Francesco Bianconi1, Mario Luca Fravolini1, Sofia Pizzoli1, Isabella Palumbo2,3, Matteo Minestrini2,4, Maria Rondini5, Susanna Nuvoli5, Angela Spanu5, Barbara Palumbo2,4. 1. Department of Engineering, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy. 2. Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy. 3. Radiotherapy Unit, Perugia General Hospital, Perugia, Italy. 4. Nuclear Medicine Unit, Perugia General Hospital, Perugia, Italy. 5. Unit of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Accurate segmentation of pulmonary nodules on computed tomography (CT) scans plays a crucial role in the evaluation and management of patients with suspicion of lung cancer (LC). When performed manually, not only the process requires highly skilled operators, but is also tiresome and time-consuming. To assist the physician in this task several automated and semi-automated methods have been proposed in the literature. In recent years, in particular, the appearance of deep learning has brought about major advances in the field. METHODS: Twenty-four (12 conventional and 12 based on deep learning) semi-automated-'one-click'-methods for segmenting pulmonary nodules on CT were evaluated in this study. The experiments were carried out on two datasets: a proprietary one (383 images from a cohort of 111 patients) and a public one (259 images from a cohort of 100). All the patients had a positive transcript for suspect pulmonary nodules. RESULTS: The methods based on deep learning clearly outperformed the conventional ones. The best performance [Sørensen-Dice coefficient (DSC)] in the two datasets was, respectively, 0.853 and 0.763 for the deep learning methods, and 0.761 and 0.704 for the traditional ones. CONCLUSIONS: Deep learning is a viable approach for semi-automated segmentation of pulmonary nodules on CT scans. 2021 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Accurate segmentation of pulmonary nodules on computed tomography (CT) scans plays a crucial role in the evaluation and management of patients with suspicion of lung cancer (LC). When performed manually, not only the process requires highly skilled operators, but is also tiresome and time-consuming. To assist the physician in this task several automated and semi-automated methods have been proposed in the literature. In recent years, in particular, the appearance of deep learning has brought about major advances in the field. METHODS: Twenty-four (12 conventional and 12 based on deep learning) semi-automated-'one-click'-methods for segmenting pulmonary nodules on CT were evaluated in this study. The experiments were carried out on two datasets: a proprietary one (383 images from a cohort of 111 patients) and a public one (259 images from a cohort of 100). All the patients had a positive transcript for suspect pulmonary nodules. RESULTS: The methods based on deep learning clearly outperformed the conventional ones. The best performance [Sørensen-Dice coefficient (DSC)] in the two datasets was, respectively, 0.853 and 0.763 for the deep learning methods, and 0.761 and 0.704 for the traditional ones. CONCLUSIONS: Deep learning is a viable approach for semi-automated segmentation of pulmonary nodules on CT scans. 2021 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
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Keywords:
Computed tomography (CT); deep learning; lung cancer (LC); pulmonary nodules; segmentation
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