Machine Learning Methods for Vessel Segmentation in Organs

dc.contributor.advisorRiviere, Beatriceen_US
dc.contributor.advisorFuentes, Daviden_US
dc.creatorTzolova, Bilyanaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T20:57:04Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-10-05T20:57:04Zen_US
dc.date.created2022-05en_US
dc.date.issued2022-04-19en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2022en_US
dc.date.updated2022-10-05T20:57:04Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThe vascular system plays a crucial role in diagnostics, treatment, and surgical planning in a wide array of diseases. Recently, there has been a growing interest in automating the manual vessel segmentation process to save time. We aim to efficiently and effectively segment the vascular system in the liver organ using deep learning techniques in order to improve on current manual methods. We propose a 3D DenseNet using PocketNet paradigm with binary and ternary classifications that has less parameters to train than the state of the art methods. We explore the impact of various preprocessing techniques on the accuracy of the neural network. We are able to reduce training times and increase accuracy per training parameter in medical imaging segmentation of the liver vessels. Finally, we assess the accuracy of our model predictions using the dice score coefficient. We find that successful preprocessing filters and neural network parameters are necessary for consistently high dice scores.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationTzolova, Bilyana. "Machine Learning Methods for Vessel Segmentation in Organs." (2022) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113513">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113513</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113513en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectVessel segmentationen_US
dc.subjectneural networken_US
dc.subject3D DenseNeten_US
dc.subject3D UNeten_US
dc.titleMachine Learning Methods for Vessel Segmentation in Organsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentComputational and Applied Mathematicsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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