Among all the different pathologies, lung cancer is one of the most dangerous cancers in the world. For instance, in the United States, the total number of deaths from lung cancer is higher than the sum of deaths from colon, breast and prostate cancer combined.

Given the relevance of these diseases, an early diagnosis is crucial in order to maximise the effectiveness of the treatment, and thus improve the chances of survival.

The purpose of the Biomedical Imaging Lab is to design and develop CAD systems that automatically detect and generate evidence to the radiologists that can optimise the early diagnosis and, therefore, maximise the medical treatments. Special focus is given to the early detection of subtle nodules and non-solid nodules such as ground glass opacities.

People/Institutions

Jorge Novo (INESC TEC), Luis Gonçalves (FEUP), Daniela Campos (IPP), Ana Maria Mendonça (INEB), Aurélio Campilho (INESC TEC).

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).

Main Publications

• Jorge Novo, José Rouco, Ana Maria Mendonça, Aurélio Campilho: Reliable lung segmentation methodology by including juxtapleural nodules. ICIAR 2014. (in press).
  
• Carlos S. Pereira, Hugo Fernandes, Ana Maria Mendonça, Aurélio Campilho: Detection of Lung Nodule Candidates in Chest Radiographs. IbPRIA (2) 2007: 170-177. Link
  
• Carlos S. Pereira, Ana Maria Mendonça, Aurélio Campilho: Evaluation of Contrast Enhancement Filters for Lung Nodule Detection. ICIAR 2007: 878-888. Link
  
• Carlos S. Pereira, Luís A. Alexandre, Ana Maria Mendonça, Aurélio Campilho: A Multiclassifier Approach for Lung Nodule Classification. ICIAR (2) 2006: 612-623. Link
  

PhD. Theses

• Carlos Alberto Afonso Vinhais, Medical X-Ray Images of the Human Thorax. Segmentation, Decomposition and Reconstruction. Doctoral Degree on Electrical and Computer Engineering, FEUP, (Supervisor: Aurélio Campilho), 2008.

• Fernando Jorge Coutinho Monteiro, Region-based Spatial and Temporal Segmentation. Doctoral Degree on Electrical and Computer Engineering, FEUP, (Supervisor: Aurélio Campilho), 2008.
  

Master Theses

• Lúcio Orlando Mourão Alves, Identificação de regiões nodulares em imagens digitais de radiografia pulmonar. Master degree on Electrical and Computer Engineering, FEUP.  (Supervisor: Ana Maria Mendonça), 2009.

• Rui Agostinho Fernandes Teixeira Ribeiro. Lung Nodule Detection in Chest Radiographs. Master degree on Electrical and Computer Engineering, FEUP.  (Supervisor: Aurélio Campilho), 2008.