Detection of Lung Nodules on Medical Images by the Use of Fractal Segmentation
In the present paper, a method for the detection of malignant and benign tumors on the CT scan images has been proposed. In the proposed method, firstly the area of interest in which the tumor may exist is selected on the original image and by the use of image segmentation and determination of the i...
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doaj-a2f17bd39aca48eda4bc706b32a80b892020-11-24T22:35:20ZengUniversidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR)International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence1989-16601989-16602017-08-0145151910.9781/ijimai.2017.453ijimai.2017.453Detection of Lung Nodules on Medical Images by the Use of Fractal SegmentationAfsaneh Abdollahzadeh RezaieAli HabiboghliIn the present paper, a method for the detection of malignant and benign tumors on the CT scan images has been proposed. In the proposed method, firstly the area of interest in which the tumor may exist is selected on the original image and by the use of image segmentation and determination of the image’s threshold limit, the tumor’s area is specified and then edge detection filters are used for detection of the tumor’s edge. After detection of area and by calculating the fractal dimensions with less percent of errors and better resolution, the areas where contain the tumor are determined. The images used in the proposed method have been extracted from cancer imaging archive database that is made available for public. Compared to other methods, our proposed method recognizes successfully benign and malignant tumors in all cases that have been clinically approved and belong to the database.http://www.ijimai.org/journal/node/1490CancerFractal TheoryMedicineSegmentationTumor |
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Afsaneh Abdollahzadeh Rezaie Ali Habiboghli Detection of Lung Nodules on Medical Images by the Use of Fractal Segmentation International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence Cancer Fractal Theory Medicine Segmentation Tumor |
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Afsaneh Abdollahzadeh Rezaie Ali Habiboghli |
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Detection of Lung Nodules on Medical Images by the Use of Fractal Segmentation |
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Detection of Lung Nodules on Medical Images by the Use of Fractal Segmentation |
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Detection of Lung Nodules on Medical Images by the Use of Fractal Segmentation |
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Detection of Lung Nodules on Medical Images by the Use of Fractal Segmentation |
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Detection of Lung Nodules on Medical Images by the Use of Fractal Segmentation |
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detection of lung nodules on medical images by the use of fractal segmentation |
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Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR) |
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International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence |
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1989-1660 1989-1660 |
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2017-08-01 |
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In the present paper, a method for the detection of malignant and benign tumors on the CT scan images has been proposed. In the proposed method, firstly the area of interest in which the tumor may exist is selected on the original image and by the use of image segmentation and determination of the image’s threshold limit, the tumor’s area is specified and then edge detection filters are used for detection of the tumor’s edge. After detection of area and by calculating the fractal dimensions with less percent of errors and better resolution, the areas where contain the tumor are determined. The images used in the proposed method have been extracted from cancer imaging archive database that is made available for public. Compared to other methods, our proposed method recognizes successfully benign and malignant tumors in all cases that have been clinically approved and belong to the database. |
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Cancer Fractal Theory Medicine Segmentation Tumor |
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