Abstract
Colorectal polyps are an indicator of colorectal cancer (CRC). Classification of polyps during colonoscopy is still a challenge for which many medical experts have come up with visual models albeit with limited success. In this paper, a classification approach is proposed to differentiate between polyp malignancy, using features extracted from the Global Average Pooling (GAP) layer of a Convolutional Neural Network (CNNs). Two recent endoscopic modalities are used to improve the algorithm prediction: Blue Laser Imaging (BLI) and Linked Color Imaging (LCI). Furthermore, a new strategy of per-class data augmentation is adopted to tackle an unbalanced class distribution and to improve the decision of the classifiers. As a result, we increase the performance compared to state-of-the-art methods (0.97 vs 0.90 AUC). Our method for automatic polyp malignancy classification facilitates future advances towards patient safety and may avoid time-consuming and costly histopathological assessment.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ISBI 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging |
Place of Publication | Piscataway |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 74-78 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-5386-3641-1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2019 |
Event | 16th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2019) - Venice, Italy Duration: 8 Apr 2019 → 11 Apr 2019 Conference number: 16 |
Conference
Conference | 16th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI 2019) |
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Abbreviated title | ISBI 2019 |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Venice |
Period | 8/04/19 → 11/04/19 |
Keywords
- colorectal cancer
- deep learning
- svm
- colonoscopy
- BLI
- CNN
- Blue laser imaging
- Linked color imaging
- SVM
- LCI
- Polyp classification
- Data augmentation
- Bli