Small Lung Nodules Detection Based on Fuzzy-Logic and Probabilistic Neural Network With Bioinspired Reinforcement Learning

Internal organs, like lungs, are very often examined by the use of screening methods. For this purpose, we present an evaluation model based on a composition of fuzzy system combined with a neural network. The input image is evaluated by means of custom rules, which use type-1 fuzzy membership functions. The results are forwarded to a neural network for final evaluation. Our model was validated by using X-ray images with lung nodules. The results show the high performances of our approach with sensitivity and specificity reaching almost 95% and 90%, respectively, with an accuracy of 92.56%. The new methodology lowers the computational demands considerably and increases detection performances.

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