Deep learning for lung nodule detection and cancer prediction

Principal Investigator

Name: Quan Chen
Degrees: Ph.D.
Institution: University of Kentucky
Position Title: Associate Professor
Email: quanchen@gmail.com

Project Information

Study: NLST
Project ID: NLST-320
Title:Deep learning for lung nodule detection and cancer prediction

Summary

It has been shown that the low-dose CT screening on the high-risk population can improve the early detection and improve the overall survival. However, the screening will generate large amount of data for radiologist to inspect. This generated a lot of work to the radiologist. In addition, human fatigue may occur which will impact the accuracy. Even with the most up-to-date Lung-RADS guideline, false-positive rate is still high. Those false-positive patients will have to go through biopsy unnecessarily. This further increases the healthcare cost.
The recent success in using Neural Network to detect lung nodules and to predict whether it is cancer from a single CT has shown the power of the deep learning technology. However, more information regarding patient’s medical history, smoke history could be combined to aid the artificial intelligence to make a better decision.

Aims

Specific aim 1: Use deep learning technology to detect suspicious nodules in the Lung CT scans.
Specific aim 2: Use deep learning technology to predict whether subject will develop lung cancer based on CT image alone.
Specific aim 3: Add patient’s demographics, smoke history, and other information to the neural network to see how much improvement in prediction accuracy can be made.

Collaborators

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