Comparison of irregular flux viewer system with BONENAVI version for identification of Tc-99m MDP whole body bone scan metastasis images
This study aims to use the self-developing irregular flux viewer (IFV) system to predict possible bone lesions in planar WBBS. The study uses gradient vector flow (GVF) and self-organizing map (SOM) methods to analyze the blood fluid-dynamics and evaluate hot points. The evaluation includes a selection of 368 patients with bone metastasis from prostate cancer, lung cancer and breast cancer. Finally, we compare IFV values with BONENAVI version data. BONENAVI is a computer-assisted diagnosis system that analyzes bone scintigraphy automatically. The analysis shows that the IFV system achieves sensitivities of 93% for prostate cancer, 91% for breast cancer, and 83% for lung cancer, respectively. On the other hand, our proposed approach achieves a higher sensitivity than the results of BONEVAVI version 2.0.5 for prostate cancer (88%), breast cancer (86%) and lung cancer (82%), respectively. The study results demonstrate that the high sensitivity and specificity of the IFV system can provide assistance for image interpretation and generate prediction values for WBBS.PMID:33967076 | DOI:10.3233/XST-200834
Source: Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology - Category: Radiology Authors: Chang-Ching Yu Chien-Yi Ting Ming-Hui Yang Hung-Pin Chan Source Type: research
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