Title
Automatic detection of liver lesion from 3D computed tomography images
Abstract
Automatic lesion detection is important for cancer examination and treatment, whereas it remains challenging due to the varied shape, size, and contextual anatomy of the diseased masses. In this paper, we present a robust and effective learning based method for automatic detection of liver lesions from computed tomography data. The contributions of this paper are the following. First, we develop a cascade learning approach to lesion detection comprising multiple detectors in the spirit of marginal space learning. Second, a gradient based locally adaptive segmentation method is proposed for solid liver lesions. The segmentation results are used to extract informative features for classification of generated candidates. Extensive experimental validation is carried out on 660 volumes with 1,302 hypodense lesions, and 234 volumes with 328 hyperdense lesions, with a resulting 90% detection rate at 1.01 false positives per volume for hypodense lesion and 1.58 false positives per volume for hyperdense lesion, respectively.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/CVPRW.2012.6239244
CVPR Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
learning based method,computerised tomography,learning (artificial intelligence),gradient based locally adaptive segmentation,image segmentation,cascade learning approach,solid liver lesions,cancer,informative feature extraction,feature extraction,gradient methods,cancer examination,marginal space learning,3d computed tomography images,automatic lesion detection,medical image processing,patient treatment,cancer treatment,shape,detectors,learning artificial intelligence,computed tomography
Computer vision,Liver lesion,Lesion,Computer science,Segmentation,Image segmentation,Feature extraction,Artificial intelligence,Computed tomography,False positive paradox,Marginal space learning
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
2012
1
2160-7508 E-ISBN : 978-1-4673-1610-1
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-1610-1
2
0.37
References 
Authors
14
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dijia Wu110213.75
David Liu2877.58
Michael Sühling326619.15
Christian Tietjen421118.39
Grzegorz Soza538624.12
Zhou S. Kevin647441.40