Analysis of ROC on chest direct digital radiography (DR) after image processing in diagnosis of SARS

Guozheng Lv; Rihui Lan; Qingsi Zeng; Zhong Zheng

doi:10.1117/12.535190

4 May 2004 Analysis of ROC on chest direct digital radiography (DR) after image processing in diagnosis of SARS

Guozheng Lv, Rihui Lan, Qingsi Zeng, Zhong Zheng

Proceedings Volume 5372, Medical Imaging 2004: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.535190
Event: Medical Imaging 2004, 2004, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS, also called Infectious Atypical Pneumonia), which initially broke out in late 2002, has threatened the public’s health seriously. How to confirm the patients contracting SARS becomes an urgent issue in diagnosis. This paper intends to evaluate the importance of Image Processing in the diagnosis on SARS at the early stage. Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) analysis has been employed in this study to compare the value of DR images in the diagnosis of SARS patients before and after image processing by Symphony Software supplied by E-Com Technology Ltd., and DR image study of 72 confirmed or suspected SARS patients were reviewed respectively. All the images taken from the studied patients were processed by Symphony. Both the original and processed images were taken into ROC analysis, based on which the ROC graph for each group of images has been produced as described below: For processed images: a = 1.9745, b = 1.4275, SA = 0.8714; For original images: a = 0.9066, b = 0.8310, SA = 0.7572; (a - intercept, b - slop, SA - Area below the curve). The result shows significant difference between the original images and processed images (P<0.01). In summary, the images processed by Symphony are superior to the original ones in detecting the opacity lesion, and increases the accuracy of SARS diagnosis.

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Guozheng Lv, Rihui Lan, Qingsi Zeng, and Zhong Zheng "Analysis of ROC on chest direct digital radiography (DR) after image processing in diagnosis of SARS", Proc. SPIE 5372, Medical Imaging 2004: Image Perception, Observer Performance, and Technology Assessment, (4 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.535190

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