A feature ranking and selection algorithm for brain tumor segmentation in multi-spectral magnetic resonance image data

Győrfi, Ágnes and Kovács, Levente and Szilágyi, László (2019) A feature ranking and selection algorithm for brain tumor segmentation in multi-spectral magnetic resonance image data. In: Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 23-27 Jul 2019, Berlin.

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Abstract

Accuracy is the most important quality marker in medical image segmentation. However, when the task is to handle large volumes of data, the relevance of processing speed rises. In machine learning solutions the optimization of the feature set can significantly reduce the computational load. This paper presents a method for feature selection and applies it in the context of a brain tumor detection and segmentation problem in multi-spectral magnetic resonance image data. Starting from an initial set of 104 features involved in an existing ensemble learning solution that employs binary decision trees, a reduced set of features is obtained using a iterative algorithm based on a composite criterion. In each iteration, features are ranked according to the frequency of usage and the correctness of the decisions to which they contribute. Lowest ranked features are iteratively eliminated as long as the segmentation accuracy is not damaged. The final reduced set of 13 features provide the same accuracy in the whole tumor segmentation process as the initial one, but three times faster.

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