Abstract:The number of deaths from lung cancer reached 1.8 million in 2020, ranking first among all cancers. Early diagnosis has been found to improve the survival rate of lung cancer patients after treatment in clinical care. Computed tomography (CT) is a technique commonly used in the early detection of lung cancer to determine the benignity or malignancy of lung nodules. Manual analysis of CT results is less efficient and its accuracy is affected by physicians' experience levels. Segmenting lung nodules in a compute… Show more
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