A Novel Method of Segmentation and Analysis of CT Chest Images for Early Lung Cancer Detection

Abeer Nawaf  Albqoor^1*,  Mohammad Y. Alzaatreh²  and Mohammad K. I. Almatari¹  

¹Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt 19117, Jordan.

² Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah II Academy for Civil Protection, Department of applied medical sciences, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, Amman, 41111, Jordan.

Corresponding Author E-mail: abeerabobaquar@bau.edu.jo

Abstract: Lung Cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed worldwide. It causes a higher amount of deaths.  For the survival of cancer patients, early detection and treatment are beneficial and effective. Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) is one of the most effective techniques utilized for image processing for lung cancer detection. Also, it’s the best image-based method for locating tiny nodules which facilitate early diagnosis of lung cancer. In this paper, the authors implemented a proposed CAD model. The proposed model successfully detected a very small tumor sized between 500 -1000 sq mm and can detect a smaller lung tumor than 500 sq mm if present which will enable physicians to early detect and appropriately stage lung cancer.

Keywords: Computed Tomography; CAD;  Lung Cancer

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