Information: Join today and make your research activities more affordable! Technical workshop participation fees and annual registration fees are available at member rates.
Notice: [Important] Announcement of Changes to Registration Fee Payment and Manuscript Upload Procedures for IEICE Technical Meetings
IEICE Technical Committee Submission System
Conference Paper's Information		 Online Proceedings
[Sign in]
Tech. Rep. Archives
 Go Top Page Go Previous   [Japanese] / [English] 

Paper Abstract and Keywords
Presentation 2012-01-20 11:05
Development of a lymph node detection method from 3D abdominal CT images using multi shape ellipsoidal structure detection filter
Masahiro Oda (Nagoya Univ.), Takayuki Kitasaka (Aichi Institute of Technology), Michitaka Fujiwara (Nagoya Univ.), Kazunari Misawa (Aichi Cancer Center), Kensaku Mori (Nagoya Univ.) MI2011-123
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) This paper proposes a lymph node detection method which utilizing a multi-shape and multi-scale ellipsoidal structure detection filter. Detection of the enlarged lymph nodes is required in diagnosis of metastatic cancer using a computer aided diagnosis system. Automated detection of the enlarged lymph nodes improves efficiency of cancer diagnosis. This paper describes a method for detecting gastric lymph nodes from abdominal CT images. In CT images, the lymph node has higher CT values than the surrounding regions. Shapes of the lymph nodes are sphere or ellipsoid. We utilized a multi-shape and multi-scale ellipsoidal structure detection filter based on local intensity structure analysis to detect the lymph nodes. A Hessian matrix is calculated from a polynomial which approximates a local CT value structure. We utilize three eigenvalues of the Hessian matrix in the detection filter. In a ellipsoidal structure, values of the eigenvalues correspond lengths of the long and short axes of the ellipsoidal structure. The detection filter outputs high values if the eigenvalues take particular values of the ellipsoidal structure. Experimental results using 6 cases of CT images showed that our method can detect 69.2\% of lymph nodes.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) CT image / lymph node detection / stomach / ellipsoidal structure detection filter / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 111, no. 389, MI2011-123, pp. 251-256, Jan. 2012.
Paper # MI2011-123 
Date of Issue 2012-01-12 (MI) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
Copyright
and
reproduction		 All rights are reserved and no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Notwithstanding, instructors are permitted to photocopy isolated articles for noncommercial classroom use without fee. (License No.: 10GA0019/12GB0052/13GB0056/17GB0034/18GB0034)
Download PDF MI2011-123

Conference Information
Committee MI  
Conference Date 2012-01-19 - 2012-01-20 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English)  
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English)  
Paper Information
Registration To MI 
Conference Code 2012-01-MI 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Title (in English) Development of a lymph node detection method from 3D abdominal CT images using multi shape ellipsoidal structure detection filter 
Sub Title (in English)  
Keyword(1) CT image  
Keyword(2) lymph node detection  
Keyword(3) stomach  
Keyword(4) ellipsoidal structure detection filter  
Keyword(5)  
Keyword(6)  
Keyword(7)  
Keyword(8)  
1st Author's Name Masahiro Oda  
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Takayuki Kitasaka  
2nd Author's Affiliation Aichi Institute of Technology (Aichi Institute of Technology)
3rd Author's Name Michitaka Fujiwara  
3rd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
4th Author's Name Kazunari Misawa  
4th Author's Affiliation Aichi Cancer Center (Aichi Cancer Center)
5th Author's Name Kensaku Mori  
5th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University (Nagoya Univ.)
6th Author's Name  
6th Author's Affiliation ()
7th Author's Name  
7th Author's Affiliation ()
8th Author's Name  
8th Author's Affiliation ()
9th Author's Name  
9th Author's Affiliation ()
10th Author's Name  
10th Author's Affiliation ()
11th Author's Name  
11th Author's Affiliation ()
12th Author's Name  
12th Author's Affiliation ()
13th Author's Name  
13th Author's Affiliation ()
14th Author's Name  
14th Author's Affiliation ()
15th Author's Name  
15th Author's Affiliation ()
16th Author's Name  
16th Author's Affiliation ()
17th Author's Name  
17th Author's Affiliation ()
18th Author's Name  
18th Author's Affiliation ()
19th Author's Name  
19th Author's Affiliation ()
20th Author's Name  
20th Author's Affiliation ()
21st Author's Name  
21st Author's Affiliation ()
22nd Author's Name  
22nd Author's Affiliation ()
23rd Author's Name  
23rd Author's Affiliation ()
24th Author's Name  
24th Author's Affiliation ()
25th Author's Name  
25th Author's Affiliation ()
26th Author's Name / /
26th Author's Affiliation ()
()
27th Author's Name / /
27th Author's Affiliation ()
()
28th Author's Name / /
28th Author's Affiliation ()
()
29th Author's Name / /
29th Author's Affiliation ()
()
30th Author's Name / /
30th Author's Affiliation ()
()
31st Author's Name / /
31st Author's Affiliation ()
()
32nd Author's Name / /
32nd Author's Affiliation ()
()
33rd Author's Name / /
33rd Author's Affiliation ()
()
34th Author's Name / /
34th Author's Affiliation ()
()
35th Author's Name / /
35th Author's Affiliation ()
()
36th Author's Name / /
36th Author's Affiliation ()
()
Speaker Author-1 
Date Time 2012-01-20 11:05:00 
Presentation Time 15 minutes 
Registration for MI 
Paper # MI2011-123 
Volume (vol) vol.111 
Number (no) no.389 
Page pp.251-256 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2012-01-12 (MI) 

[Return to Top Page]

[Return to IEICE Web Page]
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Japan