Patch-based classification of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images using direction independent features extracted by two-threshold binary decomposition

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/19:10396319 RIV/00159816:_____/19:00071041

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=HreA_2b31r" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=HreA_2b31r</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compmedimag.2018.10.001" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.compmedimag.2018.10.001</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Patch-based classification of thyroid nodules in ultrasound images using direction independent features extracted by two-threshold binary decomposition

Original language description

Ultrasound imaging of the thyroid gland is considered to be the best diagnostic choice for evaluating thyroid nodules in early stages, since it has been marked as cost-effective, non-invasive and risk-free. Computer aided diagnosis (CAD) systems can offer a second opinion to radiologists, thereby increasing the overall diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound imaging. Although current CAD systems exhibit promising results, their use in clinical practice is limited. Some of the main limitations are that the majority use direction dependent features so, they are only compatible with static images in just one plane (axial or longitudinal), requiring precise segmentation of a nodule. Our intention has been to design a CAD system which will use only direction independent features i.e., not dependent upon the orientation or inclination angle of the ultrasound probe when acquiring the image. In this study, 60 thyroid nodules (20 malignant, 40 benign) were divided into small patches of 17 x 17 pixels, which were then used to extract several direction independent features by employing Two-Threshold Binary Decomposition, a method that decomposes an image into the set of binary images. The features were then used in Random Forests (RF) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifiers to categorize nodules into malignant and benign classes. Classification was evaluated using group 10-fold cross-validation method. Performance on individual patches was then averaged to classify whole nodules with the following results: overall accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and area under receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve: 95%, 95%, 95%, 0.971 for RF and; 91.6%, 95%, 90%, 0.965 for SVM respectively. The patch-based CAD system we present can provide support to radiologists in their current diagnosis of thyroid nodules, whereby it can increase the overall accuracy of ultrasound imaging.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30224 - Radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

ISSN

0895-6111

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

71

Issue of the periodical within the volume

January

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

9-18

UT code for WoS article

000458594700002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85056666929