Computer-Aided diagnosis method for MRI-guided prostate biopsy within the peripheral zone using grey level histograms

Yambu Andrik Rampun, Paul Malcolm, Reyer Zwiggelaar

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Abstract


This paper describes a computer-aided diagnosis method for targeted prostate biopsies within the peripheral zone in T2-Weighted MRI. We subdivided the peripheral zone into four regions and compare each sub region's grey level histogram with malignant and normal histogram models, and use specific metrics to estimate the presence of abnormality. The initial evaluation based on 200 MRI slices taken from 40 different patients and we achieved 87% correct classification rate with 89% and 86% sensitivity and specificity, respectively. The main contribution of this paper is a novel approach of Computer Aided Diagnosis which is using grey level histograms analysis between sub regions. In clinical point of view, the developed method could assist clinicians to perform targeted biopsies which are better than the random ones which are currently used.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSeventh International Conference on Machine Vision (ICMV 2014)
EditorsBranislav Vuksanovic, Jianhong Zhou, Antanas Verikas, Petia Radeva
PublisherSPIE
Pages304-309
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781628415605
ISBN (Print)9781628415605
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Feb 2015
EventSeventh International Conference on Machine Vision, Proceedings: ICMV 2014 - Milan, Italy
Duration: 19 Nov 201421 Nov 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9445
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceSeventh International Conference on Machine Vision, Proceedings
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityMilan
Period19 Nov 201421 Nov 2014

Keywords

  • Grey Level Histogram
  • MRI
  • Prostate Cancer Detection

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