Hessian based approaches for 3D lung nodule segmentation

dc.contributor.author Goncalves,L en
dc.contributor.author Novo,J en
dc.contributor.author Aurélio Campilho en
dc.date.accessioned 2018-01-06T16:45:54Z
dc.date.available 2018-01-06T16:45:54Z
dc.date.issued 2016 en
dc.description.abstract In the design of computer-aided diagnosis systems for lung cancer diagnosis, an appropriate and accurate segmentation of the pulmonary nodules in computerized tomography (CT) is one of the most relevant and difficult tasks. An accurate segmentation is crucial for the posterior measurement of nodule characteristics and for lung cancer diagnosis. This paper proposes different approaches that use Hessian-based strategies for lung nodule segmentation in chest CT scans. We propose a multiscale segmentation process that uses the central medialness adaptive principle, a Hessian-based strategy that was originally formulated for tubular extraction but it also provides good segmentation results in blob-like structures as is the case of lung nodules. We compared this proposal with a well established Hessian-based strategy that calculates the Shape Index (SI) and Curvedness (CV). We adapted the SI and CV approach for multiscale nodule segmentation. Moreover, we propose the combination of both strategies by combining the results, in order to take benefit of the advantages of both strategies. Different cases with pulmonary nodules from the Lung Image Database Consortium and Image Database Resource Initiative (LIDC-IDRI) database were taken and used to analyze and validate the approaches. The chest CT images present a large variability in nodule characteristics and image conditions. Our proposals provide an accurate lung nodule segmentation, similar to radiologists performance. Our Hessian-based approaches were validated with 569 solid and mostly solid nodules demonstrating that these novel strategies have good results when compared with the radiologists segmentations, providing accurate pulmonary nodule volumes for posterior characterization and appropriate diagnosis. en
dc.identifier.uri http://repositorio.inesctec.pt/handle/123456789/5660
dc.identifier.uri http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.05.024 en
dc.language eng en
dc.relation 6071 en
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess en
dc.title Hessian based approaches for 3D lung nodule segmentation en
dc.type article en
dc.type Publication en
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