Algorithms for automatic detection of lung nodules in CT scans

Author

Fantacci, Maria Evelina ; Camarlinghi, Niccolò ; Gori, Ilaria ; Bellotti, Roberto ; Gargano, Gianfranco ; Megna, Rosario ; Torres, Ernesto Lopez ; Cerello, Piergiorgio ; Peroni, Cristiana ; De Mitri, Ivan ; De Nunzio, Giorgio ; Retico, Alessandra

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fis., Univ. di Pisa, Pisa, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

30-31 May 2011

Firstpage

623

Lastpage

627

Abstract

The purpose of the work here presented consists in the evaluation of the performance of CAD (Computer Aided Detection) systems for automated lung nodule identification on multislice CT examinations based on different analysis approaches and on their combination. Three different CADe systems, the ^CAMCAD (Channeler Ant Model), the ^RGVPCAD (Region Growing Volume Plateau) and the ^VBNACAD (Voxel Based Neural Approach) were tested on public research datasets and evaluated in terms of FROC (Free-response Receiver Operating Characteristics) curves both individually and combined.

Keywords

computerised tomography; lung; medical image processing; CAMCAD; CT scan; Channeler Ant Model; FROC curves; Free-response Receiver Operating Characteristics; RGVPCAD; Region Growing Volume Plateau; VBNACAD; Voxel Based Neural Approach; automatic lung nodules detection; computer aided detection; Cancer; Computed tomography; Design automation; Lungs; Solid modeling; Three dimensional displays; Transmission line matrix methods; Computer Aided Detection; Lung Cancer; Medical Image Analysis; Pattern Recognition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2011 IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Bari

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9336-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MeMeA.2011.5966737

Filename

5966737