1767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Revised: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Teresa Araújo
- Department of Biomechanical Engineering; University of Twente; P. O. Box 217 7500 AE Enschede Overijsel Netherlands
- Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto; Rua Dr. Roberto Frias 4200-465 Porto Portugal
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- Department of Biomechanical Engineering; University of Twente; P. O. Box 217 7500 AE Enschede Overijsel Netherlands
- Department of Radiology; Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; 75 Francis Street Boston MA 02119 USA
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- Department of Radiology; Jeroen Bosch Hospital; Nieuwstraat 34 5211 NL's-Hertogenbosch The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomechanical Engineering; University of Twente; P. O. Box 217 7500 AE Enschede Overijsel Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Engineering; University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen; Antonius Deusinglaan 1 9713 AV Groningen The Netherlands
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de S Silva SD, Costa MGF, de A Pereira WC, Costa Filho CFF. Breast tumor classification in ultrasound images using neural networks with improved generalization methods. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2016; 2015:6321-5. [PMID: 26737738 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2015.7319838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mammography, scintimammography and ultrasound images have been used to increase the specificity of breast cancer image diagnosis. Concerning breast cancer image diagnosis with ultrasound, some results found in the literature show better performance of morphological features in breast cancer lesion differentiation and that a reduced set of features shows a better performance than a large set of features. In this study we evaluated the performance of neural network classifiers, with different training stop criteria: mean square error, early stop and regularization. The last two criteria were developed to improve neural network generalization. Different sets of morphological features were used as neural network inputs. Training sets comprised of 22, 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4 features were employed. To select reduced sets of features, a scalar selection technique with correlation was used. The best results obtained for accuracy and area under the ROC curve were 96.98% and 0.98, respectively. The performance obtained with all 22 features is slightly better than the one obtained with a reduced set of features.
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Venkatesh SS, Levenback BJ, Sultan LR, Bouzghar G, Sehgal CM. Going beyond a First Reader: A Machine Learning Methodology for Optimizing Cost and Performance in Breast Ultrasound Diagnosis. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2015; 41:3148-3162. [PMID: 26354997 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The goal of this study was to devise a machine learning methodology as a viable low-cost alternative to a second reader to help augment physicians' interpretations of breast ultrasound images in differentiating benign and malignant masses. Two independent feature sets consisting of visual features based on a radiologist's interpretation of images and computer-extracted features when used as first and second readers and combined by adaptive boosting (AdaBoost) and a pruning classifier resulted in a very high level of diagnostic performance (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve = 0.98) at a cost of pruning a fraction (20%) of the cases for further evaluation by independent methods. AdaBoost also improved the diagnostic performance of the individual human observers and increased the agreement between their analyses. Pairing AdaBoost with selective pruning is a principled methodology for achieving high diagnostic performance without the added cost of an additional reader for differentiating solid breast masses by ultrasound.
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- Santosh S Venkatesh
- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Song G, Xue F, Zhang C. A Model Using Texture Features to Differentiate the Nature of Thyroid Nodules on Sonography. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 2015; 34:1753-1760. [PMID: 26307120 DOI: 10.7863/ultra.15.14.10045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the use of texture-based gray-level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) features extracted from thyroid sonograms in building prediction models to determine the nature of thyroid nodules. METHODS A GLCM was used to extract the texture features of 155 sonograms of thyroid nodules (76 benign and 79 malignant). The GLCM features included energy, contrast, correlation, sum of squares, inverse difference moment, sum average, sum variance, sum entropy, entropy, difference variance, difference entropy, information measures of correlation, and maximal correlation coefficient. The texture features extracted by the GLCM were used to build 6 different statistical models, including support vector machine, random tree, random forest, boost, logistic, and artificial neural network models. The models' performances were evaluated by 10-fold cross-validation combining a receiver operating characteristic curve, indices of accuracy, true-positive rate, false-positive rate, sensitivity, specificity, precision, recall, F-measure, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. External validation was used to examine the stability of the model that showed the best performance. RESULTS The logistic model showed the best performance, according to 10-fold cross-validation, among the 6 models, with the highest area under the curve (0.84), accuracy (78.5%), true-positive rate (0.785), sensitivity (0.789), specificity (0.785), precision (0.789), recall (0.785), and F-measure (0.784), as well as the lowest false-positive rate (0.215). The external validation results showed that the logistic model was stable. CONCLUSIONS Gray-level co-occurrence matrix texture features extracted from sonograms of thyroid nodules coupled with a logistic model are useful for differentiating between benign and malignant thyroid nodules.
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- Gesheng Song
- School of Medicine (G.S.), and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health (F.X.), Shandong University, Jinan, China; and Health Management Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China (C.Z.)
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- School of Medicine (G.S.), and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health (F.X.), Shandong University, Jinan, China; and Health Management Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China (C.Z.)
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- School of Medicine (G.S.), and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health (F.X.), Shandong University, Jinan, China; and Health Management Center, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China (C.Z.).
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Huang Q, Yang F, Liu L, Li X. Automatic segmentation of breast lesions for interaction in ultrasonic computer-aided diagnosis. Inf Sci (N Y) 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2014.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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MOOKIAH MUTHURAMAKRISHNAN, TAN JENHONG, CHUA CHUAKUANG, NG EYK, LAUDE AUGUSTINUS, TONG LOUIS. AUTOMATED CHARACTERIZATION AND DETECTION OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY USING TEXTURE MEASURES. J MECH MED BIOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219519415500451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The chronic and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) damages the retinal blood vessels leading to diabetic retinopathy (DR). The advanced stage of DR leads to loss of vision and subsequently blindness. The morphological changes during the progression of DR can be diagnosed using digital fundus images. The pathological changes in the retina influence the variations in pixel patterns which can be quantified using texture measures. In this paper, we have explored different texture measures namely statistical moments, gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM), gray level run length matrix (GLRLM), local binary pattern (LBP), laws mask energy (LME), fractal dimension (FD), fourier spectrum (FS) and Gabor wavelet to characterize and classify the normal and DR classes. We have tabulated 109 texture parameters for the normal and DR classes. Further, these features were subjected to empirical receiver operating characteristic (ROC) based ranking to select optimal feature set. The ranked nested features were fed to the support vector machine (SVM) classifier with different kernel functions to evaluate the highest performance measure using the least number of features to discriminate normal and DR classes. Our proposed system was evaluated using two different databases Kasturba Medical College Hospital (KMCH) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), each with 340 images (170 normal and 170 DR). We have also formulated an integrated index called as diabetic retinopathy risk index (DRRI) using selected texture features to discriminate normal and DR classes using single number. The proposed frame work can be used to help the clinicians and also for mass DR screening programs.
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- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore 599489, Singapore
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- Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore 599489, Singapore
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 308433, Singapore
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- Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore 168751, Singapore
- Ocular Surface Research Group, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore 168751, Singapore
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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Rodrigues R, Braz R, Pereira M, Moutinho J, Pinheiro AMG. A Two-Step Segmentation Method for Breast Ultrasound Masses Based on Multi-resolution Analysis. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2015; 41:1737-1748. [PMID: 25736608 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 01/01/2015] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Breast ultrasound images have several attractive properties that make them an interesting tool in breast cancer detection. However, their intrinsic high noise rate and low contrast turn mass detection and segmentation into a challenging task. In this article, a fully automated two-stage breast mass segmentation approach is proposed. In the initial stage, ultrasound images are segmented using support vector machine or discriminant analysis pixel classification with a multiresolution pixel descriptor. The features are extracted using non-linear diffusion, bandpass filtering and scale-variant mean curvature measures. A set of heuristic rules complement the initial segmentation stage, selecting the region of interest in a fully automated manner. In the second segmentation stage, refined segmentation of the area retrieved in the first stage is attempted, using two different techniques. The AdaBoost algorithm uses a descriptor based on scale-variant curvature measures and non-linear diffusion of the original image at lower scales, to improve the spatial accuracy of the ROI. Active contours use the segmentation results from the first stage as initial contours. Results for both proposed segmentation paths were promising, with normalized Dice similarity coefficients of 0.824 for AdaBoost and 0.813 for active contours. Recall rates were 79.6% for AdaBoost and 77.8% for active contours, whereas the precision rate was 89.3% for both methods.
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- Rafael Rodrigues
- Optics Center, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.
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- Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
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Cai L, Wang X, Wang Y, Guo Y, Yu J, Wang Y. Robust phase-based texture descriptor for classification of breast ultrasound images. Biomed Eng Online 2015; 14:26. [PMID: 25889570 PMCID: PMC4376500 DOI: 10.1186/s12938-015-0022-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Classification of breast ultrasound (BUS) images is an important step in the computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system for breast cancer. In this paper, a novel phase-based texture descriptor is proposed for efficient and robust classifiers to discriminate benign and malignant tumors in BUS images. METHOD The proposed descriptor, namely the phased congruency-based binary pattern (PCBP) is an oriented local texture descriptor that combines the phase congruency (PC) approach with the local binary pattern (LBP). The support vector machine (SVM) is further applied for the tumor classification. To verify the efficiency of the proposed PCBP texture descriptor, we compare the PCBP with other three state-of-art texture descriptors, and experiments are carried out on a BUS image database including 138 cases. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis is firstly performed and seven criteria are utilized to evaluate the classification performance using different texture descriptors. Then, in order to verify the robustness of the PCBP against illumination variations, we train the SVM classifier on texture features obtained from the original BUS images, and use this classifier to deal with the texture features extracted from BUS images with different illumination conditions (i.e., contrast-improved, gamma-corrected and histogram-equalized). The area under ROC curve (AUC) index is used as the figure of merit to evaluate the classification performances. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS The proposed PCBP texture descriptor achieves the highest values (i.e. 0.894) and the least variations in respect of the AUC index, regardless of the gray-scale variations. It's revealed in the experimental results that classifications of BUS images with the proposed PCBP texture descriptor are efficient and robust, which may be potentially useful for breast ultrasound CADs.
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- Lingyun Cai
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China. .,Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) of Shanghai, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China. .,Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) of Shanghai, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China. .,Key Laboratory of Medical Imaging Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) of Shanghai, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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- Department of Ultrasound, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China.
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Uniyal N, Eskandari H, Abolmaesumi P, Sojoudi S, Gordon P, Warren L, Rohling RN, Salcudean SE, Moradi M. Ultrasound RF time series for classification of breast lesions. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2015; 34:652-661. [PMID: 25350925 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2014.2365030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This work reports the use of ultrasound radio frequency (RF) time series analysis as a method for ultrasound-based classification of malignant breast lesions. The RF time series method is versatile and requires only a few seconds of raw ultrasound data with no need for additional instrumentation. Using the RF time series features, and a machine learning framework, we have generated malignancy maps, from the estimated cancer likelihood, for decision support in biopsy recommendation. These maps depict the likelihood of malignancy for regions of size 1 mm(2) within the suspicious lesions. We report an area under receiver operating characteristics curve of 0.86 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.84%-0.90%) using support vector machines and 0.81 (95% CI: 0.78-0.85) using Random Forests classification algorithms, on 22 subjects with leave-one-subject-out cross-validation. Changing the classification method yielded consistent results which indicates the robustness of this tissue typing method. The findings of this report suggest that ultrasound RF time series, along with the developed machine learning framework, can help in differentiating malignant from benign breast lesions, subsequently reducing the number of unnecessary biopsies after mammography screening.
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König T, Steffen J, Rak M, Neumann G, von Rohden L, Tönnies KD. Ultrasound texture-based CAD system for detecting neuromuscular diseases. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2014; 10:1493-503. [PMID: 25451320 DOI: 10.1007/s11548-014-1133-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases in ultrasonography is a challenging task since experts are often unable to discriminate between healthy and pathological cases. A computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system for skeletal muscle ultrasonography was developed and tested for myositis detection in ultrasound images of biceps brachii. METHODS Several types of features were extracted from rectangular and polygonal image regions-of-interest (ROIs), including first-order statistics, wavelet-based features, and Haralick's features. Features were chosen that are sensitive to the change in contrast and structure for pathological ultrasound images of neuromuscular diseases. The number of features was reduced by applying different sequential feature selection strategies followed by a supervised principal component analysis. For classification, two linear approaches were investigated: Fisher's classifier and the linear support vector machine (SVM) as well as the nonlinear [Formula: see text]-nearest neighbor approach. The CAD system was benchmarked on datasets of 18 subjects, seven of which were healthy, while 11 were affected by myositis. Three expert radiologists provided pre-classification and testing interpretations. RESULTS Leave-one-out cross-validation on the training data revealed that the linear SVM was best suited for discriminating healthy and pathological muscle tissue, achieving 85/87 % accuracy, 90 % sensitivity, and 83/85 % specificity, depending on the radiologist. CONCLUSION A muscle ultrasonography CAD system was developed, allowing a classification of an ultrasound image by one-click positioning of rectangular ROIs with minimal user effort. The applicability of the system was demonstrated with the challenging example of myositis detection, showing highly accurate results that were robust to imprecise user input.
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- Tim König
- Department of Simulation and Graphics, Otto von Guericke University, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany,
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Alic L, Niessen WJ, Veenland JF. Quantification of heterogeneity as a biomarker in tumor imaging: a systematic review. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110300. [PMID: 25330171 PMCID: PMC4203782 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Many techniques are proposed for the quantification of tumor heterogeneity as an imaging biomarker for differentiation between tumor types, tumor grading, response monitoring and outcome prediction. However, in clinical practice these methods are barely used. This study evaluates the reported performance of the described methods and identifies barriers to their implementation in clinical practice. METHODOLOGY The Ovid, Embase, and Cochrane Central databases were searched up to 20 September 2013. Heterogeneity analysis methods were classified into four categories, i.e., non-spatial methods (NSM), spatial grey level methods (SGLM), fractal analysis (FA) methods, and filters and transforms (F&T). The performance of the different methods was compared. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Of the 7351 potentially relevant publications, 209 were included. Of these studies, 58% reported the use of NSM, 49% SGLM, 10% FA, and 28% F&T. Differentiation between tumor types, tumor grading and/or outcome prediction was the goal in 87% of the studies. Overall, the reported area under the curve (AUC) ranged from 0.5 to 1 (median 0.87). No relation was found between the performance and the quantification methods used, or between the performance and the imaging modality. A negative correlation was found between the tumor-feature ratio and the AUC, which is presumably caused by overfitting in small datasets. Cross-validation was reported in 63% of the classification studies. Retrospective analyses were conducted in 57% of the studies without a clear description. CONCLUSIONS In a research setting, heterogeneity quantification methods can differentiate between tumor types, grade tumors, and predict outcome and monitor treatment effects. To translate these methods to clinical practice, more prospective studies are required that use external datasets for validation: these datasets should be made available to the community to facilitate the development of new and improved methods.
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- Lejla Alic
- Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Intelligent Imaging, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Hague, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Imaging Physics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam, Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Quantitative CT texture and shape analysis: can it differentiate benign and malignant mediastinal lymph nodes in patients with primary lung cancer? Eur Radiol 2014; 25:480-7. [PMID: 25216770 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-014-3420-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy of CT texture and shape analysis in the differentiation of benign and malignant mediastinal nodes in lung cancer. METHODS Forty-three patients with biopsy-proven primary lung malignancy with pathological mediastinal nodal staging and unenhanced CT of the thorax were studied retrospectively. Grey-level co-occurrence and run-length matrix textural features, as well as morphological features, were extracted from 72 nodes. Differences between benign and malignant features were assessed using Mann-Whitney U tests. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for each were constructed and the area under the curve (AUC) calculated with histopathology diagnosis as outcome. Combinations of features were also entered as predictors in logistic regression models and optimal threshold criteria were used to estimate sensitivity and specificity. RESULTS Using optimum-threshold criteria, the combined textural and shape features identified malignant mediastinal nodes with 81% sensitivity and 80% specificity (AUC = 0.87, P < 0.0001). Using this combination, 84% malignant and 71% benign nodes were correctly classified. CONCLUSIONS Quantitative CT texture and shape analysis has the potential to accurately differentiate malignant and benign mediastinal nodes in lung cancer. KEY POINTS • Mediastinal nodal staging is crucial in the management of lung cancer • Mediastinal nodal metastasis affects prognosis and suitability for surgical treatment • Computed tomography (CT) is limited for mediastinal nodal staging • Texture analysis measures tissue heterogeneity not perceptible to human vision • CT texture analysis may accurately differentiate malignant and benign mediastinal nodes.
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Hizukuri A, Nakayama R, Kashikura Y, Takase H, Kawanaka H, Ogawa T, Tsuruoka S. Computerized determination scheme for histological classification of breast mass using objective features corresponding to clinicians' subjective impressions on ultrasonographic images. J Digit Imaging 2014; 26:958-70. [PMID: 23546774 DOI: 10.1007/s10278-013-9594-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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It is often difficult for clinicians to decide correctly on either biopsy or follow-up for breast lesions with masses on ultrasonographic images. The purpose of this study was to develop a computerized determination scheme for histological classification of breast mass by using objective features corresponding to clinicians' subjective impressions for image features on ultrasonographic images. Our database consisted of 363 breast ultrasonographic images obtained from 363 patients. It included 150 malignant (103 invasive and 47 noninvasive carcinomas) and 213 benign masses (87 cysts and 126 fibroadenomas). We divided our database into 65 images (28 malignant and 37 benign masses) for training set and 298 images (122 malignant and 176 benign masses) for test set. An observer study was first conducted to obtain clinicians' subjective impression for nine image features on mass. In the proposed method, location and area of the mass were determined by an experienced clinician. We defined some feature extraction methods for each of nine image features. For each image feature, we selected the feature extraction method with the highest correlation coefficient between the objective features and the average clinicians' subjective impressions. We employed multiple discriminant analysis with the nine objective features for determining histological classification of mass. The classification accuracies of the proposed method were 88.4 % (76/86) for invasive carcinomas, 80.6 % (29/36) for noninvasive carcinomas, 86.0 % (92/107) for fibroadenomas, and 84.1 % (58/69) for cysts, respectively. The proposed method would be useful in the differential diagnosis of breast masses on ultrasonographic images as diagnosis aid.
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- Akiyoshi Hizukuri
- Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University, 1577 Kurimamachiya-cho, Tsu, 514-8507, Japan,
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Jalalian A, Mashohor SB, Mahmud HR, Saripan MIB, Ramli ARB, Karasfi B. Computer-aided detection/diagnosis of breast cancer in mammography and ultrasound: a review. Clin Imaging 2013; 37:420-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2012] [Revised: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 09/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cho HC, Hadjiiski L, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Helvie M, Paramagul C, Nees AV. A similarity study of content-based image retrieval system for breast cancer using decision tree. Med Phys 2013; 40:012901. [PMID: 23298117 PMCID: PMC3537763 DOI: 10.1118/1.4770277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE We are developing a decision tree content-based image retrieval (DTCBIR) CADx system to assist radiologists in characterization of breast masses on ultrasound images. METHODS Three DTCBIR configurations, including decision tree with boosting (DTb), decision tree with full leaf features (DTL), and decision tree with selected leaf features (DTLs) were compared. For DTb, features of a query mass were combined first into a merged feature score and then masses with similar scores were retrieved. For DTL and DTLs, similar masses were retrieved based on the Euclidean distance between feature vectors of the query and those of selected references. For each DTCBIR configuration, we investigated the use of full feature set and subset of features selected by the stepwise linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and simplex optimization method, resulting in six retrieval methods and selected five, DTb-lda, DTL-lda, DTb-full, DTL-full, and DTLs-full, for the observer study. Three MQSA radiologists rated similarities between the query mass and computer-retrieved three most similar masses using nine-point similarity scale (9 = very similar). RESULTS For DTb-lda, DTL-lda, DTb-full, DTL-full, and DTLs-full, average A(z) values were 0.90 ± 0.03, 0.85 ± 0.04, 0.87 ± 0.04, 0.79 ± 0.05, and 0.71 ± 0.06, respectively, and average similarity ratings were 5.00, 5.41, 4.96, 5.33, and 5.13, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The DTL-lda is a promising DTCBIR CADx configuration which had simple tree structure, good classification performance, and highest similarity rating.
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- Hyun-Chong Cho
- Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Wu WJ, Lin SW, Moon WK. Combining support vector machine with genetic algorithm to classify ultrasound breast tumor images. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2012; 36:627-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2012.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2011] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Assessment of tumor heterogeneity: an emerging imaging tool for clinical practice? Insights Imaging 2012; 3:573-89. [PMID: 23093486 PMCID: PMC3505569 DOI: 10.1007/s13244-012-0196-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 644] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Revised: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Tumor spatial heterogeneity is an important prognostic factor, which may be reflected in medical images Methods Image texture analysis is an approach of quantifying heterogeneity that may not be appreciated by the naked eye. Different methods can be applied including statistical-, model-, and transform-based methods. Results Early evidence suggests that texture analysis has the potential to augment diagnosis and characterization as well as improve tumor staging and therapy response assessment in oncological practice. Conclusion This review provides an overview of the application of texture analysis with different imaging modalities, CT, MRI, and PET, to date and describes the technical challenges that have limited its widespread clinical implementation so far. With further efforts to refine its application, image texture analysis has the potential to develop into a valuable clinical tool for oncologic imaging. Teaching Points • Tumor spatial heterogeneity is an important prognostic factor. • Image texture analysis is an approach of quantifying heterogeneity. • Different methods can be applied, including statistical-, model-, and transform-based methods. • Texture analysis could improve the diagnosis, tumor staging, and therapy response assessment.
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Chabi ML, Borget I, Ardiles R, Aboud G, Boussouar S, Vilar V, Dromain C, Balleyguier C. Evaluation of the accuracy of a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system in breast ultrasound according to the radiologist's experience. Acad Radiol 2012; 19:311-9. [PMID: 22310523 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Revised: 10/01/2011] [Accepted: 10/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system for breast ultrasound to improve the characterization of breast lesions detected on ultrasound by junior and senior radiologists. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred sixty ultrasound breast lesions were randomly reviewed blindly by four radiologists with different levels of expertise (from 20 years [radiologist A] to 4 months [radiologist D]), with and without the help of an ultrasound CAD system (B-CAD version 2). All lesions had been biopsied. Sensitivity and specificity with and without CAD were calculated for each radiologist for the following evaluation criteria: Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System category and the final diagnosis (benign or malignant). Intrinsic sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of CAD alone were also calculated. RESULTS CAD detected all cancers, and its use increased radiologists' sensitivity scores when this was possible (with vs without CAD: radiologist A, 99% vs 99%; radiologist B, 96% vs 87%; radiologist C, 95% vs 88%; radiologist D, 91% vs 88%). Seven additional cancers were diagnosed. However, the low specificity of CAD (48%) decreased the specificity of radiologists, especially of the more experienced among them (with vs without CAD: radiologist A, 46% vs 70%; radiologist B, 58% vs 80%; radiologist C, 57% vs 69%; radiologist D, 71% vs 71%). CONCLUSIONS CAD for breast ultrasound appears to be a useful tool for improving the diagnosis of malignant lesions for junior radiologists. Nevertheless, its low specificity must be taken into account to limit biopsies of benign lesions.
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Tian JW, Ning CP, Guo YH, Cheng HD, Tang XL. Effect of a novel segmentation algorithm on radiologists' diagnosis of breast masses using ultrasound imaging. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2012; 38:119-127. [PMID: 22104530 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2011] [Revised: 08/20/2011] [Accepted: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We investigated the effect of using a novel segmentation algorithm on radiologists' sensitivity and specificity for discriminating malignant masses from benign masses using ultrasound. Five-hundred ten conventional ultrasound images were processed by a novel segmentation algorithm. Five radiologists were invited to analyze the original and computerized images independently. Performances of radiologists with or without computer aid were evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. The masses became more obvious after being processed by the segmentation algorithm. Without using the algorithm, the areas under the ROC curve (Az) of the five radiologists ranged from 0.70∼0.84. Using the algorithm, the Az increased significantly (range, 0.79∼0.88; p < 0.001). The proposed segmentation algorithm could improve the radiologists' diagnosis performance by reducing the image speckles and extracting the mass margin characteristics.
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- Jia-Wei Tian
- Department of Ultrasound, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, PR China
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GUO YANHUI, CHENG HD, ZHANG YINGTAO. BREAST ULTRASOUND IMAGE SEGMENTATION BASED ON PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BREAST TISSUE. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1142/s1793005711001846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Breast cancer occurs in over 8% of women during their lifetime, and is the leading cause of death among women. Sonography is superior to mammography because it has the ability to detect focal abnormalities in the dense breasts and has no side-effect. In this paper, we propose a novel automatic segmentation algorithm based on the characteristics of breast tissue and eliminating particle swarm optimization (EPSO) clustering analysis. The characteristics of mammary gland in breast ultrasound (BUS) images are analyzed and utilized, and a method based on step-down threshold technique is employed to locate the mammary gland area. The EPSO clustering algorithm utilizes the idea of "survival of the superior and weeding out the inferior". The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach can segment BUS image with high accuracy and low computational time. The EPSO clustering method reduces the computational time by 32.75% compared with the standard PSO clustering algorithm. The proposed approach would find wide applications in automatic lesion classification and computer aided diagnosis (CAD) systems of breast cancer.
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- YANHUI GUO
- Department of Computer Science, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
- School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150001, China
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Cho HC, Hadjiiski L, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Helvie M, Paramagul C, Nees AV. Similarity evaluation in a content-based image retrieval (CBIR) CADx system for characterization of breast masses on ultrasound images. Med Phys 2011; 38:1820-31. [PMID: 21626916 DOI: 10.1118/1.3560877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The authors are developing a content-based image retrieval (CBIR) CADx system to assist radiologists in characterization of breast masses on ultrasound images. In this study, the authors compared seven similarity measures to be considered for the CBIR system. The similarity between the query and the retrieved masses was evaluated based on radiologists' visual similarity assessments. METHODS The CADx system retrieves masses that are similar to a query mass from a reference library based on computer-extracted features using a k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) approach. Among seven similarity measures evaluated for the CBIR system, four similarity measures including linear discriminant analysis (LDA), Bayesian neural network (BNN), cosine similarity measure (Cos), and Euclidean distance (ED) similarity measure were compared by radiologists' visual assessment. For LDA and BNN, the features of a query mass were combined first into a malignancy score and then masses with similar scores were retrieved. For Cos and ED, similar masses were retrieved based on the normalized dot product and the Euclidean distance, respectively, between two feature vectors. For the observer study, three most similar masses were retrieved for a given query mass with each method. All query-retrieved mass pairs were mixed and presented to the radiologists in random order. Three Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) radiologists rated the similarity between each pair using a nine-point similarity scale (1 = very dissimilar, 9 = very similar). The accuracy of the CBIR CADx system using the different similarity measures to characterize malignant and benign masses was evaluated by ROC analysis. RESULTS The BNN measure used with the k-NN classifier provided slightly higher performance for classification of malignant and benign masses (A(z) values of 0.87) than those with the LDA, Cos, and ED measures (A(z) of 0.86, 0.84, and 0.81, respectively). The average similarity ratings of all radiologists for LDA, BNN, Cos, and ED were 4.71, 4.95, 5.18, and 5.32, respectively. The k-NN with the ED measures retrieved masses of significantly higher similarity (p < 0.008) than LDA and BNN. CONCLUSIONS Similarity measures using the resemblance of individual features in the multidimensional feature space can retrieve visually more similar masses than similarity measures using the resemblance of the classifier scores. A CBIR system that can most effectively retrieve similar masses to the query may not have the best A(z).
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- Hyun-Chong Cho
- Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-0904, USA.
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Chen DR, Lai HW. Three-dimensional ultrasonography for breast malignancy detection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 5:253-61. [PMID: 23484500 DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2011.561314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Breast ultrasound is used not only to differentiate a solid breast mass from a cyst and to assist in guided biopsy, but also to classify benign and malignant lesions, with good resolution gray-scale imaging equipped with color Doppler adequate for daily clinical practice in most circumstances. AREAS COVERED This article critically reviews three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound for the detection of breast malignancies in comparison with the popular two-dimensional ultrasound, highlighting the advantages it has over other imaging modalities as well as the drawbacks that are presented. In particular, the article looks at how 3D ultrasound planes help us to define more clearly the margins, that is, microlobulation and papillomas, of breast tumors. This paper also highlights how the resolution and multiple planes of 3D ultrasound can clearly demonstrate skin tumor infiltration for evaluation and how it can be used for planning, monitoring and treatment of breast cancer. EXPERT OPINION As with any new technology, 3D ultrasound has a learning curve and clinicians will need to master the technology in order to use this tool to its full potential. Although 3D ultrasound does have its limitations, a better understanding of its settings along with the optimization of image acquisition and a better ability to manipulate data during analysis will lead to 3D ultrasound becoming a useful tool for breast malignancy detection.
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- Dar-Ren Chen
- Changhua Christian Hospital, Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, 135 Nanhsiao Street, Changhua 500 , Taiwan +886 4 723 8595 ext. 4871 ; +886 4 723 3715 ;
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Moon WK, Shen YW, Huang CS, Chiang LR, Chang RF. Computer-aided diagnosis for the classification of breast masses in automated whole breast ultrasound images. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2011; 37:539-548. [PMID: 21420580 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2010] [Revised: 11/23/2010] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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New automated whole breast ultrasound (ABUS) machines have recently been developed and the ultrasound (US) volume dataset of the whole breast can be acquired in a standard manner. The purpose of this study was to develop a novel computer-aided diagnosis system for classification of breast masses in ABUS images. One hundred forty-seven cases (76 benign and 71 malignant breast masses) were obtained by a commercially available ABUS system. Because the distance of neighboring slices in ABUS images is fixed and small, these continuous slices were used for reconstruction as three-dimensional (3-D) US images. The 3-D tumor contour was segmented using the level-set segmentation method. Then, the 3-D features, including the texture, shape and ellipsoid fitting were extracted based on the segmented 3-D tumor contour to classify benign and malignant tumors based on the logistic regression model. The Student's t test, Mann-Whitney U test and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis were used for statistical analysis. From the Az values of ROC curves, the shape features (0.9138) are better than the texture features (0.8603) and the ellipsoid fitting features (0.8496) for classification. The difference was significant between shape and ellipsoid fitting features (p = 0.0382). However, combination of ellipsoid fitting features and shape features can achieve a best performance with accuracy of 85.0% (125/147), sensitivity of 84.5% (60/71), specificity of 85.5% (65/76) and the area under the ROC curve Az of 0.9466. The results showed that ABUS images could be used for computer-aided feature extraction and classification of breast tumors.
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- Woo Kyung Moon
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea
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Cheng JZ, Chou YH, Huang CS, Chang YC, Tiu CM, Yeh FC, Chen KW, Tsou CH, Chen CM. ACCOMP: Augmented cell competition algorithm for breast lesion demarcation in sonography. Med Phys 2011; 37:6240-52. [PMID: 21302781 DOI: 10.1118/1.3512799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Fully automatic and high-quality demarcation of sonographical breast lesions remains a far-reaching goal. This article aims to develop an image segmentation algorithm that provides quality delineation of breast lesions in sonography with a simple and friendly semiautomatic scheme. METHODS A data-driven image segmentation algorithm, named as augmented cell competition (ACCOMP) algorithm, is developed to delineate breast lesion boundaries in ultrasound images. Inspired by visual perceptual experience and Gestalt principles, the ACCOMP algorithm is constituted of two major processes, i.e., cell competition and cell-based contour grouping. The cell competition process drives cells, i.e., the catchment basins generated by a two-pass watershed transformation, to merge and split into prominent components. A prominent component is defined as a relatively large and homogeneous region circumscribed by a perceivable boundary. Based on the prominent component tessellation, cell-based contour grouping process seeks the best closed subsets of edges in the prominent component structure as the desirable boundary candidates. Finally, five boundary candidates with respect to five devised boundary cost functions are suggested by the ACCOMP algorithm for user selection. To evaluate the efficacy of the ACCOMP algorithm on breast lesions with complicated echogenicity and shapes, 324 breast sonograms, including 199 benign and 125 malignant lesions, are adopted as testing data. The boundaries generated by the ACCOMP algorithm are compared to manual delineations, which were confirmed by four experienced medical doctors. Four assessment metrics, including the modified Williams index, percentage statistic, overlapping ratio, and difference ratio, are employed to see if the ACCOMP-generated boundaries are comparable to manual delineations. A comparative study is also conducted by implementing two pixel-based segmentation algorithms. The same four assessment metrics are employed to evaluate the boundaries generated by two conventional pixel-based algorithms based on the same set of manual delineations. RESULTS The ACCOMP-generated boundaries are shown to be comparable to the manual delineations. Particularly, the modified Williams indices of the boundaries generated by the ACCOMP algorithm and the first and second pixel-based algorithms are 1.069 +/- 0.024, 0.935 +/- 0.024, and 0.579 +/- 0.013, respectively. If the modified Williams index is greater than or equal to 1, the average distance between the computer-generated boundaries and manual delineations is deemed to be comparable to that between the manual delineations. CONCLUSIONS The boundaries derived by the ACCOMP algorithm are shown to reasonably demarcate sonographic breast lesions, especially for the cases with complicated echogenicity and shapes. It suggests that the ACCOMP-generated boundaries can potentially serve as the basis for further morphological or quantitative analysis.
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- Jie-Zhi Cheng
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Number 1, Section 1, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
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Singh S, Gupta R. Identification of components of fibroadenoma in cytology preparations using texture analysis: a morphometric study. Cytopathology 2011; 23:187-91. [PMID: 21371141 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2011.00854.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the utility of image analysis using textural parameters obtained from a co-occurrence matrix in differentiating the three components of fibroadenoma of the breast, in fine needle aspirate smears. METHODS Sixty cases of histologically proven fibroadenoma were included in this study. Of these, 40 cases were used as a training set and 20 cases were taken as a test set for the discriminant analysis. Digital images were acquired from cytological preparations of all the cases and three components of fibroadenoma (namely, monolayered cell clusters, stromal fragments and background with bare nuclei) were selected for image analysis. A co-occurrence matrix was generated and a texture parameter vector (sum mean, energy, entropy, contrast, cluster tendency and homogeneity) was calculated for each pixel. The percentage of pixels correctly classified to a component of fibroadenoma on discriminant analysis was noted. RESULTS The textural parameters, when considered in isolation, showed considerable overlap in their values of the three cytological components of fibroadenoma. However, the stepwise discriminant analysis revealed that all six textural parameters contributed significantly to the discriminant functions. Discriminant analysis using all the six parameters showed that the numbers of pixels correctly classified in training and tests sets were 96.7% and 93.0%, respectively. CONCLUSION Textural analysis using a co-occurrence matrix appears to be useful in differentiating the three cytological components of fibroadenoma. These results could further be utilized in developing algorithms for image segmentation and automated diagnosis, but need to be confirmed in further studies.
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- S Singh
- Departments of Pathology, Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi, India.
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Chen DR, Huang YL, Lin SH. Computer-aided diagnosis with textural features for breast lesions in sonograms. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2010; 35:220-6. [PMID: 21131178 DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2009] [Revised: 10/30/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems provided second beneficial support reference and enhance the diagnostic accuracy. This paper was aimed to develop and evaluate a CAD with texture analysis in the classification of breast tumors for ultrasound images. MATERIALS AND METHODS The ultrasound (US) dataset evaluated in this study composed of 1020 sonograms of region of interest (ROI) subimages from 255 patients. Two-view sonogram (longitudinal and transverse views) and four different rectangular regions were utilized to analyze each tumor. Six practical textural features from the US images were performed to classify breast tumors as benign or malignant. However, the textural features always perform as a high dimensional vector; high dimensional vector is unfavorable to differentiate breast tumors in practice. The principal component analysis (PCA) was used to reduce the dimension of textural feature vector and then the image retrieval technique was performed to differentiate between benign and malignant tumors. In the experiments, all the cases were sampled with k-fold cross-validation (k=10) to evaluate the performance with receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. RESULTS The area (A(Z)) under the ROC curve for the proposed CAD system with the specific textural features was 0.925±0.019. The classification ability for breast tumor with textural information is satisfactory. CONCLUSIONS This system differentiates benign from malignant breast tumors with a good result and is therefore clinically useful to provide a second opinion.
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- Dar-Ren Chen
- Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, Laboratory of Cancer Research, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Ayer T, Ayvaci MUS, Liu ZX, Alagoz O, Burnside ES. Computer-aided diagnostic models in breast cancer screening. IMAGING IN MEDICINE 2010; 2:313-323. [PMID: 20835372 PMCID: PMC2936490 DOI: 10.2217/iim.10.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Mammography is the most common modality for breast cancer detection and diagnosis and is often complemented by ultrasound and MRI. However, similarities between early signs of breast cancer and normal structures in these images make detection and diagnosis of breast cancer a difficult task. To aid physicians in detection and diagnosis, computer-aided detection and computer-aided diagnostic (CADx) models have been proposed. A large number of studies have been published for both computer-aided detection and CADx models in the last 20 years. The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive survey of the CADx models that have been proposed to aid in mammography, ultrasound and MRI interpretation. We summarize the noteworthy studies according to the screening modality they consider and describe the type of computer model, input data size, feature selection method, input feature type, reference standard and performance measures for each study. We also list the limitations of the existing CADx models and provide several possible future research directions.
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- Turgay Ayer
- Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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- Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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Diao XF, Zhang XY, Wang TF, Chen SP, Yang Y, Zhong L. Highly sensitive computer aided diagnosis system for breast tumor based on color Doppler flow images. J Med Syst 2010; 35:801-9. [PMID: 20703733 DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9461-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2009] [Accepted: 11/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system for breast tumor based on color Doppler flow images is proposed. Our system consists of automatic segmentation, feature extraction, and classification of breast tumors. First, the B-mode grayscale image containing anatomical information was separated from a color Doppler flow image (CDFI). Second, the boundary of the breast tumor was automatically defined in the B-mode image and then morphologic and gray features were extracted. Third, an optimal feature vector was created using K-means cluster algorithm. Then a back-propagation (BP) artificial neural network (ANN) was used to classify breast tumors as benign, malignant or uncertain. Finally, the blood flow feature was extracted selectively from the CDFI, and was used to classify the uncertain tumor as benign or malignant. Experiments on 500 cases show that the proposed system yields an accuracy of 100% for the malignant and 80.8% for the benign classification. Comparing with other systems, the advantage of our system is that it has a much lower percentage of malignant tumor misdiagnosis.
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- Xian-Fen Diao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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Abdulsadda A, Bouaynaya N, Iqbal K. Stability analysis and breast tumor classification from 2D ARMA models of ultrasound images. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2010; 2009:3763-6. [PMID: 19964811 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2009.5334482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Two-dimensional (2D) autoregressive moving average (ARMA) random fields have been proven to be accurate models of ultrasound breast images. However, the stability properties of these models have not been examined. In this paper, we investigate the stability of 2D ARMA models in ultrasound breast images, and use the estimated 2D ARMA coefficients as a basis for statistical inference using artificial neural networks. Specifically, we use the estimated 2D ARMA coefficients as inputs to a Multi layer perceptron (MLP) neural network to classify the ultrasound breast image into three regions: healthy tissue, benign tumor, and cancerous tumor. Our simulation results on various cancerous and benign ultrasound breast images illustrate the power of the proposed algorithm as attested by different learning algorithms and classification accuracy measures.
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- A Abdulsadda
- Department of Applied Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 72204, USA
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Chen CY, Chiou HJ, Chou SY, Chiou SY, Wang HK, Chou YH, Chiang HK. Computer-aided diagnosis of soft-tissue tumors using sonographic morphologic and texture features. Acad Radiol 2009; 16:1531-8. [PMID: 19896070 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Revised: 07/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to develop a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system in assessing the sonographic morphologic and texture features of soft-tissue tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS The retrospective study involved 114 pathology proven cases including 73 benign and 41 malignant soft-tissue tumors. The tumor regions were delineated by an experienced radiologist who was unknown to the pathologic result. Then, we applied 10 morphologic features and 6 gray-level co-occurrence matrix texture features to analyze the tumor regions. To classify the tumors as benign or malignant, we used two methods, a linear discriminant analysis with stepwise feature selection and a multilayer neural network with the back-propagation algorithm as classifiers. The classification performances are evaluated by the area A(z) under the receiver operating characteristic. Furthermore, four radiologists provided malignancy grades for all tumors in the comparison of the CAD system. RESULTS In this analysis, the CAD system based on the combination of morphologic and texture feature sets can give the optimal CAD result by LDA with an accuracy of 89.5%, a sensitivity of 90.2%, a specificity of 89.0%, a positive predictive value (PPV) of 82.2%, negative predictive value (NPV) of 94.2%, and A(z) value of 0.96, and by the multilayer perception with an accuracy of 88.6%, a sensitivity of 90.2%, a specificity of 87.5%, a positive predictive value of 80.4%, negative predictive value of 94.2%, and A(z) value of 0.95. The A(z) values of the four radiologists were ranged between 0.74 and 0.86, and the optimal CAD results were shown the highest A(z) values than the four radiologists' rankings. CONCLUSIONS This study has shown that performing the CAD system with both morphologic and texture features on sonography, can successfully distinguish between benign and malignant soft-tissue tumors. Moreover, it can also provide a second opinion for the tumor diagnosis and avert unnecessary biopsy.
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Chen ST, Hsiao YH, Huang YL, Kuo SJ, Tseng HS, Wu HK, Chen DR. Comparative analysis of logistic regression, support vector machine and artificial neural network for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant solid breast tumors by the use of three-dimensional power Doppler imaging. Korean J Radiol 2009; 10:464-71. [PMID: 19721831 PMCID: PMC2731864 DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.5.464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Objective Logistic regression analysis (LRA), Support Vector Machine (SVM) and a neural network (NN) are commonly used statistical models in computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) systems for breast ultrasonography (US). The aim of this study was to clarify the diagnostic ability of the use of these statistical models for future applications of CAD systems, such as three-dimensional (3D) power Doppler imaging, vascularity evaluation and the differentiation of a solid mass. Materials and Methods A database that contained 3D power Doppler imaging pairs of non-harmonic and tissue harmonic images for 97 benign and 86 malignant solid tumors was utilized. The virtual organ computer-aided analysis-imaging program was used to analyze the stored volumes of the 183 solid breast tumors. LRA, an SVM and NN were employed in comparative analyses for the characterization of benign and malignant solid breast masses from the database. Results The values of area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, referred to as Az values for the use of non-harmonic 3D power Doppler US with LRA, SVM and NN were 0.9341, 0.9185 and 0.9086, respectively. The Az values for the use of harmonic 3D power Doppler US with LRA, SVM and NN were 0.9286, 0.8979 and 0.9009, respectively. The Az values of six ROC curves for the use of LRA, SVM and NN for non-harmonic or harmonic 3D power Doppler imaging were similar. Conclusion The diagnostic performances of these three models (LRA, SVM and NN) are not different as demonstrated by ROC curve analysis. Depending on user emphasis for the use of ROC curve findings, the use of LRA appears to provide better sensitivity as compared to the other statistical models.
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- Shou-Tung Chen
- Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Cui J, Sahiner B, Chan HP, Nees A, Paramagul C, Hadjiiski LM, Zhou C, Shi J. A new automated method for the segmentation and characterization of breast masses on ultrasound images. Med Phys 2009; 36:1553-65. [PMID: 19544771 DOI: 10.1118/1.3110069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Segmentation is one of the first steps in most computer-aided diagnosis systems for characterization of masses as malignant or benign. In this study, the authors designed an automated method for segmentation of breast masses on ultrasound (US) images. The method automatically estimated an initial contour based on a manually identified point approximately at the mass center. A two-stage active contour method iteratively refined the initial contour and performed self-examination and correction on the segmentation result. To evaluate the method, the authors compared it with manual segmentation by two experienced radiologists (R1 and R2) on a data set of 488 US images from 250 biopsy-proven masses (100 malignant and 150 benign). Two area overlap ratios (AOR1 and AOR2) and an area error measure were used as performance measures to evaluate the segmentation accuracy. Values for AOR1, defined as the ratio of the intersection of the computer and the reference segmented areas to the reference segmented area, were 0.82 +/- 0.16 and 0.84 +/- 0.18, respectively, when manually segmented mass regions by R1 and R2 were used as the reference. Although this indicated a high agreement between the computer and manual segmentations, the two radiologists' manual segmentation results were significantly (p < 0.03) more consistent, with AOR1 = 0.84 +/- 0.16 and 0.91 +/- 0.12, respectively, when the segmented regions by R1 and R2 were used as the reference. To evaluate the segmentation method in terms of lesion classification accuracy, feature spaces were formed by extracting texture, width-to-height, and posterior shadowing features based on either automated computer segmentation or the radiologists' manual segmentation. A linear discriminant analysis classifier was designed using stepwise feature selection and two-fold cross validation to characterize the mass as malignant or benign. For features extracted from computer segmentation, the case-based test A(z) values ranged from 0.88 +/- 0.03 to 0.92 +/- 0.02, indicating a comparable performance to those extracted from manual segmentation by radiologists (A(z) value range: 0.87 +/- 0.03 to 0.90 +/- 0.03).
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- Jing Cui
- Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-0904, USA.
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Sahiner B, Chan HP, Hadjiiski LM, Roubidoux MA, Paramagul C, Bailey JE, Nees AV, Blane CE, Adler DD, Patterson SK, Klein KA, Pinsky RW, Helvie MA. Multi-modality CADx: ROC study of the effect on radiologists' accuracy in characterizing breast masses on mammograms and 3D ultrasound images. Acad Radiol 2009; 16:810-8. [PMID: 19375953 DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2008] [Revised: 01/01/2009] [Accepted: 01/10/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of a computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) system on radiologists' performance in discriminating malignant and benign masses on mammograms and three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound (US) images. MATERIALS AND METHODS Our dataset contained mammograms and 3D US volumes from 67 women (median age, 51; range: 27-86) with 67 biopsy-proven breast masses (32 benign and 35 malignant). A CADx system was designed to automatically delineate the mass boundaries on mammograms and the US volumes, extract features, and merge the extracted features into a multi-modality malignancy score. Ten experienced readers (subspecialty academic breast imaging radiologists) first viewed the mammograms alone, and provided likelihood of malignancy (LM) ratings and Breast Imaging and Reporting System assessments. Subsequently, the reader viewed the US images with the mammograms, and provided LM and action category ratings. Finally, the CADx score was shown and the reader had the opportunity to revise the ratings. The LM ratings were analyzed using receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) methodology, and the action category ratings were used to determine the sensitivity and specificity of cancer diagnosis. RESULTS Without CADx, readers' average area under the ROC curve, A(z), was 0.93 (range, 0.86-0.96) for combined assessment of the mass on both the US volume and mammograms. With CADx, their average A(z) increased to 0.95 (range, 0.91-0.98), which was borderline significant (P = .05). The average sensitivity of the readers increased from 98% to 99% with CADx, while the average specificity increased from 27% to 29%. The change in sensitivity with CADx did not achieve statistical significance for the individual radiologists, and the change in specificity was statistically significant for one of the radiologists. CONCLUSIONS A well-trained CADx system that combines features extracted from mammograms and US images may have the potential to improve radiologists' performance in distinguishing malignant from benign breast masses and making decisions about biopsies.
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- Berkman Sahiner
- Department of Radiology, The University of Michigan, MIB C480A, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5842, USA
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