Image Retrieval Method for Multiscale Objects from Optical Colonoscopy Images
Joint Authors
Nosato, Hirokazu
Sakanashi, Hidenori
Takahashi, Eiichi
Murakawa, Masahiro
Aoki, Hiroshi
Takeuchi, Ken
Suzuki, Yasuo
Source
International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-02-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Optical colonoscopy is the most common approach to diagnosing bowel diseases through direct colon and rectum inspections.
Periodic optical colonoscopy examinations are particularly important for detecting cancers at early stages while still treatable.
However, diagnostic accuracy is highly dependent on both the experience and knowledge of the medical doctor.
Moreover, it is extremely difficult, even for specialist doctors, to detect the early stages of cancer when obscured by inflammations of the colonic mucosa due to intractable inflammatory bowel diseases, such as ulcerative colitis.
Thus, to assist the UC diagnosis, it is necessary to develop a new technology that can retrieve similar cases of diagnostic target image from cases in the past that stored the diagnosed images with various symptoms of colonic mucosa.
In order to assist diagnoses with optical colonoscopy, this paper proposes a retrieval method for colonoscopy images that can cope with multiscale objects.
The proposed method can retrieve similar colonoscopy images despite varying visible sizes of the target objects.
Through three experiments conducted with real clinical colonoscopy images, we demonstrate that the method is able to retrieve objects of any visible size and any location at a high level of accuracy.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nosato, Hirokazu& Sakanashi, Hidenori& Takahashi, Eiichi& Murakawa, Masahiro& Aoki, Hiroshi& Takeuchi, Ken…[et al.]. 2017. Image Retrieval Method for Multiscale Objects from Optical Colonoscopy Images. International Journal of Biomedical Imaging،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1159678
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nosato, Hirokazu…[et al.]. Image Retrieval Method for Multiscale Objects from Optical Colonoscopy Images. International Journal of Biomedical Imaging No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1159678
American Medical Association (AMA)
Nosato, Hirokazu& Sakanashi, Hidenori& Takahashi, Eiichi& Murakawa, Masahiro& Aoki, Hiroshi& Takeuchi, Ken…[et al.]. Image Retrieval Method for Multiscale Objects from Optical Colonoscopy Images. International Journal of Biomedical Imaging. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1159678
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1159678