Computerized methods for the assessment and characterization of the inflammatory bowel diseases and colon cancer from ultrasound and endoscopic images

  • Authors:

  • Delia Mitrea;Paulina Mitrea;Radu Badea;Mihai Socaciu;Lidia Ciobanu;Adela Golea;Claudia Hagiu;Andrada Seicean

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Ultrasonography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Department of Ultrasonography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Department of Ultrasonography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Department of Ultrasonography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Department of Ultrasonography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Department of Ultrasonography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Department of Ultrasonography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Department of Ultrasonography, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

  • Venue:
  • NEHIPISIC'11 Proceeding of 10th WSEAS international conference on electronics, hardware, wireless and optical communications, and 10th WSEAS international conference on signal processing, robotics and automation, and 3rd WSEAS international conference on nanotechnology, and 2nd WSEAS international conference on Plasma-fusion-nuclear physics
  • Year:
  • 2011

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are severe, chronic and recurring disorders, requiring continuous patient monitoring. We aim to develop computerized methods for the noninvasive assessment of the bowel inflammation based on ultrasound images. In this work, we study the role of the textural parameters in characterizing different types of inflammatory bowel diseases and the colorectal tumors. Also, the time intensity curves (TIC) are post processed through mathematical modeling, in order to emphasize the behavior of the contrast agent for the considered affections. The relevant textural and TIC parameters are determined through specific methods, and then they are assessed individually and in combination for performing automatic diagnosis. B-mode and contrast-enhanced ultrasound images (CEUS) of biopsied patients are used. The information obtained from the endoscopic images is taken into consideration, as well. The patients were suffering from the following diseases: Crohn's disease, ulcerative recto-colitis, colon cancer.