Computer-aided diagnosis of splenic enlargement using wave pattern of spleen in abdominal CT images

Won Seong; June-Sik Cho; Seung-Moo Noh; Jong Won Park

doi:10.1117/12.651538

15 March 2006 Computer-aided diagnosis of splenic enlargement using wave pattern of spleen in abdominal CT images

Won Seong, June-Sik Cho, Seung-Moo Noh, Jong Won Park

Proceedings Volume 6144, Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing; 614455 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.651538
Event: Medical Imaging, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

It is known that the spleen accompanied by liver cirrhosis is hypertrophied or enlarged. We have examined a wave pattern at the left boundary of spleen on the abdominal CT images having liver cirrhosis, and found that they are different from those on the images having a normal liver. It is noticed that the abdominal CT images of patient with liver cirrhosis shows strong bending in the wave pattern. In the case of normal liver, the images may also have a wave pattern, but its bends are not strong. Therefore, the total waving area of the spleen with liver cirrhosis is found to be greater than that of the spleen with a normal liver. Moreover, we found that the waves of the spleen from the image with liver cirrhosis have the higher degree of circularity compared to the normal liver case. Based on the two observations above, we propose an automatic method to diagnose splenic enlargement by using the wave pattern of the spleen in abdominal CT images. The proposed automatic method improves the diagnostic performance compared with the conventional process based on the size of spleen.

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Won Seong, June-Sik Cho, Seung-Moo Noh, and Jong Won Park "Computer-aided diagnosis of splenic enlargement using wave pattern of spleen in abdominal CT images", Proc. SPIE 6144, Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, 614455 (15 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.651538

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