Automated Lung Cancer Detection in Medical Imaging Using Image Processing Matlab Project with Source Code

ABSTRACT

                   The most common cause of lung cancer is long‐term exposure to tobacco smoke, which causes 80‐90% of lung cancers. Cancer cells can be carried away from the lungs in blood, or lymph fluid that surrounds lung tissue. Lymph flows through lymphatic vessels, which drain into lymph nodes located in the lungs and in the center of the chest. Lung cancer often spreads toward the center of the chest because the natural flow of lymph out of the lungs is toward the center of the chest. As for the stages, in general there are four stages of lung cancer; I through IV. One of the major reason for non-accidental death is cancer. It has been proved that lung cancer is the topmost cause of cancer death in men and women worldwide. The death rate can be reduced if people go for early diagnosis so that suitable treatment can be administered by the clinicians within specified time. Cancer is, when a group of cells go irregular growth uncontrollably and lose balance to form malignant tumors which invades surrounding tissues. Cancer can be classified as Non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. The various ways to detect lung cancer is by the use of image processing , pattern recognition and artificial neutral network to develop Computer aided diagnosis. In this project we use the techniques and algorithm used in image processing to detect cancer in three types of medical images. In this system first of all the medical images are recorded using a suitable imaging system. The images obtained are taken as input for the system where the image first go through the various steps of image processing like pre-processing, edge detection, morphological processing ,feature extraction.

                   Lung cancer which is among the five main types of cancer is a leading one to overall cancer mortality. Cancer is a serious health problem among various kinds of diseases. World Health Organization (WHO) reports that worldwide 7.6 million deaths are caused by cancer each year. Uncontrollable cell development in the tissues of the lung is called as lung cancer. Lung nodule is an abnormality that leads to lung cancer, characterized by a small round or oval shaped growth on the lung which appears as a white shadow in the CT scan. These uncontrollable cells restrict the growth of healthy lung tissues. If not treated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in the nearby tissue called metastasis and, form tumors. In order to preserve the life of the people who are suffered by the lung cancer disease, it should be pre‐diagnosed. The overall 5‐year survival rate for lung cancer patients increases from 14 to 49% if the disease is detected in time. So there is a need of pre-diagnosis system for lung cancer disease which should provide better results.

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