Fabrication of angiography quality control phantom for image quality evaluation using machine learning

Aziz, Muhammad Haziq Abd (2025) Fabrication of angiography quality control phantom for image quality evaluation using machine learning. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)

[img] PDF
Download (453kB)

Abstract

Angiography's QC suffers from subjective evaluations and a lack of specialised phantoms. This study addresses this by developing an affordable, in-house angiography phantom and evaluating the image quality using a machine learning (ML) approach. Purpose: 1) Design and fabricate an in-house phantom for high contrast and spatial resolution; 2) Assess ML model performance and validation; 3) Validate the best ML for evaluation of phantom image quality. Method: An in-house phantom was 3D-printed using LW-PLA-HT, incorporating tungsten carbide beads for high contrast and a Huttner Type 18-line pair for spatial resolution. 14 angiographic images were acquired from HPUSM and analysed in MATLAB R2024a. Image analysis involved pre-processing, segmentation, feature extraction and augmentation were applied. Support Vector Machine (SVM), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), and Random Forest (RF) classifiers were evaluated using accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, and AUC, with 10-fold cross-validation and an 80/20 training/testing. Results: Human evaluations showed variability. Among SVM, KNN, and RF, Random Forest demonstrated the best overall performance. For high-contrast image classification, RF achieved exceptional results (100% accuracy, 1.0000 F1 score), followed by KNN (76.11% accuracy, 0.7503 F1 score), and SVM (61.95% accuracy, 0.6095 F1 score). Spatial resolution classification was more challenging, with RF again leading (90.32% accuracy, 0.9050 F1 score), followed by KNN (64.52% accuracy, 0.6650 F1 score), and SVM (32.26% accuracy, 0.3180 F1 score). Conclusion: Random Forest demonstrated the best performance in this research, which highlights the viability of fabricating a cost-effective angiography phantom and utilising ML for image quality assessment.

Item Type: Monograph (Project Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Angiography's
Subjects: R Medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC71-78.7 Examination. Diagnosis Including raiography
Divisions: Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan (School of Health Sciences) > Monograph
Depositing User: MUHAMMAD AKIF AIMAN AB SHUKOR
Date Deposited: 16 Oct 2025 06:36
Last Modified: 18 Nov 2025 01:23
URI: http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/63000

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item
Share