Implementation of Combinational Deep Learning Algorithm for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Classification in Ultrasound Images

Background: Nowadays, fatty liver is one of the commonly occurred diseases for the liver which can be observed generally in obese patients. Final results from a variety of exams and imaging methods can help to identify and evaluate people affected by this condition. Objective: The aim of this study...

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Main Authors: H Zamanian, A Mostaar, P Azadeh, M Ahmadi
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Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2021-02-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering
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Online Access:https://jbpe.sums.ac.ir/article_47259_53bed524af8181708eb9f750dd1ce167.pdf
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P Azadeh
M Ahmadi
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description Background: Nowadays, fatty liver is one of the commonly occurred diseases for the liver which can be observed generally in obese patients. Final results from a variety of exams and imaging methods can help to identify and evaluate people affected by this condition. Objective: The aim of this study is to present a combined algorithm based on neural networks for the classification of ultrasound ‎images from fatty liver affected patients.Material and Methods: In experimental research can be categorized as a diagnostic study which focuses on classification of the acquired ultrasonography images for 55 patients with fatty liver. We implemented pre-trained convolutional neural networks of Inception-ResNetv2, GoogleNet, AlexNet, and ResNet101 to extract features from the images and after combining these resulted features, we provided support vector machine (SVM) algorithm to classify the liver images. Then the results are compared with the ones in implementing the algorithms independently. Results: The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for the introduced combined network resulted in 0.9999, which is a better result compared to any of the other introduced algorithms. The resulted accuracy for the proposed network also caused 0.9864, which seems acceptable accuracy for clinical application. Conclusion: The proposed network can be used with high accuracy to classify ultrasound images of the liver to normal or fatty. The presented approach besides the high AUC in comparison with other methods have the independence of the method from the ‎user or expert interference.
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spelling doaj.art-3f290ab90cac4f2d99b83ff589d9940f2022-12-21T22:33:35ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering2251-72002251-72002021-02-01111738410.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2009-118047259Implementation of Combinational Deep Learning Algorithm for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Classification in Ultrasound ImagesH Zamanian0A Mostaar1P Azadeh2M Ahmadi3MSc, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPhD, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering and, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranMD, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranPhD, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering and, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBackground: Nowadays, fatty liver is one of the commonly occurred diseases for the liver which can be observed generally in obese patients. Final results from a variety of exams and imaging methods can help to identify and evaluate people affected by this condition. Objective: The aim of this study is to present a combined algorithm based on neural networks for the classification of ultrasound ‎images from fatty liver affected patients.Material and Methods: In experimental research can be categorized as a diagnostic study which focuses on classification of the acquired ultrasonography images for 55 patients with fatty liver. We implemented pre-trained convolutional neural networks of Inception-ResNetv2, GoogleNet, AlexNet, and ResNet101 to extract features from the images and after combining these resulted features, we provided support vector machine (SVM) algorithm to classify the liver images. Then the results are compared with the ones in implementing the algorithms independently. Results: The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for the introduced combined network resulted in 0.9999, which is a better result compared to any of the other introduced algorithms. The resulted accuracy for the proposed network also caused 0.9864, which seems acceptable accuracy for clinical application. Conclusion: The proposed network can be used with high accuracy to classify ultrasound images of the liver to normal or fatty. The presented approach besides the high AUC in comparison with other methods have the independence of the method from the ‎user or expert interference.https://jbpe.sums.ac.ir/article_47259_53bed524af8181708eb9f750dd1ce167.pdffatty liverultrasonographydeep learningtransfer learningsupport vector machinereceiver operating characteristic curve
spellingShingle H Zamanian
A Mostaar
P Azadeh
M Ahmadi
Implementation of Combinational Deep Learning Algorithm for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Classification in Ultrasound Images
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering
fatty liver
ultrasonography
deep learning
transfer learning
support vector machine
receiver operating characteristic curve
title Implementation of Combinational Deep Learning Algorithm for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Classification in Ultrasound Images
title_full Implementation of Combinational Deep Learning Algorithm for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Classification in Ultrasound Images
title_fullStr Implementation of Combinational Deep Learning Algorithm for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Classification in Ultrasound Images
title_full_unstemmed Implementation of Combinational Deep Learning Algorithm for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Classification in Ultrasound Images
title_short Implementation of Combinational Deep Learning Algorithm for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Classification in Ultrasound Images
title_sort implementation of combinational deep learning algorithm for non alcoholic fatty liver classification in ultrasound images
topic fatty liver
ultrasonography
deep learning
transfer learning
support vector machine
receiver operating characteristic curve
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