Automated pulmonary nodule detection in CT images using 3D deep squeeze-and-excitation networks.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Pulmonary nodule detection has great significance for early treating lung cancer and increasing patient survival. This work presents a novel automated computer-aided detection scheme for pulmonary nodules based on deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs).

Authors

  • Li Gong
    School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China.
  • Shan Jiang
    Emergency Center, Hubei Clinical Research Center for Emergency and Resuscitaion, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • Zhiyong Yang
  • Guobin Zhang
    School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, 135 Yaguan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, 300350, China.
  • Lu Wang
    Department of Laboratory, Akesu Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Akesu, China.