Computer aided diagnosis system for early lung cancer detection

Fatma Taher, Naoufel Werghi, Hussain Al-Ahmad

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Abstract

In this paper, a new computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system for early lung cancer detection based on the analysis of sputum color images is proposed. A set of features is extracted from the nuclei of the sputum cells after applying a region detection process. For training and testing the system we used two classification techniques: artificial neural network (ANN) and support vector machine (SVM) to increase the accuracy of the CAD system. The performance of the system was analyzed based on different criteria such as sensitivity, precision, specificity and accuracy. The evaluation was done by using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. The experimental results demonstrate the efficiency of SVM classifier over the ANN classifier with 97% of sensitivity and accuracy as well as a significant reduction in the number of false positive and false negative rates.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publication2015 22nd International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing - Proceedings of IWSSIP 2015
EditorsShahjahan Miah, Alena Uus, Panos Liatsis
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages5-8
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781467383530
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Oct 2015
Event22nd International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, IWSSIP 2015 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 10 Sep 201512 Sep 2015

Publication series

Name2015 22nd International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing - Proceedings of IWSSIP 2015

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, IWSSIP 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period10/09/1512/09/15

Keywords

  • Feature Extraction
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis
  • Neural Network
  • Sputum Images
  • Support Vector Machine

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