Application of Artificial Intelligence in Early Detection of Lung Cancer

1. Introduction to Computer Aided Detection and Diagnosis
2. Basics of Lung Cancer Imaging
3. Terminologies of Lung cancer (biopsy, cytology, lung anatomy, radiological features related to lung cancer)
4. Overview of Pattern Recognition Technique
5. Deep learning Techniques
6. Nodule Detection (Segmentation of pulmonary abnormalities and differentiation of pulmonary nodule from pulmonary vessels and similar looking pulmonary abnormalities)
7. Radiological Feature Analysis based Risk Prediction (Analysis of shape, margin, presence of calcification, necrotic pattern, classification of nodule based on anatomical positions and density)
8. Nodule Localization (Among which lobes the pulmonary nodules are initiated)
9. 3D Modelling (3D segmentation of pulmonary nodules.)
10. Conclusion

Dr. Amlan Chakrabarti PhD is former Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology of University of Calcutta. He was a Post-Doctoral fellow at the School of Engineering, Princeton University, USA, and has almost 20 years of experience in education and research. He is the recipient of Indian National Science Academy Visiting Faculty Fellowship (2014), JSPS Invitation Research Award (2016), Erasmus Mundus Leaders Award (2017), Hamied Visiting Professorship from University of Cambridge (2018) and Siksha Ratna Award by Dept. of Higher Education Govt. of West Bengal (2018). He is Associate Editor of the Elsevier’s Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering and holds 4 patents. His areas of research are Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Reconfigurable Computing, Cyber-physical Systems, VLSI CAD, and Quantum Computing.
Dr. Madhuchanda Kar received her MD (Internal Medicine) and PhD (Cancer Research) degrees from University of Calcutta. She has almost 30 years of experience in medical education and research. In her career, nearly 80 articles have been published in different peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals. She is the recipient of various fellowship, e.g., Fellow of Indian College of Physicians, IMA Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian medical association, and Indian Association of Clinical Medicine. She was the chairperson of Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research. Presently, she is member of Board of Governors of Central University of Gaya. Her research interests have been focused on solid tumors, hematological malignancies, and interdisciplinary research linking cancer diagnosis and technology.
Jhilam Mukherjee PhD is currently a Senior Research Fellow of Centre of Excellence in Systems Biology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Calcutta, India. She received MCA from West Bengal University of Technology. She has completed her PhD in lung cancer detection using CT images from University of Calcutta and has m