CN108171694A - Nodule detection methods, system and equipment based on convolutional neural networks - Google Patents

Nodule detection methods, system and equipment based on convolutional neural networks Download PDF

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CN108171694A
CN108171694A CN201711464206.XA CN201711464206A CN108171694A CN 108171694 A CN108171694 A CN 108171694A CN 201711464206 A CN201711464206 A CN 201711464206A CN 108171694 A CN108171694 A CN 108171694A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a kind of nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks, including:The three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition is analyzed using convolutional neural networks, obtains the classification information and location information of tubercle;Output category information and location information;This method is compared with the tubercle recognizer based on two dimensional image, three-dimensional data in the present invention includes more rich, comprehensive information, recognition accuracy more higher than two-dimentional tubercle can be obtained, and the tubercle recognizer for avoiding two dimensional image scores the drawbacks of different to same tubercle difference section.The invention also discloses a kind of nodule detection system based on convolutional neural networks, equipment and computer readable storage mediums, have above-mentioned advantageous effect.

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Nodule detection methods, system and equipment based on convolutional neural networks
Technical field
The present invention relates to complementary medicine diagnostic field, more particularly to a kind of nodule detection side based on convolutional neural networks Method, system, equipment and computer readable storage medium.
Background technology
Thyroid nodule refers to the lump in thyroid gland, can be moved up and down with swallowing act with thyroid gland, is clinical Common illness can be caused by Different types of etiopathogenises.Clinically there are many thyroid disease, as thyroid gland retrogression, inflammation, itself Immune and neoformation etc. may appear as tubercle.Thyroid nodule can be with single-shot, can also be multiple, and multiple nodules compare single-shot The incidence of tubercle is high, but the incidence of Solitary nodules thyroid cancer is higher.
At present, there are mainly two types of forms for the detection of all kinds of tubercles such as thyroid nodule.First, artificial judgment depends on The clinical experience of doctor, and diagnosing there are larger subjectivity to tubercle, experience is difficult to effectively compared with the doctor of shortcoming Diagnosis.Second, it is diagnosed using two dimensional image, the tubercle deep learning based on two dimensional slice does not recognize tubercle comprehensively, suddenly The three-dimensional nature of tubercle has been omited, has been likely to be obtained when inevitably omitting compared with multi information, therefore same tubercle difference section being judged Different results;Certain global features of i.e. two-dimentional tubercle diagnosis from certain sections assessment tubercle are more difficult and more unilateral, Be likely to occur fail to pinpoint a disease in diagnosis, mistaken diagnosis.
Therefore, accuracy, the reliability of the nodule detection based on convolutional neural networks how are improved, is people in the art Member's technical issues that need to address.
Invention content
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks, system, equipment and calculating Machine readable storage medium storing program for executing carries out three-dimensional data deep learning analysis using convolutional neural networks, and three-dimensional data includes more Abundant, comprehensive information, therefore improve accuracy, the reliability of the nodule detection based on convolutional neural networks.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a kind of nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks, it is described Method includes:
The three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition is analyzed using convolutional neural networks, obtains the classification letter of the tubercle Breath and location information;
Export the classification information and the location information.
Optionally, it is described that the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition is analyzed using convolutional neural networks, it obtains described The classification information and location information of tubercle, including:
The characteristic information of the network extraction three-dimensional data is extracted by three-dimensional feature;
Intensive cuboid frame sequence is generated according to the corresponding volume data of the three-dimensional data;
Using classifying, subnet handles the intensive cuboid frame sequence and the characteristic information, obtains the knot The classification information of section;And/or
The intensive cuboid frame sequence and the characteristic information are handled using subnet is returned, obtain the knot The cuboid encirclement frame of section;And/or
The cuboid encirclement frame is handled using subnet is divided, obtains the mask information of the tubercle.
Optionally, it is described that intensive cuboid frame sequence is generated according to the corresponding volume data of the three-dimensional data, including:
The three-dimensional data is detected using RPN networks, obtains candidate VOI regions;
Intensive cuboid frame sequence is generated according to the volume data of the corresponding three-dimensional data in the candidate VOI regions.
Optionally, it is described the cuboid encirclement frame to be handled using dividing subnet, obtain the mask of the tubercle Information, including:
Non-maxima suppression calculating is carried out to cuboid encirclement frame, obtains accurate encirclement frame;
The volume data in the accurate encirclement frame is split using subnet is divided, obtains the mask letter of the tubercle Breath.
Optionally, the acquisition of the three-dimensional data, including:
The three-dimensional data is obtained using three dimensional ultrasound probe.
Optionally, it is described that the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition is analyzed using convolutional neural networks, it obtains described Before the classification information and location information of tubercle, further include:
Resampling is carried out to the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition;
By the three-dimensional data after each resampling divided by the maximum value in the three-dimensional data of acquisition, and 0.5 is subtracted, obtained To normalization volume data.
Optionally, the output classification information and the location information, including:
Three-dimensional rendering processing is carried out to the classification information, the location information and the pretreated volume data, Visualization output treated data.
The present invention also provides a kind of nodule detection system based on convolutional neural networks, the system comprises:
Deep learning module for being analyzed using convolutional neural networks the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition, is obtained To the classification information and location information of the tubercle;
Output module, for exporting the classification information and the location information.
Optionally, the output module is specially to visualize the mould for exporting the classification information and the location information Block.
The present invention also provides a kind of nodule detection equipment based on convolutional neural networks, including:
Processor for being analyzed using convolutional neural networks the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition, is obtained described The classification information and location information of tubercle;
Output device, for exporting the classification information and the location information.
The present invention also provides a kind of computer readable storage medium, calculating is stored on the computer readable storage medium Machine program realizes the tubercle inspection based on convolutional neural networks described in any of the above-described when the computer program is executed by processor The step of survey method.
A kind of nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks provided by the present invention, including:Utilize convolutional Neural net Network analyzes the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition, obtains the classification information and location information of tubercle;Described point of output Category information and the location information.
As it can be seen that this method analyzes three-dimensional data using convolutional neural networks, with being based on two dimension in the prior art The tubercle recognizer of image is compared, and the three-dimensional data in this method includes more rich, comprehensive information, can obtain than two The higher recognition accuracy of tubercle is tieed up, and the tubercle recognizer for avoiding two dimensional image scores not to same tubercle difference section The drawbacks of same;I.e. this method improves accuracy, the reliability of nodule detection.The present invention also provides one kind to be based on convolutional Neural net Nodule detection system, equipment and the computer readable storage medium of network have above-mentioned advantageous effect, and details are not described herein.
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The core of the present invention is to provide a kind of nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks, system, equipment and calculating Machine readable storage medium storing program for executing carries out deep learning analysis to three-dimensional data using convolutional neural networks, improves based on convolutional Neural Accuracy, the reliability of the nodule detection of network.
Purpose, technical scheme and advantage to make the embodiment of the present invention are clearer, below in conjunction with the embodiment of the present invention In attached drawing, the technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described, it is clear that described embodiment is Part of the embodiment of the present invention, instead of all the embodiments.Based on the embodiments of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art All other embodiments obtained without making creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The present embodiment in order to solve in the prior art using two dimensional image carry out tubercle (such as thyroid nodule) detection, Meeting drain message is more, and there may be disagreements for the judgement of its two dimensional image to different section tubercles, it might therefore cause to miss The phenomenon that examining.The present embodiment carries out deep learning analysis using convolutional neural networks to three-dimensional data.Specifically please refer to Fig.1, The flow chart of the nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks that Fig. 1 is provided by the embodiment of the present invention;This method can wrap It includes:
S110, the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition is analyzed using convolutional neural networks, obtains the tubercle Classification information and location information.
Wherein, convolutional neural networks are a kind of deep learning algorithms with supervised learning mechanism, utilize the convolutional Neural Network can carry out three-dimensional localization, segmentation, good pernicious assessment of tubercle etc..The training to convolutional neural networks of early period can be straight Connect the training that convolutional neural networks are carried out using the three-dimensional data of tubercle as training data.Utilize the convolutional neural networks after training Pretreated volume data is analyzed, obtains the classification information and location information of tubercle.Under normal circumstances for convolution Neural metwork training needs that it is made to have classification, detection and segmentation ability, needs convolutional neural networks energy in the present embodiment It is enough to identify that the tubercle is benign protuberance, Malignant Nodules or non-nodules according to the pretreated volume data of input.Tied The classification information of section.The present embodiment in order to further improve the accuracy of the nodule detection based on convolutional neural networks, more added with The feature of tubercle is integrally held conducive to doctor, is conducive to good pernicious assessment, the present embodiment to tubercle and also needs to convolutional Neural net Network can obtain the location information of tubercle.The present embodiment does not limit the type of the location information of tubercle, can be according to user Actual demand is trained.Such as can include segmentation information (such as mask templates, that is, mask information of voxel classification) or It is the location information for returning information (such as tubercle cuboid encirclement frame) etc. or tubercle, returns information and divide letter The arbitrary combination of breath.It, can be with such as when pretreated volume data being detected, classifies and divided by convolutional neural networks The three-dimensional mask for obtaining cuboid encirclement frame (testing result), good, Malignant Nodules judgement result (classification results) and tubercle is covered Film (segmentation result).
The present embodiment does not limit the acquisition modes of the three-dimensional data of specific tubercle, and user can be true according to actual demand Surely the concrete mode of three-dimensional data is acquired.Such as can be by free arm scanning or three dimensional ultrasound probe.Wherein, when using When free arm scanning obtains three-dimensional data, free arm in scanning process is needed to keep stablizing, and algorithm is needed to carry out image and is matched It is accurate.When using three dimensional ultrasound probe, three-dimensional data (i.e. B ultrasound volume data) can be directly acquired;Therefore three dimensional ultrasound probe More stablize compared to free arm scanning, is quick, is accurate.Corresponding subsequent convolutional neural networks can obtain more accurate knot Fruit.It is preferred, therefore, that three-dimensional data is obtained using three dimensional ultrasound probe in the present embodiment.
Further, the present embodiment, can be to inputting convolutional Neural net in order to improve the accuracy of convolutional neural networks detection The three-dimensional data of network is pre-processed, so as to improve the reliability of the three-dimensional data of input convolutional neural networks.It is excellent Choosing, it can also include pre-processing the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition before step S110, after obtaining pretreatment Volume data.The present embodiment does not limit the specific mode pre-processed, and user can be selected according to actual conditions.
Wherein, the main purpose of pretreatment is in order to which the three-dimensional data of the tubercle to acquisition pre-processes, so as to protect The reliability of data analyzed using convolutional neural networks is demonstrate,proved, to improve the accuracy of final detection result.Wherein, it is three-dimensional Volume data contains all ultrasound datas of solid space where tubercle, and is not only the 2-D data of a certain section, therefore information It is more abundant comprehensive.Drain message is avoided, can intelligent diagnostics more accurately be carried out to tubercle.I.e. with the knot based on two dimensional image Section deep learning algorithm (such as convolutional neural networks) is compared, and is carried out network training using two dimensional image, is ignored the three-dimensional of tubercle Essence, tubercle three-dimensional data include more rich information, can obtain recognition accuracy more higher than two-dimentional tubercle, and avoid The drawbacks of two-dimentional algorithm is different to the scoring of same tubercle difference section.
The present embodiment does not limit specific pretreatment mode.User can be according to the practical computing capability of hardware and number The determining corresponding preprocessing process such as the source according to acquisition.Under normal circumstances, pretreatment can include:Resampling, denoising, removal Corrupt data etc..Therefore, optionally, the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition is pre-processed, obtains pretreated body Data can include:
Resampling is carried out to the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition;
By the three-dimensional data after each resampling divided by the maximum value in the three-dimensional data of acquisition, and 0.5 is subtracted, obtained To normalization volume data.I.e. pretreated volume data is the normalization volume data of same size.
Specifically, the three-dimensional data obtained to free arm scanning or three dimensional ultrasound probe carries out resampling, sampled To suitable size.Such as the down-sampled of equal proportion is needed for larger three-dimensional data, and smaller three-dimensional data is then It carries out equal proportion and rises sampling.The size of resampling can be set or be changed by user.
By the three-dimensional data after each resampling divided by the maximum value in the three-dimensional data of acquisition, and 0.5 is subtracted, obtained To normalization volume data, be conducive to be promoted the detection of follow-up convolutional neural networks after pretreatment using the normalization volume data obtained Accuracy.
Complete information in order to obtain, reliably diagnoses tubercle convenient for doctor.Convolution is being used in the present embodiment When neural network handles pretreated volume data, needing loading network weight file, (wherein, network weight file is Record the file of convolutional neural networks parameter.Convolutional neural networks need to be loaded into this file, and the present embodiment is not to the network weight The concrete numerical value of each convolutional neural networks parameter and type are defined in value file, according to the content and reality of subsequent analysis Border hardware computing capability is selected and is changed).The present embodiment is not defined executive agent, can be processor, Can be graphics processor (GPU).Preferably, pretreated volume data is analyzed using convolutional neural networks, obtained The classification information and location information of tubercle can include:
It (can certainly be initial said three-dimensional body number to extract network to extract pretreated volume data by three-dimensional feature According to) characteristic information;
Wherein, pretreated volume data is input in convolutional neural networks (i.e. CNN networks).In convolutional neural networks In, high layer information, that is, characteristic information of volume data is extracted first with three-dimensional feature extraction network to obtain the smaller pumping of data volume As feature (not limiting specific three-dimensional feature extraction network algorithm, such as Resnet3D in the present embodiment).
Intensive cuboid frame sequence is generated according to the corresponding volume data of pretreated volume data;
Wherein, to the corresponding volume data of pretreated volume data, i.e., the length number of pretreated volume data Different size, different location, a high proportion of intensive cuboid frame sequence for spreading all over volume data of different length and width are generated according to processing is carried out.
Using classifying, subnet handles intensive cuboid frame sequence and characteristic information, obtains the classification letter of tubercle Breath;And/or
Wherein, classification subnet judge that the volume data part of intensive cuboid frame sequence institute frame choosing is to belong to benign knot Section, Malignant Nodules or non-nodules.I.e. classification information includes benign protuberance, Malignant Nodules and non-nodules.It further can be with Provide the probability value of each case.
Intensive cuboid frame sequence and characteristic information are handled using subnet is returned, obtain the cuboid packet of tubercle Peripheral frame;And/or
Wherein, to different size, different location, a high proportion of intensive cuboid frame sequence for spreading all over volume data of different length and width Classified, regression training, obtain accurate cuboid encirclement frame.It, can also be in life further for data processing amount is reduced Data are screened to reduce data volume before into intensive cuboid frame sequence.The present embodiment does not limit specific data sieve Preferred form of this, such as carry out data screening using RPN networks.It is i.e. preferred, RPN networks can be utilized in the present embodiment to described three Dimension volume data is detected, and is obtained candidate VOI regions (Volume Of Interest, three dimensional area of interest);According to described The volume data of the corresponding three-dimensional data in candidate VOI regions generates intensive cuboid frame sequence.Specifically, to intensive cuboid Cuboid frame in frame sequence carries out small position movement and the adjustment of length, width and height, and it is more accurate can to obtain target in frame Position frame.Subnet is returned to fine-tune candidate VOI positions, the starting point that can calculate more accurate candidate VOI is sat It is marked with and length, width and height, obtains cuboid encirclement frame.Doctor can pay close attention to the region.
The cuboid encirclement frame is handled using subnet is divided, obtains the mask information of the tubercle.
Wherein, for segmentation subnet to divide tubercle, output is to represent the mask templates of voxel classification.That is mask template, The individual data items block that mask is made of 0,1 or other integers, it is equal in magnitude with pretreated volume data.In this implementation In example, 0 indicates it belong to background, i.e. non-nodules region, and 1 indicates it belong to benign protuberance region, and 2 indicate it belong to Malignant Nodules Region.Mask template sizes can be M*M*M in the present embodiment, correspond to each VOI voxel respectively, and the value of voxel is represented for 0 Non-nodules, benign protuberance is represented for 1, and Malignant Nodules are represented for 2.The visualization that tubercle is carried out by the mask information of tubercle can be with Doctor is facilitated to hold tubercle global feature, promotes diagnosis efficiency and accuracy.
Detailed process can be:
Non-maxima suppression calculating is carried out to the cuboid encirclement frame of tubercle, obtains accurate encirclement frame;So as to effect Poor recurrence subnet treated cuboid encirclement frame, obtains more accurate cuboid encirclement frame.
The volume data in more accurate cuboid encirclement frame obtained after calculating non-maxima suppression is sent into segmentation Net is split, and obtains the mask information i.e. Mask masks of the tubercle of target.
S120, output category information and location information.
Specifically, reference can be provided for the doctor of part limited experience by output category information and location information, Doctor can be allowed to pay close attention to high risk zone, also can prevent from failing to pinpoint a disease in diagnosis as the supplement of diagnosis, doctor is facilitated to hold tubercle whole Body characteristics promote diagnosis efficiency and accuracy.Unification, the higher tubercle diagnostic result of accuracy can be provided.
The present embodiment does not limit specific output form, such as can be exported using display device, can also It is word output, naturally it is also possible to be that a variety of output forms combine.Such as display device output position information, and pass through voice and set It is standby to export the corresponding classification information of the location information.
Based on above-mentioned technical proposal, nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks that the embodiment of the present invention carries utilize Convolutional neural networks analyze three-dimensional data, compared with the tubercle recognizer in the prior art based on two dimensional image, Three-dimensional data in this method includes more rich, comprehensive information, can obtain recognition accuracy more higher than two-dimentional tubercle, And the tubercle recognizer for avoiding two dimensional image scores the drawbacks of different to same tubercle difference section;I.e. this method improves base Accuracy, reliability in the nodule detection of convolutional neural networks.
Based on above-described embodiment, output category information and location information can include:
Visualize output category information and location information.
Specifically, since the nodule detection result based on convolutional neural networks contains location information (i.e. segmentation information), Therefore if only word output can reduce the efficiency that doctor obtains testing result.It can doctor couple by visualizing output There is more intuitive impression in specific form of tubercle etc., more quickly capture keynote message, be conducive to doctor's entirety Tubercle feature is held, is conducive to the good pernicious assessment of tubercle.Such as by visualize output can make doctor see nodular morphology, Whether the finishing of tubercle edge, the information such as tubercle calcification pattern, and these information are not easy to obtain very by other way of outputs To being completely to obtain very much.
Further for the display effect for the data for improving visualization output, three-dimensional visualization output can be carried out.It is i.e. excellent Choosing, visualizing output category information and location information can include:
Three-dimensional rendering processing is carried out to the segmentation information in classification information, location information and pretreated volume data, Visualization output treated data.
Specifically, after the good information such as classification informations and mask such as pernicious are obtained, three-dimensional wash with watercolours is carried out together with volume data Dye output.Whether three-dimensional visualization is easier the global feature such as nodular morphology, the finishing of tubercle edge for certain tubercles, tie Section calcification pattern etc. is understood.The specific execution flowchart process of the present embodiment can be with reference chart 2.It can be with root in the present embodiment 360 ° of displayings are carried out to nodule image according to the demand of doctor, you can be exported under the angle according to the viewing angle that user selects The tubercle of three-dimensional rendering.
Further, the tubercle recognized is comprehensively observed in order to easily facilitate doctor, the present embodiment can be with According to instruction input by user, the two dimensional slice image of the tubercle of the selected section of output user.Here it does not limit specific Extraction two dimensional slice image specific algorithm.Such as can be that interpolation method carries out section extraction.
Based on above-mentioned technical proposal, nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks that the embodiment of the present invention carries, to knowing The tubercle not gone out carries out three-dimensional visualization, and doctor can adjust the knot of viewing angle three-dimensional rendering from any direction manually Section, and can show the tubercle two dimensional slice image of arbitrary tangent as needed, therefore, doctor can have to tubercle more comprehensively, Three-dimensional cognition.Further improve accuracy, the reliability of the nodule detection based on convolutional neural networks.
It below can to the nodule detection system provided in an embodiment of the present invention based on convolutional neural networks, equipment and computer It reads storage medium to be introduced, the nodule detection system described below based on convolutional neural networks, equipment and computer-readable Storage medium can correspond reference with the above-described nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks.
It please refers to Fig.3, the knot of the nodule detection system based on convolutional neural networks that Fig. 3 is provided by the embodiment of the present invention Structure block diagram;The system can include:
Deep learning module 100, for being analyzed using convolutional neural networks the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition, Obtain the classification information and location information of the tubercle;
Output module 200, for exporting the classification information and the location information.
It should be noted that based on above-mentioned any embodiment, the nodule detection system based on convolutional neural networks can be It is realized based on programmable logic device, programmable logic device includes FPGA, CPLD, microcontroller etc..
Based on above-described embodiment, output module 200 is specially to visualize to export the classification information and position letter The module of breath.
It please refers to Fig.4, the knot of the nodule detection equipment based on convolutional neural networks that Fig. 4 is provided by the embodiment of the present invention Structure block diagram;The equipment can include:
Processor 400 for being analyzed using convolutional neural networks the three-dimensional data of the node of acquisition, obtains institute State the classification information and location information of tubercle;
Output device 500, for exporting the classification information and the location information.
The present embodiment is not defined the form of output device 500.Further, the output device 500 can wrap Include display device, such as display screen or display etc..
The embodiment of the present invention also provides a kind of computer readable storage medium, and meter is stored on computer readable storage medium Calculation machine program realizes the tubercle inspection based on convolutional neural networks in above-mentioned any embodiment when computer program is executed by processor The step of survey method.
Each embodiment is described by the way of progressive in specification, the highlights of each of the examples are with other realities Apply the difference of example, just to refer each other for identical similar portion between each embodiment.For device disclosed in embodiment Speech, since it is corresponded to the methods disclosed in the examples, so description is fairly simple, related part is referring to method part illustration .
Professional further appreciates that, with reference to each exemplary unit of the embodiments described herein description And algorithm steps, can be realized with the combination of electronic hardware, computer software or the two, in order to clearly demonstrate hardware and The interchangeability of software generally describes each exemplary composition and step according to function in the above description.These Function is performed actually with hardware or software mode, specific application and design constraint depending on technical solution.Profession Technical staff can realize described function to each specific application using distinct methods, but this realization should not Think beyond the scope of this invention.
It can directly be held with reference to the step of method or algorithm that the embodiments described herein describes with hardware, processor The combination of capable software module or the two is implemented.Software module can be placed in random access memory (RAM), memory, read-only deposit Reservoir (ROM), electrically programmable ROM, electrically erasable ROM, register, hard disk, moveable magnetic disc, CD-ROM or technology In any other form of storage medium well known in field.
Above to a kind of nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks provided by the present invention, system, equipment and meter Calculation machine readable storage medium storing program for executing is described in detail.Specific case used herein to the principle of the present invention and embodiment into Elaboration is gone, the explanation of above example is only intended to facilitate the understanding of the method and its core concept of the invention.It should be pointed out that pair For those skilled in the art, without departing from the principle of the present invention, the present invention can also be carried out Some improvements and modifications, these improvement and modification are also fallen within the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

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1. a kind of nodule detection methods based on convolutional neural networks, which is characterized in that the method includes:
The three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition is analyzed using convolutional neural networks, obtain the classification information of the tubercle with And location information;
Export the classification information and the location information.
2. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterized in that, it is described using convolutional neural networks to the three of the tubercle of acquisition Dimension volume data is analyzed, and obtains the classification information and location information of the tubercle, including:
The characteristic information of the network extraction three-dimensional data is extracted by three-dimensional feature;
Intensive cuboid frame sequence is generated according to the corresponding volume data of the three-dimensional data;
Using classifying, subnet handles the intensive cuboid frame sequence and the characteristic information, obtains the tubercle Classification information;And/or
The intensive cuboid frame sequence and the characteristic information are handled using subnet is returned, obtain the tubercle Cuboid encirclement frame;And/or
The cuboid encirclement frame is handled using subnet is divided, obtains the mask information of the tubercle.
It is 3. according to the method described in claim 2, it is characterized in that, described according to the corresponding volume data of the three-dimensional data Intensive cuboid frame sequence is generated, including:
The three-dimensional data is detected using RPN networks, obtains candidate VOI regions;
Intensive cuboid frame sequence is generated according to the volume data of the corresponding three-dimensional data in the candidate VOI regions.
4. according to the method described in claim 3, it is characterized in that, it is described using divide subnet to the cuboid encirclement frame into Row processing, obtains the mask information of the tubercle, including:
Non-maxima suppression calculating is carried out to cuboid encirclement frame, obtains accurate encirclement frame;
The volume data in the accurate encirclement frame is split using subnet is divided, obtains the mask information of the tubercle.
5. according to the method described in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the acquisition of the three-dimensional data, including:
The three-dimensional data is obtained using three dimensional ultrasound probe.
6. according to the method described in claim 5, it is characterized in that, it is described using convolutional neural networks to the three of the tubercle of acquisition Dimension volume data is analyzed, and before obtaining classification information and the location information of the tubercle, is further included:
Resampling is carried out to the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition;
By the three-dimensional data after each resampling divided by the maximum value in the three-dimensional data of acquisition, and 0.5 is subtracted, returned One changes volume data.
7. according to claim 1-6 any one of them methods, which is characterized in that the output classification information and described Location information, including:
Three-dimensional rendering processing is carried out to the classification information, the location information and the pretreated volume data, visually Change output treated data.
8. a kind of nodule detection system based on convolutional neural networks, which is characterized in that the system comprises:
Deep learning module for being analyzed using convolutional neural networks the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition, obtains institute State the classification information and location information of tubercle;
Output module, for exporting the classification information and the location information.
9. system according to claim 8, which is characterized in that the output module is specially to visualize to export the classification The module of information and the location information.
10. a kind of nodule detection equipment based on convolutional neural networks, which is characterized in that including:
Processor for being analyzed using convolutional neural networks the three-dimensional data of the tubercle of acquisition, obtains the tubercle Classification information and location information;
Output device, for exporting the classification information and the location information.
11. a kind of computer readable storage medium, which is characterized in that be stored with computer on the computer readable storage medium Program is realized when the computer program is executed by processor and convolutional neural networks is based on as described in any one of claim 1 to 7 Nodule detection methods the step of.
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