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The clinical management of breast cancer depends on an accurate understanding of the tumor and its anatomical context to adjacent tissues and landmark structures. This context may be provided by semantic segmentation methods; however,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-29 Arda Pekis , Vignesh Kannan , Evandros Kaklamanos , Anu Antony , Snehal Patel , Tyler Earnest

Breast cancer investigation is of great significance, and developing tumor detection methodologies is a critical need. However, it is a challenging task for breast ultrasound due to the complicated breast structure and poor quality of the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-24 Fei Xu , Yingtao Zhang , Min Xian , H. D. Cheng , Boyu Zhang , Jianrui Ding , Chunping Ning , Ying Wang

Tumor segmentation in whole-body PET/CT imaging is crucial for precise disease evaluation and treatment planning. However, it remains challenging due to variability in lesion size, contrast, and anatomical distribution. Relying on manual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Hussain Alasmawi

The advancements in deep learning technologies have produced immense contributions to biomedical image analysis applications. With breast cancer being the common deadliest disease among women, early detection is the key means to improve…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-04 Narinder Singh Punn , Sonali Agarwal

The development of robust deep learning models for breast ultrasound (BUS) image analysis is significantly constrained by the scarcity of expert-annotated data. To address this limitation, we propose a clinically controllable generative…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-11 Haoyu Pan , Hongxin Lin , Zetian Feng , Chuxuan Lin , Junyang Mo , Chu Zhang , Zijian Wu , Yi Wang , Qingqing Zheng

End-to-end medical image segmentation is of great value for computer-aided diagnosis dominated by task-specific models, usually suffering from poor generalization. With recent breakthroughs brought by the segment anything model (SAM) for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Xian Lin , Yangyang Xiang , Li Yu , Zengqiang Yan

Mammography stands as the main screening method for detecting breast cancer early, enhancing treatment success rates. The segmentation of landmark structures in mammography images can aid the medical assessment in the evaluation of cancer…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-31 Jan Hurtado , Joao P. Maia , Cesar A. Sierra-Franco , Alberto Raposo

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women globally, with early diagnosis and precise classification being crucial. With the advancement of deep learning and computer vision, the automatic classification of breast tissue…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-20 Jiacheng Hao , Yiqing Liu , Siqi Zeng , Yonghong He

Medical image segmentation is particularly critical as a prerequisite for relevant quantitative analysis in the treatment of clinical diseases. For example, in clinical cervical cancer radiotherapy, after acquiring subabdominal MRI images,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-30 Yu Xiao , Xin Yang , Sijuan Huang , Lihua Guo

Due to the heavy burden on medical institutes and computer-aided image diagnostics (CAD) have been gaining importance in diagnostic medicine to aid the medical staff to attain better service for the patients. Breast cancer is a fatal…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2023-03-24 Musaddiq Al Ali , Amjad Y. Sahib , Muazez Al Ali

Breast ultrasound (BUS) is an essential tool for diagnosing breast lesions, with millions of examinations per year. However, publicly available high-quality BUS benchmarks for AI development are limited in data scale and annotation…

Breast MRI provides high-resolution volumetric imaging critical for tumor assessment and treatment planning, yet manual interpretation of 3D scans remains labor-intensive and subjective. While AI-powered tools hold promise for accelerating…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Solha Kang , Eugene Kim , Joris Vankerschaver , Utku Ozbulak

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

The improved diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound breast examinations remains an important goal. In this study, we propose a biophysical feature based machine learning method for breast cancer detection to improve the performance beyond a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-15 Jihye Baek , Avice M. O'Connell , Kevin J. Parker

The rapid development of deep learning, a family of machine learning techniques, has spurred much interest in its application to medical imaging problems. Here, we develop a deep learning algorithm that can accurately detect breast cancer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-08 Li Shen , Laurie R. Margolies , Joseph H. Rothstein , Eugene Fluder , Russell B. McBride , Weiva Sieh

This paper delves into the challenges and advancements in the field of medical image segmentation, particularly focusing on breast cancer diagnosis. The authors propose a novel Transformer-based segmentation model that addresses the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-20 Weijie He , Runyuan Bao , Yiru Cang , Jianjun Wei , Yang Zhang , Jiacheng Hu

Detecting and classifying lesions in breast ultrasound images is a promising application of artificial intelligence (AI) for reducing the burden of cancer in regions with limited access to mammography. Such AI systems are more likely to be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-02 Arianna Bunnell , Yannik Glaser , Dustin Valdez , Thomas Wolfgruber , Aleen Altamirano , Carol Zamora González , Brenda Y. Hernandez , Peter Sadowski , John A. Shepherd

Automatic medical image segmentation is a crucial topic in the medical domain and successively a critical counterpart in the computer-aided diagnosis paradigm. U-Net is the most widespread image segmentation architecture due to its…

Purpose: Segmentation of the breast lesion in dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) is an essential step to accurately diagnose and plan treatment and monitor progress. This study aims to highlight the impact of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-21 Sam Narimani , Solveig Roth Hoff , Kathinka Dahli Kurz , Kjell-Inge Gjesdal , Jurgen Geisler , Endre Grovik

Objective. Limited access to breast cancer diagnosis globally leads to delayed treatment. Ultrasound, an effective yet underutilized method, requires specialized training for sonographers, which hinders its widespread use. Approach. Volume…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-21 Donya Khaledyan , Thomas J. Marini , Avice OConnell , Steven Meng , Jonah Kan , Galen Brennan , Yu Zhao , Timothy M. Baran , Kevin J. Parker