@inproceedings{1b548f1c55744f9aba6f55ca06e860e9,
title = "Computer-aided detection of ground glass nodules in thoracic CT images using shape, intensity and context features",
abstract = "Ground glass nodules (GGNs) occur less frequent in computed tomography (CT) scans than solid nodules but have a much higher chance of being malignant. Accurate detection of these nodules is therefore highly important. A complete system for computer-aided detection of GGNs is presented consisting of initial segmentation steps, candidate detection, feature extraction and a two-stage classification process. A rich set of intensity, shape and context features is constructed to describe the appearance of GGN candidates. We apply a two-stage classification approach using a linear discriminant classifier and a GentleBoost classifier to efficiently classify candidate regions. The system is trained and independently tested on 140 scans that contained one or more GGNs from around 10,000 scans obtained in a lung cancer screening trial. The system shows a high sensitivity of 73% at only one false positive per scan.",
keywords = "chest CT, computer-aided detection, ground glass nodule",
author = "Colin Jacobs and S{\'a}nchez, {Clara I.} and Saur, {Stefan C.} and Thorsten Twellmann and {De Jong}, {Pim A.} and {Van Ginneken}, Bram",
note = "14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI; 14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011 ; Conference date: 18-09-2011 Through 22-09-2011",
year = "2011",
month = oct,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-23626-6_26",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783642236259",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
number = "PART 3",
pages = "207--214",
booktitle = "Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2011 - 14th International Conference, Proceedings",
edition = "PART 3",
}