Lung Lesion Detection in CT Scan Images Using the Fuzzy Local Information Cluster Means (FLICM) Automatic Segmentation Algorithm and Back Propagation Network Classification

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Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha University, Thandalam, Chennai-602 105, India.

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Lung cancer is a frequently lethal disease often causing death of human beings at an early age because of uncontrolled cell growth in the lung tissues. The diagnostic methods available are less than effective for detection of cancer. Therefore an automatic lesion segmentation method with computed tomography (CT) scans has been developed. However it is very difficult to perform automatic identification and segmentation of lung tumours with good accuracy because of the existence of variation in lesions. This paper describes the application of a robust lesion detection and segmentation technique to segment every individual cell from pathological images to extract the essential features. The proposed technique based on the FLICM (Fuzzy Local Information Cluster Means) algorithm used for segmentation, with reduced false positives in detecting lung cancers. The back propagation network used to classify cancer cells is based on computer aided diagnosis (CAD).

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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Volume 18, Issue 12
December 2017
Pages 3395-3399

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  • Receive Date: 28 August 2017
  • Revise Date: 10 October 2017
  • Accept Date: 19 November 2017

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