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Nerve optic segmentation in CT images using a deep learning model and at texture descriptor

Ranjbarzadeh, Ramin orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-7065-9060, Dorosti, Shadi, Jafarzadeh Ghoushchi, Saeid orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-3665-9010, Safavi, Sadaf orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-4852-7138, Razmjooy, Navid, Tataei Sarshar, Nazanin orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-3374-6859, Anari, Shokofeh and Bendechache, Malika orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0069-1860 (2022) Nerve optic segmentation in CT images using a deep learning model and at texture descriptor. Complex & Intelligent Systems, 8 . pp. 3543-3557. ISSN 2199-4536

Abstract
The increased intracranial pressure (ICP) can be described as an increase in pressure around the brain and can lead to serious health problems. The assessment of ultrasound images is commonly conducted by skilled experts which is a time consuming approach, but advanced computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems can assist the physician to decrease the time of ICP diagnosis. The accurate detection of the nerve optic regions, with drawing a precise slope line behind the eyeball and calculating the diameter of nerve optic, are the main aims of this research. First, the Fuzzy C-mean (FCM) clustering is employed for segmenting the input CT screening images into the different parts. Second, a histogram equalization approach is usedforregion-basedimagequalityenhancement.Then,theLocalDirectionalNumbermethod(LDN)is used for representing some key information in a new image. Finally, a cascade Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is employed for nerve optic segmentation by two distinct input images. Comprehensive experiments on the CT screening dataset [The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA)] consisting of 1600 images show the competitive results of inaccurate extraction of the brain features. Also, the indexes such as Dice, Specificity, and Precision for the proposed approach are reported 87.7%, 91.3%, and 90.1%, respectively. The final classification results show that the proposed approach effectively and accurately detects the nerve optic and its diameter in comparison with the other methods. Therefore, this method can be used for early diagnose of ICP and preventing the occurrence of serious health problems in patients.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Convolutional neural network; Image segmentation ; Deep learning; Image enhancement; Nerve optic
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Research Institutes and Centres > ADAPT
Publisher:Springer
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40747-022-00694-w
Copyright Information:© 2022 The Authors. Open Access (CC-BY 4.0)
ID Code:27569
Deposited On:16 Aug 2022 16:30 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 16 Aug 2022 16:51
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