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Lung cancer is a major cause of cancer-related deaths, and early diagnosis and treatment are crucial for improving patients' survival outcomes. In this paper, we propose to employ convolutional neural networks to model the non-linear…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-20 Xiawei Wang , James Sharpnack , Thomas C. M. Lee

Recent studies have shown that lung cancer screening using annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) reduces lung cancer mortality by 20% compared to traditional chest radiography. Therefore, CT lung screening has started to be used widely…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-13 Gorkem Polat , Yesim Dogrusoz Serinagaoglu , Ugur Halici

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

Lung cancer, a malignancy originating in lung tissues, is commonly diagnosed and classified using medical imaging techniques, particularly computed tomography (CT). Despite the integration of machine learning and deep learning methods, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Olajumoke O. Adekunle , Joseph D. Akinyemi , Khadijat T. Ladoja , Olufade F. W. Onifade

Known for its high morbidity and mortality rates, lung cancer poses a significant threat to human health and well-being. However, the same population is also at high risk for other deadly diseases, such as cardiovascular disease. Since…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-22 Pingkun Yan , Hengtao Guo , Ge Wang , Ruben De Man , Mannudeep K. Kalra

The introduction of lung cancer screening programs will produce an unprecedented amount of chest CT scans in the near future, which radiologists will have to read in order to decide on a patient follow-up strategy. According to the current…

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and early diagnosis is critical to improving patient outcomes. To diagnose cancer, a highly trained pulmonologist must navigate a flexible bronchoscope deep into the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-27 Jake Sganga , David Eng , Chauncey Graetzel , David B. Camarillo

Aim: Early detection and correct diagnosis of lung cancer are the most important steps in improving patient outcome. This study aims to assess which deep learning models perform best in lung cancer diagnosis. Methods: Non-small cell lung…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-16 Zhang Li , Zheyu Hu , Jiaolong Xu , Tao Tan , Hui Chen , Zhi Duan , Ping Liu , Jun Tang , Guoping Cai , Quchang Ouyang , Yuling Tang , Geert Litjens , Qiang Li

Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and early detection is crucial for improving patient outcomes. Nevertheless, early diagnosis of cancer is a major challenge, particularly in low-resource settings where…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-12 Samiul Based Shuvo , Tasnia Binte Mamun

Lung cancer stands as the preeminent cause of cancer-related mortality globally. Prompt and precise diagnosis, coupled with effective treatment, is imperative to reduce the fatality rates associated with this formidable disease. This study…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-29 Bitasadat Jamshidi , Nastaran Ghorbani , Mohsen Rostamy-Malkhalifeh

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

The advancement of computer-aided detection systems had a significant impact on clinical analysis and decision-making on human disease. Lung cancer requires more attention among the numerous diseases being examined because it affects both…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-24 Jafar Abdollahi

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

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the past several years. A major challenge in lung cancer screening is the detection of lung nodules from computed tomography (CT) scans. State-of-the-art approaches in automated…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-05 Aryan Mobiny , Hien Van Nguyen

Computed tomography (CT) examinations are commonly used to predict lung nodule malignancy in patients, which are shown to improve noninvasive early diagnosis of lung cancer. It remains challenging for computational approaches to achieve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-02-07 Jason Causey , Junyu Zhang , Shiqian Ma , Bo Jiang , Jake Qualls , David G. Politte , Fred Prior , Shuzhong Zhang , Xiuzhen Huang

In this proposed work, we identified the significant research issues on lung cancer risk factors. Capturing and defining symptoms at an early stage is one of the most difficult phases for patients. Based on the history of patients records,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-12 Muhammad Sohaib , Mary Adewunmi

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 is the most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Early and automatic diagnosis of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules (SPN) in Computer Tomography (CT) chest scans can provide early treatment as well as doctor liberation from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-31 Ioannis D. Apostolopoulos

Lung cancer is a leading cause of death in most countries of the world. Since prompt diagnosis of tumors can allow oncologists to discern their nature, type and the mode of treatment, tumor detection and segmentation from CT Scan images is…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-18 Farhanaz Farheen , Md. Salman Shamil , Nabil Ibtehaz , M. Sohel Rahman

Lung cancer is a very deadly disease worldwide, and its early diagnosis is crucial for increasing patient survival rates. Computed tomography (CT) scans are widely used for lung cancer diagnosis as they can give detailed lung structures.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Md Rashidul Islam , Bakary Gibba , Altagi Abdallah Bakheit Abdelgadir