Texture classification of normal tissues in computed tomography using Gabor filters

Lucia Dettori; Alia Bashir; Julie Hasemann

doi:10.1117/12.710316

3 March 2007 Texture classification of normal tissues in computed tomography using Gabor filters

Lucia Dettori, Alia Bashir, Julie Hasemann

Proceedings Volume 6512, Medical Imaging 2007: Image Processing; 65120Q (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.710316
Event: Medical Imaging, 2007, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The research presented in this article is aimed at developing an automated imaging system for classification of normal tissues in medical images obtained from Computed Tomography (CT) scans. Texture features based on a bank of Gabor filters are used to classify the following tissues of interests: liver, spleen, kidney, aorta, trabecular bone, lung, muscle, IP fat, and SQ fat. The approach consists of three steps: convolution of the regions of interest with a bank of 32 Gabor filters (4 frequencies and 8 orientations), extraction of two Gabor texture features per filter (mean and standard deviation), and creation of a Classification and Regression Tree-based classifier that automatically identifies the various tissues. The data set used consists of approximately 1000 DIACOM images from normal chest and abdominal CT scans of five patients. The regions of interest were labeled by expert radiologists. Optimal trees were generated using two techniques: 10-fold cross-validation and splitting of the data set into a training and a testing set. In both cases, perfect classification rules were obtained provided enough images were available for training (~65%). All performance measures (sensitivity, specificity, precision, and accuracy) for all regions of interest were at 100%. This significantly improves previous results that used Wavelet, Ridgelet, and Curvelet texture features, yielding accuracy values in the 85%-98% range The Gabor filters' ability to isolate features at different frequencies and orientations allows for a multi-resolution analysis of texture essential when dealing with, at times, very subtle differences in the texture of tissues in CT scans.

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Lucia Dettori, Alia Bashir, and Julie Hasemann "Texture classification of normal tissues in computed tomography using Gabor filters", Proc. SPIE 6512, Medical Imaging 2007: Image Processing, 65120Q (3 March 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.710316

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