Title :
Lung Nodule Detection in Screening Computed Tomography
Author :
Gori, Ilaria ; Bellotti, Roberto ; Cerello, Piergiorgio ; Cheran, Sorin Cristian ; Nunzio, Giorgio De ; Fantacci, Maria Evelina ; Kasae, Parnian ; Masala, Giovanni Luca ; Martinez, Alessandro Preite ; Retico, Alessandra
Author_Institution :
Bracco Imaging S.p.A., Milano
fDate :
Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006
Abstract :
A computer-aided detection (CAD) system for the identification of pulmonary nodules in low-dose multi-detector helical Computed Tomography (CT) images with 1.25 mm slice thickness is presented. The basic modules of our lung-CAD system, a dot-enhancement filter for nodule candidate selection and a neural classifier for false-positive finding reduction, are described. The results obtained on the collected database of lung CT scans are discussed.
Keywords :
computerised tomography; lung; medical image processing; computer-aided detection; dot enhancement filter; false-positive finding reduction; low-dose multidetector helical computed tomography; lung nodule detection; neural classifier; nodule candidate selection; pulmonary nodules; screening computed tomography; Cancer; Computed tomography; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Filters; Image databases; Lungs; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Object detection; Public healthcare; Tumors;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0560-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.353752
