Enhancing Automatic Classification of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Images through Image Masking, Tissue Changes, and Trabecular Features

• Maulana Abdul Aziz,
• Hiroshi Kanazawa,
• Yuri Murakami,
• Fumikazu Kimura,
• Masahiro Yamaguchi,
• Tomoharu Kiyuna,
• Yoshiko Yamashita,
• Akira Saito,
• Masahiro Ishikawa,
• Naoki Kobayashi,
• Tokiya Abe,
• Akinori Hashiguchi,
• Michiie Sakamoto

Affiliations

Maulana Abdul Aziz

Department of Information Processing, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-S1-17 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan

Hiroshi Kanazawa

Global Scientific Information and Computing Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-I7-6 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan

Yuri Murakami

Global Scientific Information and Computing Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-I7-6 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan

Fumikazu Kimura

Global Scientific Information and Computing Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-I7-6 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan

Masahiro Yamaguchi

Global Scientific Information and Computing Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-I7-6 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan

Tomoharu Kiyuna

Medical Solutions Division, NEC Corporation, 5-7-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8001, Japan

Yoshiko Yamashita

Department of Information Processing, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-S1-17 Nagatsuta, Midori, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan

Akira Saito

Medical Solutions Division, NEC Corporation, 5-7-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8001, Japan

Masahiro Ishikawa

Faculty of Health and Medical Care, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka-shi, Saitama 350-1241, Japan

Naoki Kobayashi

Faculty of Health and Medical Care, Saitama Medical University, 1397-1 Yamane, Hidaka-shi, Saitama 350-1241, Japan

Tokiya Abe

Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan

Akinori Hashiguchi

Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan

Michiie Sakamoto

Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan