Computer aided diagnosis system based on machine learning techniques for lung cancer

Hamada R.H. Al-Absi*, Brahim Belhaouari Samir, Khaled Bashir Shaban, Suziah Sulaiman

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Abstract

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Lung cancer is a type of cancer that is considered as one of the most leading causes of death globally. In Malaysia, it is the 3rd common cancer type and the 2nd type of cancer among men. In this paper, machine learning techniques have been utilized to develop a computer-aided diagnosis system for lung cancer. The system consists of feature extraction phase, feature selection phase and classification phase. For feature extraction/selection, different wavelets functions have been applied in order to find the one that produced the highest accuracy. Clustering-K-nearest-neighbor algorithm has been developed/utilized for classification. Japanese Society of Radiological Technology's standard dataset of lung cancer has been used to test the system. The data set has 154 nodule regions (abnormal) and 92 non-nodule regions (normal). Accuracy levels of over 96% for classification have been achieved which demonstrate the merits of the proposed approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings
Pages295-300
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: 12 Jun 201214 Jun 2012

Publication series

Name2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings
Volume1

Conference

Conference2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period12/06/1214/06/12

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