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http://dx.doi.org/10.5391/JKIIS.2007.17.3.380

Detection and Analysis of the Liver Region and Hepatoma in CT Images Using Shape-based Interpolation and Quantization Method  

Kim, Kwang-Baek (신라대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems / v.17, no.3, 2007 , pp. 380-389 More about this Journal
Abstract
In Korea, undoubtedly, the cancer is one of the most common reasons of death, and hepatoma is the second highest fatal cancer regardless of the gender only next to the stomach cancer In the middle and prime-aged between 40 and 60 years, the incidence of hepatoma is the highest in the world, and the death rate due to hepatoma is the highest among OECD countries. In this paper, we propose a novel method for automatic identification of hepatoma from a contrast enhanced CT images, which is used in an expert system that helps medical specialists. First, consecutive $40{\sim}50$ contrail enhanced CT images are photographed by every 5mm from the upper part of the chest, and using position information on the rib, we classify the internal area including only internal organs and the external one that consists of the rib, subcutaneous fat layers, and the background from the CT images. Then, the region of the liver is extracted from the classified internal area by using information on the intensity, the distribution of brightness, and using the regions extracted from consecutive images, we restore information on the 5 mm space occurred between the consecutive two slides tty applying a shape-based interpolation method. Lastly, using the characteristics such as the brightness and the morphology, we are able to extract the regions of hepatoma. The expert system based on our method is sufficiently competitive when it is compared with the diagnoses by specialists in the diagnostic radiology.
Keywords
Contrast enhanced CT image; Rib; Shape-based Interpolation; Liver region; Hepatome;
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