Decision support system for fatty liver disease using GIST descriptors extracted from ultrasound images

• Main Authors: Acharya, U.R., Fujita, H., Bhat, S., Raghavendra, U., Gudigar, A., Molinari, F., Vijayananthan, A., Ng, K.H.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18047/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2015.09.006
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Steatosis or fatty liver disease (FLD) is characterized by the abnormal retention of large vacuoles of neutral fat in the liver cells, either due to alcoholism or metabolic syndrome. Succession of FLD can lead to severe liver diseases such as hepatocellular carcinoma, cirrhosis and hepatic inflammat...