OCT A-Scan based lung tumor tissue classification with Bidirectional Long Short Term Memory networks

S. Otte*, Christoph Otte, A. Schlaefer, L. Wittig, G. Huttmann, D. Dromann, A. Zeli

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

This paper presents a novel method for lung tumor tissue classification using Bidirectional Long Short Term Memory networks (BLSTMs). Samples are obtained through Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) from real soft tissue specimen and represented as data sequences. Such sequences are learned with BLSTMs, which are able to recognize even non-uniformly compressed temporal encoded patterns in sequential data in both forward and backward time-direction. Our experiments indicate that BLSTMs are a suitable choice for this classification task, since they outperform other recurrent architectures. Furthermore, the presented findings lead to promising future investigations in the field of OCT based tissue analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP)
PublisherIEEE
Publication date2013
Article number6661944
ISBN (Print)978-147991180-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 16th IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing - Southampton, United Kingdom
Duration: 22.09.201325.09.2013
Conference number: 102379

Research Areas and Centers

  • Academic Focus: Biomedical Engineering
  • Research Area: Luebeck Integrated Oncology Network (LION)
  • Centers: University Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein (UCCSH)

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