Title :
A method to extract liver tumors in CT images using genetic algorithms and neural networks
Author :
Ohta, E. ; Mitsukura, Yasue ; Fukumi, Minoru
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tokushima
Abstract :
Organ illness discovery in which medical image analysis can be used has been researched actively. Though such research proceeds through the extraction of pulmonary tumors, there is little research on the extraction of liver tumors. This is because there is no difference in the concentrated value in the liver CT image of a healthy part and parts with a tumor. An extraction method of such liver tumors is proposed. Furthermore, in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, we show a simulation example, using real CT image data
Keywords :
computerised tomography; feature extraction; genetic algorithms; liver; medical image processing; neural nets; tumours; genetic algorithms; liver CT image; liver tumor extraction; neural networks; simulation; Computed tomography; Data mining; Genetic algorithms; Intelligent networks; Liver neoplasms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical treatment; Neural networks; Optical imaging; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7087-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2001.973013