Exploring CNNs: an application study on nuclei recognition task in colon cancer histology images

Mattia, Carmine (2016) Exploring CNNs: an application study on nuclei recognition task in colon cancer histology images. [Laurea magistrale], Università di Bologna, Corso di Studio in Fisica [LM-DM270]
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Abstract

In this work we explore the recent advances in the field of Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), with particular interest to the task of image classification. Moreover, we explore a new neural network algorithm, called ladder network, which enables the semi-supervised framework on pre-existing neural networks. These techniques were applied to a task of nuclei classification in routine colon cancer histology images. Specifically, starting from an existing CNN developed for this purpose, we improve its performances utilizing a better data augmentation, a more efficient initialization of the network and adding the batch normalization layer. These improvements were made to achieve a state-of-the-art architecture which could be compatible with the ladder network algorithm. A specific custom version of the ladder network algorithm was implemented in our CNN in order to use the amount of data without a label presented with the used database. However we observed a deterioration of the performances using the unlabeled examples of this database, probably due to a distribution bias in them compared to the labeled ones. Even without using of the semi-supervised framework, the ladder algorithm allows to obtain a better representation in the CNN which leads to a dramatic performance improvement of the starting CNN algorithm. We reach this result only with a little increase in complexity of the final model, working specifically on the training process of the algorithm.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di laurea (Laurea magistrale)
Autore della tesi
Mattia, Carmine
Relatore della tesi
Correlatore della tesi
Scuola
Corso di studio
Indirizzo
Curriculum E: Fisica applicata
Ordinamento Cds
DM270
Parole chiave
convolutional neural network,CNN,ladder network,nuclei classification,routine colon cancer histology images
Data di discussione della Tesi
16 Dicembre 2016
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