Deep ensemble learning of virtual endoluminal views for polyp detection in CT colonography

Kensuke Umehara; Janne J. Näppi; Toru Hironaka; Daniele Regge; Takayuki Ishida; Hiroyuki Yoshida

doi:10.1117/12.2255606

3 March 2017 Deep ensemble learning of virtual endoluminal views for polyp detection in CT colonography

Kensuke Umehara, Janne J. Näppi, Toru Hironaka, Daniele Regge, Takayuki Ishida, Hiroyuki Yoshida

Proceedings Volume 10134, Medical Imaging 2017: Computer-Aided Diagnosis; 101340G (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2255606
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2017, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Robust training of a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) requires a very large number of annotated datasets that are currently not available in CT colonography (CTC). We previously demonstrated that deep transfer learning provides an effective approach for robust application of a DCNN in CTC. However, at high detection accuracy, the differentiation of small polyps from non-polyps was still challenging. In this study, we developed and evaluated a deep ensemble learning (DEL) scheme for reviewing of virtual endoluminal images to improve the performance of computer-aided detection (CADe) of polyps in CTC. Nine different types of image renderings were generated from virtual endoluminal images of polyp candidates detected by a conventional CADe system. Eleven DCNNs that represented three types of publically available pre-trained DCNN models were re-trained by transfer learning to identify polyps from the virtual endoluminal images. A DEL scheme that determines the final detected polyps by a review of the nine types of VE images was developed by combining the DCNNs using a random forest classifier as a meta-classifier. For evaluation, we sampled 154 CTC cases from a large CTC screening trial and divided the cases randomly into a training dataset and a test dataset. At 3.9 falsepositive (FP) detections per patient on average, the detection sensitivities of the conventional CADe system, the highestperforming single DCNN, and the DEL scheme were 81.3%, 90.7%, and 93.5%, respectively, for polyps ≥6 mm in size. For small polyps, the DEL scheme reduced the number of false positives by up to 83% over that of using a single DCNN alone. These preliminary results indicate that the DEL scheme provides an effective approach for improving the polyp detection performance of CADe in CTC, especially for small polyps.

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Kensuke Umehara, Janne J. Näppi, Toru Hironaka, Daniele Regge, Takayuki Ishida, and Hiroyuki Yoshida "Deep ensemble learning of virtual endoluminal views for polyp detection in CT colonography", Proc. SPIE 10134, Medical Imaging 2017: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, 101340G (3 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2255606

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