Deep Learning-Based BoVW–CRNN Model for Lung Tumor Detection in Nano-Segmented CT Images

Abstract

One of the most common oncologies analyzed among people worldwide is lung malignancy. Early detection of lung malignancy helps find a suitable treatment for saving human lives. Due to its high resolution, greater transparency, and low noise and distortions, Computed Tomography (CT) images are most commonly used for processing. In this context, this research work mainly focused on the multifaceted nature of lung cancer diagnosis, a quintessential, fascinating, and risky subject of oncology. The input used here has been nano-image, enhanced with a Gabor filter and modified color-based histogram equalization. Then, the image of lung cancer was segmented by using the Guaranteed Convergence Particle Swarm Optimization (GCPSO) algorithm. A graphical user interface nano-measuring tool was designed to classify the tumor region. The Bag of Visual Words (BoVW) and a Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network (CRNN) were employed for image classification and feature extraction processes. In terms of findings, we achieved the average precision of 96.5%, accuracy of 99.35%, sensitivity of 97%, specificity of 99% and F1 score of 95.5%. With the proposed solution, the overall time required for the segmentation of images was much smaller than the existing solutions. It is also remarkable that biocompatible-based nanotechnology was developed to distinguish the malignancy region on a nanometer scale and has to be evaluated automatically. That novel method succeeds in producing a proficient, robust, and precise segmentation of lesions in nano-CT images.