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A new texture feature, multi-layer cube sampling (MLCS), improves liver boundary detection in low-quality PET and CT images. This method enhances automated diagnosis for fever of unknown origin by improving liver recognition in medical imaging.

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  • Medical Imaging
  • Computer Vision
  • Biomedical Engineering

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  • Liver metabolic information is vital for diagnosing fever of unknown origin.
  • Accurate liver recognition in PET-CT images is essential for automated metabolic information extraction.
  • Poor image quality in PET and CT scans presents challenges for liver recognition and information extraction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel texture feature descriptor for robust liver boundary detection in low-quality PET and CT images.
  • To address the limitations of existing methods in recognizing liver targets within PET-CT data.
  • To enhance the accuracy of automated diagnosis by improving liver recognition.

Main Methods:

  • Introduction of Multi-Layer Cube Sampling (MLCS), a novel texture feature descriptor.
  • Utilizing a bi-centric voxel strategy for cube sampling to extract enhanced texture information.
  • Statistical classification of voxel distribution into texture features based on a three-region division strategy.

Main Results:

  • MLCS achieved a mean detection rate (DR) of 95.15% and a mean error rate (ER) of 7.81% in low-quality PET images.
  • The method demonstrated a DR of 83.10% and an ER of 21.08% in low-contrast CT images.
  • Experimental results confirm the effectiveness and robustness of MLCS for liver boundary detection.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed MLCS method significantly improves liver boundary detection in challenging low-quality PET and CT images.
  • MLCS enhances the ability and adaptability of target recognition in volumetric medical data.
  • This approach provides a robust solution for a key problem in big data analysis of PET-CT images, aiding automated diagnosis.