Design and evaluation of an accurate CNR-guided small region iterative restoration-based tumor segmentation scheme for PET using both simulated and real heterogeneous tumors.

Tumor delineation accuracy directly affects the effectiveness of radiotherapy. This study presents a methodology that minimizes potential errors during the automated segmentation of tumors in PET images. Iterative blind deconvolution was implemented in a region of interest encompassing the tumor wit...

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Publicado en:Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 335 - 356
Autores principales: Koç, Alpaslan, Güveniş, Albert
Formato: diagnostic images equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2020
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          Koç, Alpaslan
          Güveniş, Albert
        affil: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Kandilli Kampüs, Çengelköy, 34684, Istanbul, Turkey
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          Tomography, Emission-Computed
          Contrast Media
          Algorithms
          Image Processing, Computer Assisted
          Neoplasms
          Computer Simulation
          Body Weights and Measures
          Imaging, Three-Dimensional
          Phantoms, Imaging
          Neoplasms Pathology
          Fludeoxyglucose F 18
          Physics
          Neoplasm Staging
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      ab: Tumor delineation accuracy directly affects the effectiveness of radiotherapy. This study presents a methodology that minimizes potential errors during the automated segmentation of tumors in PET images. Iterative blind deconvolution was implemented in a region of interest encompassing the tumor with the number of iterations determined from contrast-to-noise ratios. The active contour and random forest classification-based segmentation method was evaluated using three distinct image databases that included both synthetic and real heterogeneous tumors. Ground truths about tumor volumes were known precisely. The volumes of the tumors were in the range of 0.49-26.34 cm3, 0.64-1.52 cm3, and 40.38-203.84 cm3 respectively. Widely available software tools, namely, MATLAB, MIPAV, and ITK-SNAP were utilized. When using the active contour method, image restoration reduced mean errors in volumes estimation from 95.85 to 3.37%, from 815.63 to 17.45%, and from 32.61 to 6.80% for the three datasets. The accuracy gains were higher using datasets that include smaller tumors for which PVE is known to be more predominant. Computation time was reduced by a factor of about 10 in the smaller deconvolution region. Contrast-to-noise ratios were improved for all tumors in all data. The presented methodology has the potential to improve delineation accuracy in particular for smaller tumors at practically feasible computational times. Graphical abstract Evaluation of accurate lesion volumes using CNR-guided and ROI-based restoration method for PET images.
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