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Erschienen in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 9/2015

01.09.2015 | Original Article

Computer-aided analysis of prostate multiparametric MR images: an unsupervised fusion-based approach

verfasst von: N. Betrouni, N. Makni, S. Lakroum, S. Mordon, A. Villers, P. Puech

Erschienen in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery | Ausgabe 9/2015

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Abstract

Objective

The aim of this study is to provide an automatic framework for computer-aided analysis of multiparametric magnetic resonance (mp-MR) images of prostate.

Method

We introduce a novel method for the unsupervised analysis of the images. An evidential C-means classifier was adapted for use with a segmentation scheme to address multisource data and to manage conflicts and redundancy.

Results

Experiments were conducted using data from 15 patients. The evaluation protocol consisted in evaluating the method abilities to classify prostate tissues, showing the same behaviour on the mp-MR images, into homogeneous classes. As the actual diagnosis was available, thanks to the correlation with histopathological findings, the assessment focused on the ability to segment cancer foci. The method exhibited global sensitivity and specificity of 70 and 88 %, respectively.

Conclusion

The preliminary results obtained by these initial experiments showed that the method can be applied in clinical routine practice to help making decision especially for practitioners with limited experience in prostate MRI analysis.

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Metadaten
Titel
Computer-aided analysis of prostate multiparametric MR images: an unsupervised fusion-based approach
verfasst von
N. Betrouni
N. Makni
S. Lakroum
S. Mordon
A. Villers
P. Puech
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2015
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery / Ausgabe 9/2015
Print ISSN: 1861-6410
Elektronische ISSN: 1861-6429
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-015-1151-z

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