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ArticleComputational intelligence and neuroscience2019

Cascade and Fusion of Multitask Convolutional Neural Networks for Detection of Thyroid Nodules in Contrast-Enhanced CT.

Zuopeng Zhao, Chen Ye, Yanjun Hu, Ceng Li, Xiaofeng Li

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Article in Computational intelligence and neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zuopeng ZhaoSchool of Computer Science and Technology & Mine Digitization Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Chen YeSchool of Computer Science and Technology & Mine Digitization Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2844-5848
Yanjun HuSchool of Information and Control Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6319-176X
Ceng LiDepartment of Computed Tomography, Xuzhou Third People's Hospital, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Xiaofeng LiDepartment of Computed Tomography, Xuzhou Third People's Hospital, Xuzhou 221116, China.
Jiangsu University · CNMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CNChina University of Mining and Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the development of computed tomography (CT), the contrast-enhanced CT scan is widely used in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules. However, due to the artifacts and high complexity of thyroid CT images, traditional machine learning has difficulty in detecting thyroid nodules in contrast-enhanced CT. A fully automated detection algorithm for thyroid nodules using contrast-enhanced CT images is developed. A modified U-Net architecture of fully convolutional networks is employed to segment the thyroid region of interest (ROI), and a fusion of convolutional neural networks (CNN-Fs) is proposed to detect benign and malignant thyroid nodules from the ROI images and original contrast-enhanced CT images. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed cascade and fusion method of multitask convolutional neural networks (CNNs) is efficient in diagnosing thyroid diseases with contrast-enhanced CT images and has superior performance compared with other CNN methods.

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Neural Networks, ComputerTomography, X-Ray ComputedContrast MediaHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedSensitivity and SpecificityThyroid GlandThyroid NoduleContrast Media

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