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A Perlin Noise-Based Augmentation Strategy for Deep Learning with Small Data Samples of HRCT Images.

Scientific Reports 2018 December 7
Deep learning is now widely used as an efficient tool for medical image classification and segmentation. However, conventional machine learning techniques are still more accurate than deep learning when only a small dataset is available. In this study, we present a general data augmentation strategy using Perlin noise, applying it to pixel-by-pixel image classification and quantification of various kinds of image patterns of diffuse interstitial lung disease (DILD). Using retrospectively obtained high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images from 106 patients, 100 regions-of-interest (ROIs) for each of six classes of image patterns (normal, ground-glass opacity, reticular opacity, honeycombing, emphysema, and consolidation) were selected for deep learning classification by experienced thoracic radiologists. For extra-validation, the deep learning quantification of the six classification patterns was evaluated for 92 HRCT whole lung images for which hand-labeled segmentation masks created by two experienced radiologists were available. FusionNet, a convolutional neural network (CNN), was used for training, test, and extra-validation on classifications of DILD image patterns. The accuracy of FusionNet with data augmentation using Perlin noise (89.5%, 49.8%, and 55.0% for ROI-based classification and whole lung quantifications by two radiologists, respectively) was significantly higher than that with conventional data augmentation (82.1%, 45.7%, and 49.9%, respectively). This data augmentation strategy using Perlin noise could be widely applied to deep learning studies for image classification and segmentation, especially in cases with relatively small datasets.

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