Deep Learning-Based Disk Herniation Computer Aided Diagnosis System From MRI Axial Scans

Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems have been the focus of many researchers in both computer and medical fields. In this paper, we build two convolutional neural network (CNN) based CAD systems for diagnosing lumbar disk herniation from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) axial scans. The first one...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohammad Alsmirat, Nusaiba Al-Mnayyis, Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub, Asma'A Al-Mnayyis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2022-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9732945/
_version_ 1819173743140798464
author Mohammad Alsmirat
Nusaiba Al-Mnayyis
Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub
Asma'A Al-Mnayyis
author_facet Mohammad Alsmirat
Nusaiba Al-Mnayyis
Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub
Asma'A Al-Mnayyis
author_sort Mohammad Alsmirat
collection DOAJ
description Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems have been the focus of many researchers in both computer and medical fields. In this paper, we build two convolutional neural network (CNN) based CAD systems for diagnosing lumbar disk herniation from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) axial scans. The first one is a disk herniation detection CAD system which is a binary CAD system that determines whether the case image contains disk herniation or not. The second system is a disk herniation type classification CAD system which can determine the type of the disk herniation in the image if one exists. To train and test the proposed systems, an image set is built and annotated with the help of a radiologist. In order to get rid of the “noisy” parts of the input images and reduce their complexity, we experiment with different ROI extraction methods. The image set is also preprocessed and enlarged using augmentation techniques to make it suitable to be used with CNN. There are many novel aspects of this work. First, the problems of disk herniation detection and recognition from axial scans are not well-studied in the literature. Second, we use deep learning techniques which produces ground-breaking results in many image processing tasks, but are yet to reach their full potential with medical image processing in general. Finally, we explore the use of many innovative techniques such as data augmentation and transfer learning, which greatly improves the accuracy of our models. The results of our systems are impressive with a 95.65% accuracy for the detection problem and a 91.38% accuracy for the recognition problem.
first_indexed 2024-12-22T20:27:55Z
format Article
id doaj.art-82bc9c8836f9411f82dd0e0f403911ba
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2169-3536
language English
last_indexed 2024-12-22T20:27:55Z
publishDate 2022-01-01
publisher IEEE
record_format Article
series IEEE Access
spelling doaj.art-82bc9c8836f9411f82dd0e0f403911ba2022-12-21T18:13:41ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362022-01-0110323153232310.1109/ACCESS.2022.31586829732945Deep Learning-Based Disk Herniation Computer Aided Diagnosis System From MRI Axial ScansMohammad Alsmirat0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1071-7713Nusaiba Al-Mnayyis1Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub2Asma'A Al-Mnayyis3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-7641Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesDepartment of Computer Science, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanDepartment of Computer Science, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Yarmouk University, Irbid, JordanComputer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems have been the focus of many researchers in both computer and medical fields. In this paper, we build two convolutional neural network (CNN) based CAD systems for diagnosing lumbar disk herniation from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) axial scans. The first one is a disk herniation detection CAD system which is a binary CAD system that determines whether the case image contains disk herniation or not. The second system is a disk herniation type classification CAD system which can determine the type of the disk herniation in the image if one exists. To train and test the proposed systems, an image set is built and annotated with the help of a radiologist. In order to get rid of the “noisy” parts of the input images and reduce their complexity, we experiment with different ROI extraction methods. The image set is also preprocessed and enlarged using augmentation techniques to make it suitable to be used with CNN. There are many novel aspects of this work. First, the problems of disk herniation detection and recognition from axial scans are not well-studied in the literature. Second, we use deep learning techniques which produces ground-breaking results in many image processing tasks, but are yet to reach their full potential with medical image processing in general. Finally, we explore the use of many innovative techniques such as data augmentation and transfer learning, which greatly improves the accuracy of our models. The results of our systems are impressive with a 95.65% accuracy for the detection problem and a 91.38% accuracy for the recognition problem.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9732945/Axial scansaugmentationdeep learningdisk herniationtransfer learning
spellingShingle Mohammad Alsmirat
Nusaiba Al-Mnayyis
Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub
Asma'A Al-Mnayyis
Deep Learning-Based Disk Herniation Computer Aided Diagnosis System From MRI Axial Scans
IEEE Access
Axial scans
augmentation
deep learning
disk herniation
transfer learning
title Deep Learning-Based Disk Herniation Computer Aided Diagnosis System From MRI Axial Scans
title_full Deep Learning-Based Disk Herniation Computer Aided Diagnosis System From MRI Axial Scans
title_fullStr Deep Learning-Based Disk Herniation Computer Aided Diagnosis System From MRI Axial Scans
title_full_unstemmed Deep Learning-Based Disk Herniation Computer Aided Diagnosis System From MRI Axial Scans
title_short Deep Learning-Based Disk Herniation Computer Aided Diagnosis System From MRI Axial Scans
title_sort deep learning based disk herniation computer aided diagnosis system from mri axial scans
topic Axial scans
augmentation
deep learning
disk herniation
transfer learning
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9732945/
work_keys_str_mv AT mohammadalsmirat deeplearningbaseddiskherniationcomputeraideddiagnosissystemfrommriaxialscans
AT nusaibaalmnayyis deeplearningbaseddiskherniationcomputeraideddiagnosissystemfrommriaxialscans
AT mahmoudalayyoub deeplearningbaseddiskherniationcomputeraideddiagnosissystemfrommriaxialscans
AT asmaaalmnayyis deeplearningbaseddiskherniationcomputeraideddiagnosissystemfrommriaxialscans