The performance improvement of automatic classification among obstructive lung diseases on the basis of the features of shape analysis, in addition to texture analysis at HRCT

Youngjoo Lee; Namkug Kim; Joon Beom Seo; JuneGoo Lee; Suk Ho Kang

doi:10.1117/12.710394

26 March 2007 The performance improvement of automatic classification among obstructive lung diseases on the basis of the features of shape analysis, in addition to texture analysis at HRCT

Youngjoo Lee, Namkug Kim, Joon Beom Seo, JuneGoo Lee, Suk Ho Kang

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Proceedings Volume 6512, Medical Imaging 2007: Image Processing; 65124F (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.710394
Event: Medical Imaging, 2007, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we proposed novel shape features to improve classification performance of differentiating obstructive lung diseases, based on HRCT (High Resolution Computerized Tomography) images. The images were selected from HRCT images, obtained from 82 subjects. For each image, two experienced radiologists selected rectangular ROIs with various sizes (16x16, 32x32, and 64x64 pixels), representing each disease or normal lung parenchyma. Besides thirteen textural features, we employed additional seven shape features; cluster shape features, and Top-hat transform features. To evaluate the contribution of shape features for differentiation of obstructive lung diseases, several experiments were conducted with two different types of classifiers and various ROI sizes. For automated classification, the Bayesian classifier and support vector machine (SVM) were implemented. To assess the performance and cross-validation of the system, 5-folding method was used. In comparison to employing only textural features, adding shape features yields significant enhancement of overall sensitivity(5.9, 5.4, 4.4% in the Bayesian and 9.0, 7.3, 5.3% in the SVM), in the order of ROI size 16x16, 32x32, 64x64 pixels, respectively (t-test, p<0.01). Moreover, this enhancement was largely due to the improvement on class-specific sensitivity of mild centrilobular emphysema and bronchiolitis obliterans which are most hard to differentiate for radiologists. According to these experimental results, adding shape features to conventional texture features is much useful to improve classification performance of obstructive lung diseases in both Bayesian and SVM classifiers.

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Youngjoo Lee, Namkug Kim, Joon Beom Seo, JuneGoo Lee, and Suk Ho Kang "The performance improvement of automatic classification among obstructive lung diseases on the basis of the features of shape analysis, in addition to texture analysis at HRCT", Proc. SPIE 6512, Medical Imaging 2007: Image Processing, 65124F (26 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.710394

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