Survey of computer-aided diagnosis of thyroid nodules in medical ultrasound images

Abstract

In medical science, diagnostic imaging is an invaluable tool because of restricted observation of the specialist and uncertainties in medical knowledge. A thyroid ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging study used to understand the anatomy of thyroid gland which is not possible with other techniques. Various classifiers are used to characterize thyroid nodules into benign/malignant based on the extracted features to make correct diagnosis. Current classification approaches are reviewed with classification accuracy for thyroid ultrasound image applications. The aim of this paper is to review existing approaches for the diagnosis of Nodules in thyroid ultrasound images. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.