Research Article

A Comprehensive Survey on the Progress, Process, and Challenges of Lung Cancer Detection and Classification

Table 10

Most commonly utilized machine learning classifiers for classifying nodules and cancer.

Model namePurposeData typeResultStrengthLimitation

RF [303]Using pretrained model to detect lung cancer accuratelyCTAcc 82.5%Improves the capacity of lung nodule predictionLimited dataset and result
SVM [300]Classifying the lung nodules in four lung cancer stagesCTAcc 84.58%Predicts small-sized lung nodules, even in low densityThe limited dataset affected their results
LDA [301]Classifying cancer using ODNN and LDACTAcc 94.56%It is quick, easy to use, non-invasive, and inexpensiveOptimal feature selection with multiclassifier was missing
RF [304]Automatic classification of pulmonary peri-fissural nodules (PFNs)CTSens 86.8%Pretrained CNNs are employed, which makes them faster than training CNNsAll kinds of nodules were not classified
SVM [78]To increase the accurate prediction of lung cancerCTAcc 85.7%Predicts lung cancer from low-resolution data imagesThe model sometimes fails to predict
RF [299]To detect malignancy of nodules with self-built model NoduleXCTPres 99%Solid, part-solid, and non-solid nodule categorization is performed automaticallyBig nodules were accurately detected
RF [305]Classified the measured solidity or nodulesCTAcc 95%Avoids potential errors caused by inaccurate image processingThe description of their work is not described clearly
SVM [306]An improved FP-reduction method is used to detect lung nodules in PET/CT imagesCTSpec 97.2%Removes around half of the existing FPsOnly small cohort is used
Boosting [307]Classification of nodules with fusion of texture, shape, and deep model-learned dataCTF1 96.65%Generates more accurate outcomes than three existing state-of-the-art techniquesThe model only detects big nodules
Multikernel learning [302]Distinguishing between the nodule and non-nodule classes with classificationCTAcc 94.17%Increases the efficacy of false positive reductionDataset name is unclear
SVM [308]Extracting absolute information inherent in raw hand-crafted imaging componentsCTAcc 95.5%Obtains promising classification outcomesThe reference is limited
Decision tree [22]Using autoencoder with decision tree to detect noduleCTSens 75.01%Outperforms the state-of-the-art techniques on the overall accuracy measure, even after experimenting with nearly five times the data amountThe results are low
SVM [309]Nodule classification with hybrid featuresCTAcc 99.3%It extracts the representative image of lung nodule malignancy from chest CT imagesThe model cannot detect type, position, and size
Decision tree [310]Discovering radiomics to detect lung cancerCTSens 77.52%Increases the accuracy of lung cancer prediction diagnosticsThe reference is limited and results are low
Boosting [66]Identifying nodules from CT scanCTAUC 86.42%Quickly finds the exact positions of latent lung noduleThe references of figure and table are accurately done
Multikernel learning [311]To describe the algorithm for false positive reduction in lung nodule computer-aided detection (CAD)CTJindex 91.39%Automatically reduces unnecessary feature subsets to get a more discriminative feature set with promising classification performanceAll false positive reduction is not done yet
Logistic regression [312]Prediction of the malignancy of lung nodules in CT scansCTSens 94.5%Additional information based on nodule size has at best a mixed impact on classifier performanceIt only takes large nodules
DBScan [68]Detecting nodules with 3D DCNNCTSpec 79.67%It can be expanded into other areas of medical image identificationFP reduction and automated classification are missing
Naïve Bayes [243]A pretrained CNN to extract deep features from lung cancer images and train classifiers to predict all term survivorsCTAcc 82.5%The method’s performance is such that adding nodule size information has only a mixed effect on classifier performanceThe dataset was too small