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Lung cancer is one of the death threatening diseases among human beings. Early and accurate detection of lung cancer can increase the survival rate from lung cancer. Computed Tomography (CT) images are commonly used for detecting the lung…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-11-26 Md Rashidul Hasan , Muntasir Al Kabir

Lung cancer is the commonest cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and its mortality can be reduced significantly by performing early diagnosis and screening. Since the 1960s, driven by the pressing needs to accurately and effectively interpret…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-27 Bo Liu , Wenhao Chi , Xinran Li , Peng Li , Wenhua Liang , Haiping Liu , Wei Wang , Jianxing He

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and early diagnosis is associated with a positive prognosis. Chest X-ray (CXR) provides an inexpensive imaging mode for lung cancer diagnosis. Suspicious nodules are difficult to distinguish…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-14 Michael James Horry , Subrata Chakraborty , Biswajeet Pradhan , Manoranjan Paul , Jing Zhu , Prabal Datta Barua , U. Rajendra Acharya , Fang Chen , Jianlong Zhou

Purpose: Lung nodules have very diverse shapes and sizes, which makes classifying them as benign/malignant a challenging problem. In this paper, we propose a novel method to predict the malignancy of nodules that have the capability to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-24 Mundher Al-Shabi , Boon Leong Lan , Wai Yee Chan , Kwan-Hoong Ng , Maxine Tan

Lung cancer is one of the most deadly diseases in the world. Detecting such tumors at an early stage can be a tedious task. Existing deep learning architecture for lung nodule identification used complex architecture with large number of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-25 Shah B. Shrey , Lukman Hakim , Muthusubash Kavitha , Hae Won Kim , Takio Kurita

Cancer is the uncontrollable cell division of abnormal cells inside the human body, which can spread to other body organs. It is one of the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and NCDs accounts for 71% of total deaths worldwide whereas lung…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-28 Neha Baranwal , Preethi Doravari , Renu Kachhoria

In this work, we present a fully automated lung CT cancer diagnosis system, DeepLung. DeepLung contains two parts, nodule detection and classification. Considering the 3D nature of lung CT data, two 3D networks are designed for the nodule…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-19 Wentao Zhu , Chaochun Liu , Wei Fan , Xiaohui Xie

Lung cancer continues to be the predominant cause of cancer-related mortality globally. This review analyzes various approaches, including advanced image processing methods, focusing on their efficacy in interpreting CT scans, chest…

Pulmonary pathologies are a significant global health concern, often leading to fatal outcomes if not diagnosed and treated promptly. Chest radiography serves as a primary diagnostic tool, but the availability of experienced radiologists…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-17 Abdelbaki Souid , Mohamed Hamroun , Soufiene Ben Othman , Hedi Sakli , Naceur Abdelkarim

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…

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and morbidity worldwide. Many studies have shown machine learning models to be effective at detecting lung nodules from chest X-ray images. However, these techniques have yet to be embraced…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-31 Michael J. Horry , Subrata Chakraborty , Biswajeet Pradhan , Manoranjan Paul , Douglas P. S. Gomes , Anwaar Ul-Haq

In the U.S., lung cancer is the second major cause of death. Early detection of suspicious lung nodules is crucial for patient treatment planning, management, and improving outcomes. Many approaches for lung nodule segmentation and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-10 Tejas Sudharshan Mathai , Benjamin Hou , Ronald M. Summers

Risk stratification of lung nodules is a task of primary importance in lung cancer diagnosis. Any improvement in robust and accurate nodule characterization can assist in identifying cancer stage, prognosis, and improving treatment…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-10-27 Sarfaraz Hussein , Kunlin Cao , Qi Song , Ulas Bagci

Lung cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Conventional computed tomography (CT) imaging, while essential for detection and staging, has limitations in distinguishing benign from malignant lesions…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-20 Baramee Sukumal , Aueaphum Aueawatthanaphisut

Lung cancer ranks as one of the leading causes of cancer diagnosis and is the foremost cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The early detection of lung nodules plays a pivotal role in improving outcomes for patients, as it enables…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Jiasen Zhang , Mingrui Yang , Weihong Guo , Brian A. Xavier , Michael Bolen , Xiaojuan Li

Lung cancer(LC) is a type of malignant neoplasm that originates in the bronchial mucosa or glands.As a clinically common nodule,solitary pulmonary nodules(SPNs) have a significantly higher probability of malignancy when they are larger than…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2023-05-19 Hailan Zhang , Gongjin Song

Machine learning models have utilized semantic features, deep features, or both to assess lung nodule malignancy. However, their reliance on manual annotation during inference, limited interpretability, and sensitivity to imaging variations…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Luoting Zhuang , Seyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei , Ramin Salehi-Rad , Linh M. Tran , Denise R. Aberle , Ashley E. Prosper , William Hsu

This paper proposes a novel and efficient method to build a Computer-Aided Diagnoses (CAD) system for lung nodule detection based on Computed Tomography (CT). This task was treated as an Object Detection on Video (VID) problem by imitating…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-12-15 Ning Li , Haopeng Liu , Bin Qiu , Wei Guo , Shijun Zhao , Kungang Li , Jie He

We are developing a computer-aided detection (CAD) system for the identification of small pulmonary nodules in screening CT scans. The main modules of our system, i.e. a dot-enhancement filter for nodule candidate selection and a neural…

Medical Physics · Physics 2009-04-15 P. Delogu , M. E. Fantacci , I. Gori , A. Preite Martinez , A. Retico , A. Tata

Lung cancer is an extremely lethal disease primarily due to its late-stage diagnosis and significant mortality rate, making it the major cause of cancer-related demises globally. Machine Learning (ML) and Convolution Neural network (CNN)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-03 Asha V , Bhavanishankar K