Image texture extraction and analysis are fundamental steps in computer vision. In particular, considering the biomedical field, quantitative imaging methods are increasingly gaining importance because they convey scientifically and clinically relevant information for prediction, prognosis, and treatment response assessment. In this context, radiomic approaches are fostering large-scale studies that can have a significant impact in the clinical practice. In this work, we present a novel method, called CHASM (Cuda, HAralick & SoM), which is accelerated on the graphics processing unit (GPU) for quantitative imaging analyses based on Haralick features and on the self-organizing map (SOM). The Haralick features extraction step relies upon the gray-level co-occurrence matrix, which is computationally burdensome on medical images characterized by a high bit depth. The downstream analyses exploit the SOM with the goal of identifying the underlying clusters of pixels in an unsupervised manner. CHASM is conceived to leverage the parallel computation capabilities of modern GPUs. Analyzing ovarian cancer computed tomography images, CHASM achieved up to ∼ 19.5 × and ∼ 37 × speed-up factors for the Haralick feature extraction and for the SOM execution, respectively, compared to the corresponding C++ coded sequential versions. Such computational results point out the potential of GPUs in the clinical research.

Rundo, L., Tangherloni, A., Cazzaniga, P., Mistri, M., Galimberti, S., Woitek, R., et al. (2021). A CUDA-powered method for the feature extraction and unsupervised analysis of medical images. THE JOURNAL OF SUPERCOMPUTING, 77(8), 8514-8531 [10.1007/s11227-020-03565-8].

A CUDA-powered method for the feature extraction and unsupervised analysis of medical images

Rundo L.
Co-primo
;
Tangherloni A.
Co-primo
;
Cazzaniga P.;Mauri G.
;
Nobile M. S.
2021

Abstract

Image texture extraction and analysis are fundamental steps in computer vision. In particular, considering the biomedical field, quantitative imaging methods are increasingly gaining importance because they convey scientifically and clinically relevant information for prediction, prognosis, and treatment response assessment. In this context, radiomic approaches are fostering large-scale studies that can have a significant impact in the clinical practice. In this work, we present a novel method, called CHASM (Cuda, HAralick & SoM), which is accelerated on the graphics processing unit (GPU) for quantitative imaging analyses based on Haralick features and on the self-organizing map (SOM). The Haralick features extraction step relies upon the gray-level co-occurrence matrix, which is computationally burdensome on medical images characterized by a high bit depth. The downstream analyses exploit the SOM with the goal of identifying the underlying clusters of pixels in an unsupervised manner. CHASM is conceived to leverage the parallel computation capabilities of modern GPUs. Analyzing ovarian cancer computed tomography images, CHASM achieved up to ∼ 19.5 × and ∼ 37 × speed-up factors for the Haralick feature extraction and for the SOM execution, respectively, compared to the corresponding C++ coded sequential versions. Such computational results point out the potential of GPUs in the clinical research.
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GPU computing; Haralick features; Medical imaging; Radiomics; Self-organizing maps; Unsupervised learning;
English
21-gen-2021
2021
77
8
8514
8531
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Rundo, L., Tangherloni, A., Cazzaniga, P., Mistri, M., Galimberti, S., Woitek, R., et al. (2021). A CUDA-powered method for the feature extraction and unsupervised analysis of medical images. THE JOURNAL OF SUPERCOMPUTING, 77(8), 8514-8531 [10.1007/s11227-020-03565-8].
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