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ArticleBioMed research international2016

Automatic Liver Segmentation from CT Images Using Single-Block Linear Detection.

Lianfen Huang, Minghui Weng, Haitao Shuai, Yue Huang, Jianjun Sun, Fenglian Gao

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Article in BioMed research international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lianfen HuangXiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1620-1504
Minghui WengXiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9062-8410
Haitao ShuaiDepartment of Radiology, The 476th Clinic Section, Fuzhou General Hospital of the PLA, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9164-9742
Yue HuangXiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8544-4510
Jianjun SunDepartment of Radiology, The 476th Clinic Section, Fuzhou General Hospital of the PLA, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7978-2951
Fenglian GaoXiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8145-4319
Xiamen University · CNFuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Automatic liver segmentation not only plays an important role in the analysis of liver disease, but also reduces the cost and humanity's impact in segmentation. In addition, liver segmentation is a very challenging task due to countless anatomical variations and technical difficulties. Many methods have been designed to overcome these challenges, but these methods still need to be improved to obtain the desired segmentation precision. In this paper, a fast algorithm is proposed for liver extraction from CT images with single-block linear detection. The proposed method does not require iteration; thus, the computational time and complexity are decreased enormously. In addition, the initialization is not crucial in the algorithm, so the algorithm's robustness and specificity are improved. The experimental evaluation of the proposed method revealed effective segmentation in normal and abnormal (liver hemangioma and liver cancer) abdominal CT images. The average sensitivity, accuracy, and specificity for liver cancer are 96.59%, 98.65%, and 99.03%, respectively. The results of image segmentation approximate the manual segmentation results by the technical doctor. Moreover, our method shows superior flexibility to newly published method with comparable performance. The advantage of our method is verified with experimental results, which is described in detail.

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Machine LearningAlgorithmsComputer SimulationHumansLinear ModelsLiverLiver NeoplasmsPattern Recognition, AutomatedRadiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-AssistedReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, X-Ray Computed

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