Convolutional neural networks for brain tumour segmentation

Abhishta Bhandari; Jarrad Koppen; Marc Agzarian

doi:10.1186/s13244-020-00869-4

Convolutional neural networks for brain tumour segmentation

Abhishta Bhandari, Jarrad Koppen, Marc Agzarian

College of Medicine and Public Health

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Abstract

The introduction of quantitative image analysis has given rise to fields such as radiomics which have been used to predict clinical sequelae. One growing area of interest for analysis is brain tumours, in particular glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Tumour segmentation is an important step in the pipeline in the analysis of this pathology. Manual segmentation is often inconsistent as it varies between observers. Automated segmentation has been proposed to combat this issue. Methodologies such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs) which are machine learning pipelines modelled on the biological process of neurons (called nodes) and synapses (connections) have been of interest in the literature. We investigate the role of CNNs to segment brain tumours by firstly taking an educational look at CNNs and perform a literature search to determine an example pipeline for segmentation. We then investigate the future use of CNNs by exploring a novel field—radiomics. This examines quantitative features of brain tumours such as shape, texture, and signal intensity to predict clinical outcomes such as survival and response to therapy.

Original language	English
Article number	77
Number of pages	9
Journal	Insights into Imaging
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-020-00869-4
Publication status	Published - 8 Jun 2020

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Artificial intelligence
Convolutional neural network
Glioblastoma
Segmentation

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