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We address the problem of supporting radiologists in the longitudinal management of lung cancer. Therefore, we proposed a deep learning pipeline, composed of four stages that completely automatized from the detection of nodules to the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-29 Xavier Rafael-Palou , Anton Aubanell , Mario Ceresa , Vicent Ribas , Gemma Piella , Miguel A. González Ballester

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths. Early detection through low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening has been shown to significantly reduce mortality but suffers from a high false positive rate that leads to unnecessary…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-04 Jason L. Causey , Yuanfang Guan , Wei Dong , Karl Walker , Jake A. Qualls , Fred Prior , Xiuzhen Huang

In this work, we present a fully automated lung computed tomography (CT) cancer diagnosis system, DeepLung. DeepLung consists of two components, nodule detection (identifying the locations of candidate nodules) and classification…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-30 Wentao Zhu , Chaochun Liu , Wei Fan , Xiaohui Xie

Deep learning, as a promising new area of machine learning, has attracted a rapidly increasing attention in the field of medical imaging. Compared to the conventional machine learning methods, deep learning requires no hand-tuned feature…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2016-11-29 He Yang , Hengyong Yu , Ge Wang

Lung cancer classification in screening computed tomography (CT) scans is one of the most crucial tasks for early detection of this disease. Many lives can be saved if we are able to accurately classify malignant/cancerous lung nodules.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-20 Mundher Al-Shabi , Kelvin Shak , Maxine Tan

We introduce a new computer aided detection and diagnosis system for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scans that produces meaningful probability assessments. Our system is based entirely on 3D convolutional neural networks and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Onur Ozdemir , Rebecca L. Russell , Andrew A. Berlin

Background and Objective:Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems promote diagnosis effectiveness and alleviate pressure of radiologists. A CAD system for lung cancer diagnosis includes nodule candidate detection and nodule malignancy…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-17 Shaohua Zheng , Zhiqiang Shen , Chenhao Peia , Wangbin Ding , Haojin Lin , Jiepeng Zheng , Lin Pan , Bin Zheng , Liqin Huang

Purpose: The lung nodules localization in CT scan images is the most difficult task due to the complexity of the arbitrariness of shape, size, and texture of lung nodules. This is a challenge to be faced when coming to developing different…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-06 Haytham Al Ewaidat , Youness El Brag

Recently, Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems have emerged as indispensable tools in clinical diagnostic workflows, significantly alleviating the burden on radiologists. Nevertheless, despite their integration into clinical settings, CAD…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-27 Muwei Jian , Hongyu Chen , Zaiyong Zhang , Nan Yang , Haorang Zhang , Lifu Ma , Wenjing Xu , Huixiang Zhi

The LIDC-IDRI database is the most popular benchmark for lung cancer prediction. However, with subjective assessment from radiologists, nodules in LIDC may have entirely different malignancy annotations from the pathological ground truth,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-29 Hanxiao Zhang , Xiao Gu , Minghui Zhang , Weihao Yu , Liang Chen , Zhexin Wang , Feng Yao , Yun Gu , Guang-Zhong Yang

Lung cancer has the highest rate of cancer-caused deaths, and early-stage diagnosis could increase the survival rate. Lung nodules are common indicators of lung cancer, making their detection crucial. Various lung nodule detection models…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-04 Saeed Shakuri , Alireza Rezvanian

Early detection of pulmonary cancer is the most promising way to enhance a patient's chance for survival. Accurate pulmonary nodule detection in computed tomography (CT) images is a crucial step in diagnosing pulmonary cancer. In this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-30 Jia Ding , Aoxue Li , Zhiqiang Hu , Liwei Wang

While deep learning methods are increasingly being applied to tasks such as computer-aided diagnosis, these models are difficult to interpret, do not incorporate prior domain knowledge, and are often considered as a "black-box." The lack of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-05 Shiwen Shen , Simon X. Han , Denise R. Aberle , Alex A. T. Bui , Willliam Hsu

Discriminating lung nodules as malignant or benign is still an underlying challenge. To address this challenge, radiologists need computer aided diagnosis (CAD) systems which can assist in learning discriminative imaging features…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-15 Maria J. M. Chuquicusma , Sarfaraz Hussein , Jeremy Burt , Ulas Bagci

Objective: Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, primarily due to delayed diagnosis and poor early detection. This study aims to develop a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system that leverages large…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-16 Hafza Eman , Furqan Shaukat , Muhammad Hamza Zafar , Syed Muhammad Anwar

Lung cancer (LC) ranks among the most frequently diagnosed cancers and is one of the most common causes of death for men and women worldwide. Computed Tomography (CT) images are the most preferred diagnosis method because of their low cost…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-11 Mobarak Abumohsen , Enrique Costa-Montenegro , Silvia García-Méndez , Amani Yousef Owda , Majdi Owda

The most deadly and life-threatening disease in the world is lung cancer. Though early diagnosis and accurate treatment are necessary for lowering the lung cancer mortality rate. A computerized tomography (CT) scan-based image is one of the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-12 Muntasir Mamun , Md Ishtyaq Mahmud , Mahabuba Meherin , Ahmed Abdelgawad

With an estimated 160,000 deaths in 2018, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Lung cancer CT screening has been shown to reduce mortality by up to 40% and is now included in US screening guidelines.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-28 Daniel Korat

Early detection of lung cancer is crucial for effective treatment and relies on accurate volumetric assessment of pulmonary nodules in CT scans. Traditional methods, such as consolidation-to-tumor ratio (CTR) and spherical approximation,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-29 Yihan Zhou , Haocheng Huang , Yue Yu , Jianhui Shang

Lung cancer has been one of the major threats to human life for decades. Computer-aided diagnosis can help with early lung nodul detection and facilitate subsequent nodule characterization. Large Visual Language models (VLMs) have been…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-04 Furqan Shaukat , Syed Muhammad Anwar , Abhijeet Parida , Van Khanh Lam , Marius George Linguraru , Mubarak Shah