A survey on deep learning in medical image analysis.

Journal: Medical image analysis
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Abstract

Deep learning algorithms, in particular convolutional networks, have rapidly become a methodology of choice for analyzing medical images. This paper reviews the major deep learning concepts pertinent to medical image analysis and summarizes over 300 contributions to the field, most of which appeared in the last year. We survey the use of deep learning for image classification, object detection, segmentation, registration, and other tasks. Concise overviews are provided of studies per application area: neuro, retinal, pulmonary, digital pathology, breast, cardiac, abdominal, musculoskeletal. We end with a summary of the current state-of-the-art, a critical discussion of open challenges and directions for future research.

Authors

  • Geert Litjens
    Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Thijs Kooi
    Diagnostic Image Analysis Group, Department of Radiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: thijs.kooi@radboudumc.nl.
  • Babak Ehteshami Bejnordi
    Diagnostic Image Analysis Group, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Arnaud Arindra Adiyoso Setio
    Diagnostic Image Analysis Group, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Francesco Ciompi
    Diagnostic Image Analysis Group, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: francesco.ciompi@radboudumc.nl.
  • Mohsen Ghafoorian
    Diagnostic Image Analysis Group, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Jeroen A W M van der Laak
    Diagnostic Image Analysis Group, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Bram van Ginneken
    Diagnostic Image Analysis Group, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Fraunhofer Mevis, Bremen, Germany.
  • Clara I Sanchez