Modeling of the lung nodules for detection in LDCT scans

Farag, Amal; Elhabian, Shireen; Graham, James; Farag, Aly; Elshazly, Salwa; Falk, Robert; Mahdi, Hossam; Hossam El DIn Hassan Abdelmunim; Al-Ghaafary, Sahar;

Abstract


A novel approach is proposed for generating data driven models of the lung nodules appearing in low dose CT (LDCT) scans of the human chest. Four types of common lung nodules are analyzed using Active Appearance Model methods to create descriptive lung nodule models. The proposed approach is also applicable for automatic classification of nodules into pathologies given a descriptive database. This approach is a major step forward for early diagnosis of lung cancer. We show the performance of the new nodule models on clinical datasets which illustrates significant improvements in both sensitivity and specificity. © 2010 IEEE.


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Title Modeling of the lung nodules for detection in LDCT scans
Authors Farag, Amal; Elhabian, Shireen; Graham, James; Farag, Aly; Elshazly, Salwa; Falk, Robert; Mahdi, Hossam; Hossam El DIn Hassan Abdelmunim ; Al-Ghaafary, Sahar
Keywords Active appearance;Data-driven nodule models;Nodule modeling;Sensitivity and specificity of CAD systems
Issue Date 1-Dec-2010
Conference 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Embc 10
ISBN [9781424441235]
ISSN 2375-7477
DOI 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5627446
PubMed ID 21096845
Scopus ID 2-s2.0-78650851527

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