Identification of bone cancer in canine thermograms

Naveena Gorre; Scott E. Umbaugh; Dominic J. Marino; Joseph Sackman

doi:10.1117/12.2554490

23 April 2020 Identification of bone cancer in canine thermograms

Naveena Gorre, Scott E. Umbaugh, Dominic J. Marino, Joseph Sackman

Proceedings Volume 11409, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLII; 1140903 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2554490
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

An algorithm is under development which can be used to detect bone cancer in canine thermograms for these body parts: elbow/knee, both anterior and lateral camera views, and wrist, lateral view only. Currently, veterinary clinical practice uses several imaging techniques including radiology, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). But harmful radiation involved during imaging, expensive equipment setup, excessive time and the need for a cooperative patient during imaging, are major drawbacks of these techniques. In veterinary procedures, it is very difficult for animals to remain still for the time periods necessary for standard imaging without resorting to sedation – which creates another set of complexities. The algorithm has been optimized through thousands of experiments to identify bone cancer in thermographic images. Optimal histogram features, Laws texture features and gray level co-occurrence matrix (GLCM) texture features are extracted and the data is normalized using standard normal density and softmax normalization. Euclidean, Minkowski, and Tanimoto comparison metrics are used with nearest centroid for pattern classification. Classification success rates as high as 88% for elbow/knee anterior, 85% for wrist lateral and 86% elbow/knee lateral have been achieved.

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Naveena Gorre, Scott E. Umbaugh, Dominic J. Marino, and Joseph Sackman "Identification of bone cancer in canine thermograms", Proc. SPIE 11409, Thermosense: Thermal Infrared Applications XLII, 1140903 (23 April 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2554490

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