Analysis of an electronic methods for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Prevalence, diagnosis, challenges and technologies

• Published in: Journal of computational science 2017-07, Vol.21, p.241-254
• Main Authors: Mohammed, Mazin Abed, Ghani, Mohd Khanapi Abd, Hamed, Raed Ibraheem, Ibrahim, Dheyaa Ahmed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; NPC challenges; NPC classification; NPC diagnosis; NPC prevalence; NPC segmentation
• ISSN: 1877-7503; 1877-7511
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jocs.2017.04.006

•The overall objective of this research is to discuss the prevalence of NPC in selected regions with a focus on Asia Pacific and Malaysia in particular, the categories, severities, symptoms and the existing electronic methods of investigating NPC symptoms.•The research also identifies the weaknesses and strengths of the existing methods as inputs for propose improvement. Most part of the study reviewed the current approaches and techniques that are being proposed in other literatures in order to improve the process of investigating NPC.•The study critically evaluates these different methods and the problems associated with them. This study provides some review of literatures indicating relationship between cancer milestones configuration and some NPC patient’s attributes.•The strengths and weaknesses of the existing methods are identified and identification model for NPC is proposed. The lesson learned from other methods were evaluated and incorporated into proposed model. This study further describes that segmentation, classification and predication of NPC based on many methods. Additionally, a literature survey on segmentation, classification and predication of NPC based on real studies has been discussed. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) is a category of cancer in the head and neck regions, and this cancer prevails in the throat area amongst the pharynx and nasal cavity. This NPC represent major health problem in Malaysia, being the fourth most common tumor among Malaysians and third most common cancer disease among Malaysian men. NPC is emphatically connected with Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) and happens at the back of the nose. The overall objective of this research is to discuss the prevalence of NPC in selected regions with a focus on Asia Pacific and Malaysia in particular, the categories, severities, symptoms and the existing electronic methods of investigating NPC symptoms. The research also identifies the weaknesses and strengths of the existing methods as inputs for propose improvement. Most part of the study reviewed the current approaches and techniques that are being proposed in other literatures in order to improve the process of investigating NPC. The study critically evaluates these different methods and the problems associated with them. This study provides some review of literatures indicating relationship between cancer milestones configuration and some NPC patient’s attributes. This research presents a detailed description of image based NP