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ArticleIEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering2018

Stochastic Modeling of Temporal Enhanced Ultrasound: Impact of Temporal Properties on Prostate Cancer Characterization.

Layan Nahlawi, Caroline Goncalves, Farhad Imani, Mena Gaed, Jose A Gomez, Madeleine Moussa, Eli Gibson, Aaron Fenster, Aaron Ward, Purang Abolmaesumi and 2 more

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Article in IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Layan Nahlawi
Caroline Goncalves
Farhad Imani
Mena Gaed
Jose A Gomez
Madeleine Moussa
Eli Gibson
Aaron Fenster
Aaron Ward
Purang Abolmaesumi
Hagit Shatkay
Parvin Mousavi
Western University · CAQueen's University · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Delaware · US

Funding

Utilizing Imaged-based Features in Biomedical Literature ClassificationR56LM011354 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI SHATKAY, HAGIT · 2014 to 2015
$560k
CIHRNLM NIH HHS R56 LM011354
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTemporal enhanced ultrasound (TeUS) is a new ultrasound-based imaging technique that provides tissue-specific information. Recent studies have shown the potential of TeUS for improving tissue characterization in prostate cancer diagnosis. We study the temporal properties of TeUS-temporal order and length-and present a new framework to assess their impact on tissue information.

methodsWe utilize a probabilistic modeling approach using hidden Markov models (HMMs) to capture the temporal signatures of malignant and benign tissues from TeUS signals of nine patients. We model signals of benign and malignant tissues (284 and 286 signals, respectively) in their original temporal order as well as under order permutations. We then compare the resulting models using the Kullback-Liebler divergence and assess their performance differences in characterization. Moreover, we train HMMs using TeUS signals of different durations and compare their model performance when differentiating tissue types.

resultsOur findings demonstrate that models of order-preserved signals perform statistically significantly better (85% accuracy) in tissue characterization compared to models of order-altered signals (62% accuracy). The performance degrades as more changes in signal order are introduced. Additionally, models trained on shorter sequences perform as accurately as models of longer sequences.

conclusionThe work presented here strongly indicates that temporal order has substantial impact on TeUS performance; thus, it plays a significant role in conveying tissue-specific information. Furthermore, shorter TeUS signals can relay sufficient information to accurately distinguish between tissue types. SIGNIFICANCE: Understanding the impact of TeUS properties facilitates the process of its adopting in diagnostic procedures and provides insights on improving its acquisition.

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HumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMaleMarkov ChainsProstateProstatic NeoplasmsSensitivity and SpecificityStochastic ProcessesUltrasonography

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