Liver Segmentation

Organ segmentation from medical images is still an open problem and liver segmentation is a much more challenging task among other organ segmentations. This paper presents a liver segmentation method from a sequence of computer to mography images.We propose a novel balloon force that controls the direction of the evolution process and slows down the evolving contour in regions with weak or without edges and discourages the evolving contour from going far away from the liver boundary or from leaking at a region that has a weak edge, or does not have an edge. The model is implemented using a modified Distance Regularized Level Set
(DRLS) model. The experimental results show that the method can achieve a satisfactory result. Comparing with the original DRLS model, our model is more effective in dealing with over segmentation problems.

The performance of the level set segmentation is subject to appropriate initialization and optimal configuration of controlling parameters, which require substantial manual intervention. A new fuzzy level set algorithm is proposed in this paper to facilitate medical image segmentation. It is able to directly evolve from the initial segmentation by spatial fuzzy clustering. The controlling parameters of level set evolution are also estimated from the results of fuzzy clustering. Moreover the fuzzy level set algorithm is enhanced with locally ...

With the huge innovative improvement in all lifestyles, it has been important to build up the clinical fields, remembering the finding for which treatment is done; where the fruitful treatment relies upon the preoperative. Models for the preoperative, for example, planning to understand the complex internal structure of the liver and precisely localize the liver surface and its tumors; there are various algorithms proposed to do the automatic liver segmentation. In this paper, we propose a Batch Normalization After All-Convolutional Neural Network (BATA-Convnet) model to segment the liver CT images using Deep Learning Technique. The proposed liver segmentation model consists of four main steps: pre-processing, training the BATA-Convnet, liver segmentation, and the postprocessing step to maximize the result efficiency. Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) dataset and 3D-Image Reconstruction for Comparison of Algorithm Database (3D-IRCAD) were used in the experimentation and the average results using MICCAI are 0.91% for Dice, 13.44% for VOE, 0.23% for RVD, 0.29mm for ASD, 1.35mm for RMSSD and 0.36mm for MaxASD. The average results using 3D-IRCAD dataset are 0.84% for Dice, 13.24% for VOE, 0.16% for RVD, 0.32mm for ASD, 1.17mm for RMSSD and 0.33mm for MaxASD.

In recent years more and more computer aided diagnosis (CAD) systems are being used routinely in hospitals. Imagebased knowledge discovery plays important roles in many CAD applications, which have great potential to be integrated into the next-generation picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). Robust medical image segmentation tools are essentials for such discovery in many CAD applications. In this paper we present a platform with necessary tools for performance benchmarking for algorithms of liver segmentation and volume estimation used for liver transplantation planning. It includes an abdominal computer tomography (CT) image database (DB), annotation tools, a ground truth DB, and performance measure protocols. The proposed architecture is generic and can be used for other organs and imaging modalities. In the current study, approximately 70 sets of abdominal CT images with normal livers have been collected and a user-friendly annotation tool is developed to generate ground truth data for a variety of organs, including 2D contours of liver, two kidneys, spleen, aorta and spinal canal. Abdominal organ segmentation algorithms using 2D atlases and 3D probabilistic atlases can be evaluated on the platform. Preliminary benchmark results from the liver segmentation algorithms which make use of statistical knowledge extracted from the abdominal CT image DB are also reported. We target to increase the CT scans to about 300 sets in the near future and plan to make the DBs built available to medical imaging research community for performance benchmarking of liver segmentation algorithms.

In computer vision, image segmentation is defined as process of a partition of an image in a number of regions with homogeneous features. The region of our interest here is the liver. Prior to the deep learning revolution traditional handcrafted features were used for liver segmentation but with deep learning the features are obtained automatically. There are many semiautomatic and fully automatic approaches have been proposed to improve the liver segmentation procedure some of them use deep learning techniques for Segmentation and other one use a Classical Based method for Segmentation. In this paper we aim to enhance our previous work which we were proposed a Batch Normalization After All - Convolutional Neural Network (BATA-Convnet) model to segment the liver, where the Dice is equal to 0.91% when implement our BATA Convnet using MICCA dataset and Dice is equal to 0.84% when implement it using 3D-IRCAD dataset. Here in this paper we propose BATA-Unet model for liver segmentation, it's based on
Unet architecture as backbone but differ in we added a batch-normalization layer an after each convolution layer in both construction path and expanding path. The proposed method was able to achieve
highest dice similarity coefficient than the previous work where for MICCA dataset Dice =0.97% and for 3D-IRCAD dataset =0.96%. Also our proposed model outperformed other state-of-the-art model when we
compare it with them.

This article presents a fully automatic segmentation method of liver CT scans using fuzzy c-mean clustering and level set. First, the difference of unique image is improved to make boundaries clearer; second, a spatial fuzzy c-mean clustering combining with anatomical previous information is engaged to extract liver area automatically Thirdly, a distance regularized level set is used for modification; finally, morphological operations are used as post-processing. The experiment result shows that the method can achieve high accuracy (0.9986) and specificity (0.9989). Comparing with standard level set method, our method is more successful in dealing with over-segmentation difficulty.

Apply the Image processing techniques to analyse the medical images may assist medical professionals as well as patients, especially in this research apply the algorithms to diagnose the liver tumours from the abdominal CT image. This research proposes a software solution to illustrate the automated liver segmentation and tumour detection using artificial intelligent techniques. Evaluate the results of the liver segmentation and tumour detection, in-cooperation with the radiologists by using the prototype of the proposed system. This research overcomes the challenges in medical image processing. The 100 samples collected from ten patients and received 90% accuracy rate.

This article presents a fully automatic segmentation method of liver CT scans using fuzzy cmean
clustering and level set. First, the difference of unique image is improved to make
boundaries clearer; second, a spatial fuzzy c-mean clustering combining with anatomical
previous information is engaged to extract liver area automatically Thirdly, a distance
regularized level set is used for modification; finally, morphological operations are used as postprocessing.
The experiment result shows that the method can achieve high accuracy (0.9986)
and specificity (0.9989). Comparing with standard level set method, our method is more
successful in dealing with over-segmentation difficulty.