Lung Nodule Detection via Deep Reinforcement Learning

被引:86
作者
Ali, Issa [1 ,2 ]
Hart, Gregory R. [1 ]
Gunabushanam, Gowthaman [3 ]
Liang, Ying [1 ]
Muhammad, Wazir [1 ]
Nartowt, Bradley [1 ]
Kane, Michael [4 ]
Ma, Xiaomei [2 ]
Deng, Jun [1 ]
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Therapeut Radiol, New Haven, CT 06510 USA
[2] Yale Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Chron Dis Epidemiol, New Haven, CT USA
[3] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Radiol & Biomed Imaging, New Haven, CT USA
[4] Yale Univ, Dept Biostat, Sch Publ Hlth, New Haven, CT USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
lung cancer; computed tomography; lung nodules; computer-aided detection; reinforcement learning; CANCER;
D O I
10.3389/fonc.2018.00108
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death globally. As a preventive measure, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends annual screening of high risk individuals with low-dose computed tomography (CT). The resulting volume of CT scans from millions of people will pose a significant challenge for radiologists to interpret. To fill this gap, computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithms may prove to be the most promising solution. A crucial first step in the analysis of lung cancer screening results using CAD is the detection of pulmonary nodules, which may represent early-stage lung cancer. The objective of this work is to develop and validate a reinforcement learning model based on deep artificial neural networks for early detection of lung nodules in thoracic CT images. Inspired by the AlphaGo system, our deep learning algorithm takes a raw CT image as input and views it as a collection of states, and output a classification of whether a nodule is present or not. The dataset used to train our model is the LIDC/IDRI database hosted by the lung nodule analysis (LUNA) challenge. In total, there are 888 CT scans with annotations based on agreement from at least three out of four radiologists. As a result, there are 590 individuals having one or more nodules, and 298 having none. Our training results yielded an overall accuracy of 99.1% [sensitivity 99.2%, specificity 99.1%, positive predictive value (PPV) 99.1%, negative predictive value (NPV) 99.2%]. In our test, the results yielded an overall accuracy of 64.4% (sensitivity 58.9%, specificity 55.3%, PPV 54.2%, and NPV 60.0%). These early results show promise in solving the major issue of false positives in CT screening of lung nodules, and may help to save unnecessary follow-up tests and expenditures.
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