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Evaluation Challenges for Computer-Aided Diagnostic Characterization: Shape Disagreements in the Lung Image Database Consortium Pulmonary Nodule Dataset

Evaluation Challenges for Computer-Aided Diagnostic Characterization: Shape Disagreements in the Lung Image Database Consortium Pulmonary Nodule Dataset

William H. Horsthemke, Daniela S. Raicu, Jacob D. Furst, Samuel G. Armato
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781609607807|ISBN10: 1609607805|EISBN13: 9781609607814
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-780-7.ch002
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Horsthemke, William H., et al. "Evaluation Challenges for Computer-Aided Diagnostic Characterization: Shape Disagreements in the Lung Image Database Consortium Pulmonary Nodule Dataset." New Technologies for Advancing Healthcare and Clinical Practices, edited by Joseph Tan, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 18-43. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-780-7.ch002

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Horsthemke, W. H., Raicu, D. S., Furst, J. D., & Armato, S. G. (2011). Evaluation Challenges for Computer-Aided Diagnostic Characterization: Shape Disagreements in the Lung Image Database Consortium Pulmonary Nodule Dataset. In J. Tan (Ed.), New Technologies for Advancing Healthcare and Clinical Practices (pp. 18-43). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-780-7.ch002

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Horsthemke, William H., et al. "Evaluation Challenges for Computer-Aided Diagnostic Characterization: Shape Disagreements in the Lung Image Database Consortium Pulmonary Nodule Dataset." In New Technologies for Advancing Healthcare and Clinical Practices, edited by Joseph Tan, 18-43. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-780-7.ch002

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Abstract

Evaluating the success of computer-aided decision support systems depends upon a reliable reference standard, a ground truth. The ideal gold standard is expected to result from the marking, labeling, and rating by domain experts of the image of interest. However experts often disagree, and this lack of agreement challenges the development and evaluation of image-based feature prediction of expert-defined “truth.” The following discussion addresses the success and limitation of developing computer-aided models to characterize suspicious pulmonary nodules based upon ratings provided by multiple expert radiologists. These prediction models attempt to bridge the semantic gap between images and medically-meaningful, descriptive opinions about visual characteristics of nodules. The resultant computer-aided diagnostic characterizations (CADc) are directly usable for indexing and retrieving in content-based medical image retrieval and supporting computer-aided diagnosis. The predictive performance of CADc models are directly related to the extent of agreement between radiologists; the models better predict radiologists’ opinions when radiologists agree more with each other about the characteristics of nodules.

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