Multi-level 3D Densenets for False-positive Reduction in Lung Nodule Detection Based on Chest Computed Tomography.

Journal: Current medical imaging
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: False-positive nodule reduction is a crucial part of a computer-aided detection (CADe) system, which assists radiologists in accurate lung nodule detection. In this research, a novel scheme using multi-level 3D DenseNet framework is proposed to implement false-positive nodule reduction task.

Authors

  • Xiaoqi Lu
    School of Computer Engineering and Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China; Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, 014010, China. Electronic address: lxiaoqi@imut.edu.cn.
  • Yu Gu
    Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA, USA.
  • Lidong Yang
    Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, 014010, China.
  • Baohua Zhang
    Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, 014010, China.
  • Ying Zhao
    Department of Pharmacy, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Dahua Yu
    Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, 014010, China.
  • Jianfeng Zhao
    Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, 014010, China
  • Lixin Gao
    Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Image Processing, School of Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, 014010, China; School of Foreign Languages, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, 014010, China.
  • Tao Zhou
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • Yang Liu
    Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China.
  • Wei Zhang
    The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.