Liver tissue segmentation in multiphase CT scans using cascaded convolutional neural networks.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: We address the automatic segmentation of healthy and cancerous liver tissues (parenchyma, active and necrotic parts of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor) on multiphase CT images using a deep learning approach.

Authors

  • Farid Ouhmich
    Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire de Strasbourg, 1 place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France. farid.ouhmich@ihu-strasbourg.eu.
  • Vincent Agnus
    Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire de Strasbourg, 1 place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
  • Vincent Noblet
    ICube-UMR 7357, Strasbourg, France.
  • Fabrice Heitz
    ICube UMR 7357, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, FMTS, 300 bd Sébastien Brant, 67412, Illkirch, France.
  • Patrick Pessaux
    Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire de Strasbourg (IHU) Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, University of Strasbourg, 1, Place de l'Hôpital, 67091, Strasbourg, France, patrick.pessaux@chru-strasbourg.fr.