A Hybrid Multilayer Filtering Approach for Thyroid Nodule Segmentation on Ultrasound Images.

Ali Abbasian ArdakaniAhmad Bitarafan-RajabiAli MohammadzadehAfshin MohammadiReza RiaziJamileh AbolghasemiAmir Homayoun JafariMohammad Bagher Shiran

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2018)

Hybrid filters that contain contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization, Wlet, Hmed, Hmp_Wlet, and PPB filters have a high potential to provide good conditions for thyroid nodule segmentation in ultrasound images. In addition to an ROC analysis, morphometry of a segmented region can be used to evaluate segmentation performances.

Keyphrases

convolutional neural network
deep learning
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
ultrasound guided
diffusion weighted
risk assessment