Abstract
BackgroundExtracting features from the colonoscopic images is essential for getting the features, which characterizes the properties of the colon. The features are employed in the computer-assisted diagnosis of colonoscopic images to assist the physician in detecting the colon status.MethodsEndoscopic images contain rich texture and color information. Novel schemes are developed to extract new texture features from the texture spectra in the chromatic and achromatic domains, and color features for a selected region of interest from each color component histogram of the colonoscopic images. These features are reduced in size using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and are evaluated using Backpropagation Neural Network (BPNN).Results Features extracted from endoscopic images were tested to classify the colon status as either normal or abnormal. The classification results obtained show the features' capability for classifying the colon's status. The average classification accuracy, which is using hybrid of the texture and color features with PCA (τ = 1%), is 97.72%. It is higher than the average classification accuracy using only texture (96.96%, τ = 1%) or color (90.52%, τ = 1%) features.ConclusionIn conclusion, novel methods for extracting new texture- and color-based features from the colonoscopic images to classify the colon status have been proposed. A new approach using PCA in conjunction with BPNN for evaluating the features has also been proposed. The preliminary test results support the feasibility of the proposed method.
Highlights
Extracting features from the colonoscopic images is essential for getting the features, which characterizes the properties of the colon
The development of an intelligent method for the identification of the colon status is being explored as a computer-aided tool for the early detection of colorectal cancer
Features based on texture and color are defined and extracted from those images for diagnosis of the colon's status
Summary
Novel schemes are developed to extract new texture features from the texture spectra in the chromatic and achromatic domains, and color features for a selected region of interest from each color component histogram of the colonoscopic images. These features are reduced in size using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and are evaluated using Backpropagation Neural Network (BPNN). Results : Features extracted from endoscopic images were tested to classify the colon status as either normal or abnormal. The average classification accuracy, which is using hybrid of the texture and color features with PCA (τ = 1%), is 97.72%.
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