Novel structural descriptors for automated colon cancer detection and grading. Issue 2 (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rathore, Saima; Hussain, Mutawarra; Aksam Iftikhar, Muhammad; Jalil, Abdul
• Is Part Of: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine. Volume 121:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 92
• Page End: 108
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Medicine -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Biology -- Computer programs -- Periodicals; Computers -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Logiciels -- Périodiques; Biologie -- Logiciels -- Périodiques; Biology -- Computer programs; Medicine -- Computer programs; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2015.05.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0169-2607

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">A novel colon cancer detection and grading system has been proposed.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">The system exploits structural variation among various colon tissue types.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">The system mathematically quantifies the variation in terms of some novel features.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">The shape of lumen is the most discriminating factor among different tissue types.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">RBF kernel of SVM shows promising results for classification of colon cancer data.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>