The Role of the Superior Order GLCM in the Characterization and Recognition of the Liver Tumors from Ultrasound Images
The hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent malignant liver tumor. It often has a similar visual aspect with the cirrhotic parenchyma on which it evolves and with the benign liver tumors. The golden standard for HCC diagnosis is the needle biopsy, but this is an invasive, dangerous metho...
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doaj-5db0d8e2cf9244faa3c11634932f74972020-11-24T21:34:20ZengSpolecnost pro radioelektronicke inzenyrstviRadioengineering1210-25122012-04-012117985The Role of the Superior Order GLCM in the Characterization and Recognition of the Liver Tumors from Ultrasound ImagesD. MitreaS. NedevschiM. SocaciuR. BadeaThe hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent malignant liver tumor. It often has a similar visual aspect with the cirrhotic parenchyma on which it evolves and with the benign liver tumors. The golden standard for HCC diagnosis is the needle biopsy, but this is an invasive, dangerous method. We aim to develop computerized,noninvasive techniques for the automatic diagnosis of HCC, based on information obtained from ultrasound images. The texture is an important property of the internal organs tissue, able to provide subtle information about the pathology. We previously defined the textural model of HCC, consisting in the exhaustive set of the relevant textural features, appropriate for HCC characterization and in the specific values of these features. In this work, we analyze the role that the superior order Grey Level Cooccurrence Matrices (GLCM) and the associated parameters have in the improvement of HCC characterization and automatic diagnosis. We also determine the best spatial relations between the pixels that lead to the highest performances, for the third, fifth and seventh order GLCM. The following classes will be considered: HCC, cirrhotic liver parenchyma on which it evolves and benign liver tumors.www.radioeng.cz/fulltexts/2012/12_01_0079_0085.pdfsuperior order GLCMultrasound imageshepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)benign liver tumorsnon-invasive diagnosis |
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D. Mitrea S. Nedevschi M. Socaciu R. Badea The Role of the Superior Order GLCM in the Characterization and Recognition of the Liver Tumors from Ultrasound Images Radioengineering superior order GLCM ultrasound images hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) benign liver tumors non-invasive diagnosis |
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The Role of the Superior Order GLCM in the Characterization and Recognition of the Liver Tumors from Ultrasound Images |
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The Role of the Superior Order GLCM in the Characterization and Recognition of the Liver Tumors from Ultrasound Images |
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The Role of the Superior Order GLCM in the Characterization and Recognition of the Liver Tumors from Ultrasound Images |
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The Role of the Superior Order GLCM in the Characterization and Recognition of the Liver Tumors from Ultrasound Images |
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The Role of the Superior Order GLCM in the Characterization and Recognition of the Liver Tumors from Ultrasound Images |
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role of the superior order glcm in the characterization and recognition of the liver tumors from ultrasound images |
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Spolecnost pro radioelektronicke inzenyrstvi |
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Radioengineering |
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The hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most frequent malignant liver tumor. It often has a similar visual aspect with the cirrhotic parenchyma on which it evolves and with the benign liver tumors. The golden standard for HCC diagnosis is the needle biopsy, but this is an invasive, dangerous method. We aim to develop computerized,noninvasive techniques for the automatic diagnosis of HCC, based on information obtained from ultrasound images. The texture is an important property of the internal organs tissue, able to provide subtle information about the pathology. We previously defined the textural model of HCC, consisting in the exhaustive set of the relevant textural features, appropriate for HCC characterization and in the specific values of these features. In this work, we analyze the role that the superior order Grey Level Cooccurrence Matrices (GLCM) and the associated parameters have in the improvement of HCC characterization and automatic diagnosis. We also determine the best spatial relations between the pixels that lead to the highest performances, for the third, fifth and seventh order GLCM. The following classes will be considered: HCC, cirrhotic liver parenchyma on which it evolves and benign liver tumors. |
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superior order GLCM ultrasound images hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) benign liver tumors non-invasive diagnosis |
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http://www.radioeng.cz/fulltexts/2012/12_01_0079_0085.pdf |
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