@inproceedings{102d96c8ff7a4977b8c79949f5863716,
title = "Computer aided diagnosis system for early lung cancer detection",
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.",
keywords = "Feature Extraction, Lung Cancer Diagnosis, Neural Network, Sputum Images, Support Vector Machine",
author = "Fatma Taher and Naoufel Werghi and Hussain Al-Ahmad",
note = "Funding Information: Professor Allen T. Chwang at the University of Hong Kong is acknowledged. Without his enthusiasm, this paper will never be completed. This study is partially supported by National Science Council of R.O.C. under grant NSC80 - 0410 - E002 - 66. The authors are also very grateful to Miss Y.L. Chiang for her numerical assistance. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; 22nd International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, IWSSIP 2015 ; Conference date: 10-09-2015 Through 12-09-2015",
year = "2015",
month = oct,
day = "30",
doi = "10.1109/IWSSIP.2015.7313923",
language = "British English",
series = "2015 22nd International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing - Proceedings of IWSSIP 2015",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "5--8",
editor = "Shahjahan Miah and Alena Uus and Panos Liatsis",
booktitle = "2015 22nd International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing - Proceedings of IWSSIP 2015",
address = "United States",
}