Characterization of aggressive prostate cancer using ultrasound RF time series

Amir Khojaste, Farhad Imani, Mehdi Moradi, David Berman, D. Robert Siemens, Eric E. Sauerberi, Alexander H. Boag, Purang Abolmaesumi, Parvin Mousavi

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6 Scopus citations

Abstract

Prostate cancer is the most prevalently diagnosed and the second cause of cancer-related death in North American men. Several approaches have been proposed to augment detection of prostate cancer using different imaging modalities. Due to advantages of ultrasound imaging, these approaches have been the subject of several recent studies. This paper presents the results of a feasibility study on differentiating between lower and higher grade prostate cancer using ultrasound RF time series data. We also propose new spectral features of RF time series to highlight aggressive prostate cancer in small ROIs of size 1 mm × 1 mm in a cohort of 19 ex vivo specimens of human prostate tissue. In leave-one-patient-out cross-validation strategy, an area under accumulated ROC curve of 0.8 has been achieved with overall sensitivity and specificity of 81% and 80%, respectively. The current method shows promising results on differentiating between lower and higher grade of prostate cancer using ultrasound RF time series.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProgress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE
PublisherSPIE
Volume9414
ISBN (Print)9781628415049
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventSPIE Medical Imaging Symposium 2015: Computer-Aided Diagnosis - Orlando, United States
Duration: Feb 22 2015Feb 25 2015

Other

OtherSPIE Medical Imaging Symposium 2015: Computer-Aided Diagnosis
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period2/22/152/25/15

Keywords

  • Prostate cancer
  • RF time series
  • Tissue classification
  • Ultrasound RF data

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Biomaterials
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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