Convolution neural-network-based detection of lung structures

Akira Hasegawa; Shih-Chung Benedict Lo; Matthew T. Freedman M.D.; Seong Ki Mun

doi:10.1117/12.175101

11 May 1994 Convolution neural-network-based detection of lung structures

Akira Hasegawa, Shih-Chung Benedict Lo, Matthew T. Freedman M.D., Seong Ki Mun

Proceedings Volume 2167, Medical Imaging 1994: Image Processing; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175101
Event: Medical Imaging 1994, 1994, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Chest radiography is one of the most primary and widely used techniques in diagnostic imaging. Nowadays with the advent of digital radiology, the digital medical image processing techniques for digital chest radiographs have attracted considerable attention, and several studies on the computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) as well as on the conventional image processing techniques for chest radiographs have been reported. In the automatic diagnostic process for chest radiographs, it is important to outline the areas of the lungs, the heart, and the diaphragm. This is because the original chest radiograph is composed of important anatomic structures and, without knowing exact positions of the organs, the automatic diagnosis may result in unexpected detections. The automatic extraction of an anatomical structure from digital chest radiographs can be a useful tool for (1) the evaluation of heart size, (2) automatic detection of interstitial lung diseases, (3) automatic detection of lung nodules, and (4) data compression, etc. Based on the clearly defined boundaries of heart area, rib spaces, rib positions, and rib cage extracted, one should be able to use this information to facilitate the tasks of the CADx on chest radiographs. In this paper, we present an automatic scheme for the detection of lung field from chest radiographs by using a shift-invariant convolution neural network. A novel algorithm for smoothing boundaries of lungs is also presented.

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Akira Hasegawa, Shih-Chung Benedict Lo, Matthew T. Freedman M.D., and Seong Ki Mun "Convolution neural-network-based detection of lung structures", Proc. SPIE 2167, Medical Imaging 1994: Image Processing, (11 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.175101

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