A Review on Preprocessing Techniques for Noise Reduction in PET-CT Images for Lung Cancer
- Title
- A Review on Preprocessing Techniques for Noise Reduction in PET-CT Images for Lung Cancer
- Creator
- Das K.P.; Chandra J.
- Description
- Cancer is one of the leading causes of death. According to World Health Organization, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths in 2020, with over 1.8 million deaths. Therefore, lung cancer mortality can be reduced with early detection and treatment. The components of early detection require screening and accurate detection of the tumor for staging and treatment planning. Due to the advances in medicine, nuclear medicine has become the forefront of precise lung cancer diagnosis. Currently, PET/CT is the most preferred diagnostic modality for lung cancer detection. However, variable results and noise in the imaging modalities and the lung's complexity as an organ have made it challenging to identify lung tumors from the clinical images. In addition, the factors such as respiration can cause blurry images and introduce other artifacts in the images. Although nuclear medicine is at the forefront of diagnosing, evaluating, and treating various diseases, it is highly dependent on image quality, which has led to many approaches, such as the fusion of modalities to evaluate the disease. In addition, the fusion of diagnostic modalities can be accurate when well-processed images are acquired, which is challenging due to different diagnostic machines and external and internal factors associated with lung cancer patients. The current works focus on single imaging modalities for lung cancer detection, and there are no specific techniques identified individually for PET and CT images, respectively, for attaining effective and noise-free hybrid imaging for lung cancer detection. Based on the survey, it has been identified that several image preprocessing filters are used for different noise types. However, for successful preprocessing, it is essential to identify the types of noise present in PET and CT images and the appropriate techniques that perform well for these modalities. Therefore, the primary aim of the review is to identify efficient preprocessing techniques for noise and artifact removal in the PET/CT images that can preserve the critical features of the tumor for accurate lung cancer diagnosis. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- Source
- Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, Vol-111, pp. 455-475.
- Date
- 2022-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
- Subject
- Computed tomography (CT); Discrete wavelet transform (DWT); Peak-to signal noise ratio (PSNR); Positron emission tomography (PET)
- Coverage
- Das K.P., Department of Computer Science, Christ (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India; Chandra J., Department of Computer Science, Christ (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bangalore, 560029, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 23674512
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Book chapter
Collection
Citation
Das K.P.; Chandra J., “A Review on Preprocessing Techniques for Noise Reduction in PET-CT Images for Lung Cancer,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 23, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/18659.