Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Splenic Enlargement Using Wave Pattern of Spleen in Abdominal CT Images 


Vol. 12,  No. 5, pp. 553-560, Oct.  2005
10.3745/KIPSTB.2005.12.5.553


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Generally, it is known that the spleen accompanied by liver cirrhosis is hypertrophied or enlarged. We examined the wave pattern of the spleen by using abdominal CT images of a patient with liver cirrhosis, and found that they are different from those of a person with a normal liver. In the abdominal CT image of the patient with liver cirrhosis, there is a deep wave part on the left side of the spleen. In the case of the normal liver, there are waves on the left side, but they aren´t deep. Therefore, the total area of waving parts of the spleen with liver cirrhosis is found to be greater than that of the spleen with the normal liver. Moreover, when examining circularity by abstracting the waves of the spleen from the image with liver cirrhosis, we found they are more circular than those of the spleen accompanied by a normal liver. This paper suggests an automatic method to diagnose splenic enlargement by using the wave pattern of the spleen in abdominal CT images on the basis of the two principles. It tells us that we can judge if the abdomen has a focal splenic enlargement automatically, without the manual test of the size of spleen, only with the shape of spleen.

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[IEEE Style]

W. Seong and J. W. Park, "Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Splenic Enlargement Using Wave Pattern of Spleen in Abdominal CT Images," The KIPS Transactions:PartB , vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 553-560, 2005. DOI: 10.3745/KIPSTB.2005.12.5.553.

[ACM Style]

Won Seong and Jong Won Park. 2005. Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Splenic Enlargement Using Wave Pattern of Spleen in Abdominal CT Images. The KIPS Transactions:PartB , 12, 5, (2005), 553-560. DOI: 10.3745/KIPSTB.2005.12.5.553.

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