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This review presents an in-depth study of the literature on segmentation methods applied in dental imaging. Ten segmentation methods were studied and categorized according to the type of the segmentation method (region-based,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-02-12 Gil Jader , Luciano Oliveira , Matheus Pithon

This technical report analyzes non-contrast CT image segmentation in computer vision. It revisits a proposed method, examines the background of non-contrast CT imaging, and highlights the significance of segmentation. The study reviews…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-12 Canxuan Gang , Yuhan Peng

Medical image segmentation has advanced rapidly over the past two decades, largely driven by deep learning, which has enabled accurate and efficient delineation of cells, tissues, organs, and pathologies across diverse imaging modalities.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-29 Guoping Xu , Jayaram K. Udupa , Jax Luo , Songlin Zhao , Yajun Yu , Scott B. Raymond , Hao Peng , Lipeng Ning , Yogesh Rathi , Wei Liu , You Zhang

3D reconstruction of medical images is a key technology in medical image analysis and clinical diagnosis, providing structural visualization support for disease assessment and surgical planning. Traditional methods are computationally…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Bin Liu , Wenyan Tian , Huangxin Fu , Zizheng Li , Zhifen He , Bo Li

Simulations of three dimensional ultrasound propagation in heterogeneous media are computationally intensive due to the constraints arising from the large size of the domain, which is on the order of hundreds of wavelengths, and the small…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-03-17 Gianmarco Pinton

This report describes the design, implementation, evaluation and original enhancements to the Live-Wire method for 2D and 3D image segmentation. Live-Wire 2D employs a semi-automatic paradigm; the user is asked to select a few boundary…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-06-17 Ognjen Arandjelovic

On-line segmentation of the uterus can aid effective image-based guidance for precise delivery of dose to the target tissue (the uterocervix) during cervix cancer radiotherapy. 3D ultrasound (US) can be used to image the uterus, however,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-21 Bahareh Behboodi , Hassan Rivaz , Susan Lalondrelle , Emma Harris

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death among women worldwide. In clinical routine, automatic breast ultrasound (BUS) image segmentation is very challenging and essential for cancer diagnosis and treatment planning. Many…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-11 Min Xian , Yingtao Zhang , H. D. Cheng , Fei Xu , Boyu Zhang , Jianrui Ding

3D image segmentation is a recent and crucial step in many medical analysis and recognition schemes. In fact, it represents a relevant research subject and a fundamental challenge due to its importance and influence. This paper provides a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-22 Omar Boudraa

The development of high quality medical image segmentation algorithms depends on the availability of large datasets with pixel-level labels. The challenges of collecting such datasets, especially in case of 3D volumes, motivate to develop…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Ekaterina Redekop , Alexey Chernyavskiy

We consider deep learning strategies in ultrasound systems, from the front-end to advanced applications. Our goal is to provide the reader with a broad understanding of the possible impact of deep learning methodologies on many aspects of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-30 Ruud JG van Sloun , Regev Cohen , Yonina C Eldar

We propose an attention mechanism for 3D medical image segmentation. The method, named segmentation-by-detection, is a cascade of a detection module followed by a segmentation module. The detection module enables a region of interest to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-02 Min Tang , Zichen Zhang , Dana Cobzas , Martin Jagersand , Jacob L. Jaremko

Recently, deep convolutional neural networks have achieved great success for medical image segmentation. However, unlike segmentation of natural images, most medical images such as MRI and CT are volumetric data. In order to make full use…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-08 Yichi Zhang , Qingcheng Liao , Le Ding , Jicong Zhang

The paper is a short review of medical image segmentation using U-Net and its variants. As we understand going through a medical images is not an easy job for any clinician either radiologist or pathologist. Analysing medical images is the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-20 Vinay Ummadi

The increasing use of medical imaging in healthcare settings presents a significant challenge due to the increasing workload for radiologists, yet it also offers opportunity for enhancing healthcare outcomes if effectively leveraged. 3D…

We propose a three-dimensional (3D) multimodal medical imaging system that combines freehand ultrasound and structured light 3D reconstruction in a single coordinate system without requiring registration. To the best of our knowledge, these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-01 Jhacson Meza , Sonia H. Contreras-Ortiz , Lenny A. Romero , Andres G. Marrugo

This survey gives an overview over different techniques used for pixel-level semantic segmentation. Metrics and datasets for the evaluation of segmentation algorithms and traditional approaches for segmentation such as unsupervised methods,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-05-13 Martin Thoma

Automatic segmentation of anatomical structures is critical in medical image analysis, aiding diagnostics and treatment planning. Skin segmentation plays a key role in registering and visualising multimodal imaging data. 3D skin…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-16 Martina Paccini , Giuseppe Patanè

Unsupervised evaluation of segmentation quality is a crucial step in image segmentation applications. Previous unsupervised evaluation methods usually lacked the adaptability to multi-scale segmentation. A scale-constrained evaluation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-11-16 Yuhang Lu , Youchuan Wan , Gang Li

Image segmentation is the task of associating pixels in an image with their respective object class labels. It has a wide range of applications in many industries including healthcare, transportation, robotics, fashion, home improvement,…

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