Multiscale Rotation-Invariant Convolutional Neural Networks for Lung Texture Classification

IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2018 Jan;22(1):184-195. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2017.2685586. Epub 2017 Mar 21.

Abstract

We propose a new multiscale rotation-invariant convolutional neural network (MRCNN) model for classifying various lung tissue types on high-resolution computed tomography. MRCNN employs Gabor-local binary pattern that introduces a good property in image analysis-invariance to image scales and rotations. In addition, we offer an approach to deal with the problems caused by imbalanced number of samples between different classes in most of the existing works, accomplished by changing the overlapping size between the adjacent patches. Experimental results on a public interstitial lung disease database show a superior performance of the proposed method to state of the art.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neural Networks, Computer*
  • Pattern Recognition, Automated / methods*