Title :
Profiling the features of pre-segmented healthy liver CT scans: Towards fast detection of liver lesions in emergency scenario
Author :
Pasha, Muhammad Fermi ; Hong, Kee Siew ; Rajeswari, Mandava
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
Automating the detection of lesions in liver CT scans requires a high performance and robust solution. With CT-scan start to become the norm in emergency department, the need for a fast and efficient liver lesions detection method is arising. In this paper, we propose a fast and evolvable method to profile the features of pre-segmented healthy liver and use it to detect the presence of liver lesions in emergency scenario. Our preliminary experiment with the MICCAI 2007 grand challenge datasets shows promising results of a fast training time, ability to evolve the produced healthy liver profiles, and accurate detection of the liver lesions. Lastly, the future work directions are also presented.
Keywords :
computerised tomography; diseases; emergency services; feature extraction; liver; medical image processing; MICCAI 2007 grand challenge dataset; emergency scenario; feature profiling; liver lesion; presegmented healthy liver CT scan; Computed tomography; Feature extraction; Image segmentation; Lesions; Liver; Training; Algorithms; Critical Care; Humans; Liver Neoplasms; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Radiographic Image Enhancement; Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Reference Values; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Subtraction Technique; Tomography, X-Ray Computed;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091280