Anatomical classification of upper gastrointestinal organs under various image capture conditions using AlexNet.

Journal: Computers in biology and medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Machine learning has led to several endoscopic studies about the automated localization of digestive lesions and prediction of cancer invasion depth. Training and validation dataset collection are required for a disease in each digestive organ under a similar image capture condition; this is the first step in system development. This data cleansing task in data collection causes a great burden among experienced endoscopists. Thus, this study classified upper gastrointestinal (GI) organ images obtained via routine esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) into precise anatomical categories using AlexNet.

Authors

  • Shohei Igarashi
    Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan.
  • Yoshihiro Sasaki
    Department of Medical Informatics, Hirosaki University Hospital, 53 Hon-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8563, Japan. Electronic address: gahiro@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.
  • Tatsuya Mikami
    Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan.
  • Hirotake Sakuraba
    Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan.
  • Shinsaku Fukuda
    Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, 036-8562, Japan.