Presentation 2020-01-29
[Poster Presentation] Computerized Classification Method of Benign and Malignant Masses in Multiple MRI Sequences using Convolutional Neural Network
Yuichi Mima, Akiyoshi Hizukuri, Ryohei Nakayama,
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Abstract(in English) Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a higher sensitivity of early breast cancer than mammography and ultrasonography, but the specificity is lower. The purpose of this study was to develop a computerized classification method for distinguishing between benign and malignant masses by analyzing multiple MRI sequences with convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Our database consisted of multiple MRI sequences for 43 patients with masses. In our proposed method, the CNNs were first trained independently for each MRI sequence. The outputs of the middle layers in the trained CNNs were then inputted to a support vector machine (SVM) for distinguishing between benign and malignant masses. With the proposed method, the classification accuracy, the sensitivity, the specificity, the positive predictive value, and the negative predictive value were 88.4% (38/43), 90.0% (27/30), 84.6% (11/13), 76.9% (10/13), and 93.3% (28/30), respectively. The proposed method achieved high classification performance and would be useful in differential diagnoses of masses as diagnostic aid.
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Keyword(in English) Breast magnetic resonance imaging / Multiple sequences, / Mass / Convolutional neural network
Paper # MI2019-77
Date of Issue 2020-01-22 (MI)

Conference Information
Committee MI
Conference Date 2020/1/29(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) OKINAWAKEN SEINENKAIKAN
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Medical Image Engineering, Analysis, Recognition, etc.
Chair Yoshiki Kawata(Tokushima Univ.)
Vice Chair Takayuki Kitasaka(Aichi Inst. of Tech.) / Hidekata Hontani(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Takayuki Kitasaka(Yamaguchi Univ.) / Hidekata Hontani(Univ. of Hyogo)
Assistant Hotaka Takizawa(Tsukuba Univ.) / Yoshito Otake(NAIST)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Medical Imaging
Language JPN
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Title (in English) [Poster Presentation] Computerized Classification Method of Benign and Malignant Masses in Multiple MRI Sequences using Convolutional Neural Network
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Breast magnetic resonance imaging
Keyword(2) Multiple sequences,
Keyword(3) Mass
Keyword(4) Convolutional neural network
1st Author's Name Yuichi Mima
1st Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univer)
2nd Author's Name Akiyoshi Hizukuri
2nd Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univer)
3rd Author's Name Ryohei Nakayama
3rd Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univer)
Date 2020-01-29
Paper # MI2019-77
Volume (vol) vol.119
Number (no) MI-399
Page pp.pp.57-59(MI),
#Pages 3
Date of Issue 2020-01-22 (MI)