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Inverse boundary value problems for the radiative transport equation play important roles in optics-based medical imaging techniques such as diffuse optical tomography (DOT) and fluorescence optical tomography (FOT). Despite the rapid…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-06-19 Tian Ding , Kui Ren

Optical Deflectometric Tomography (ODT) provides an accurate characterization of transparent materials whose complex surfaces present a real challenge for manufacture and control. In ODT, the refractive index map (RIM) of a transparent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-10-31 Adriana Gonzalez , Laurent Jacques , Christophe De Vleeschouwer , Philippe Antoine

Traditional breast cancer image classification methods require manual extraction of features from medical images, which not only require professional medical knowledge, but also have problems such as time-consuming and labor-intensive and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-26 Mengfan Li

The problem of reconstructing an object from the measurements of the light it scatters is common in numerous imaging applications. While the most popular formulations of the problem are based on linearizing the object-light relationship,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-12-15 Yanting Ma , Hassan Mansour , Dehong Liu , Petros T. Boufounos , Ulugbek S. Kamilov

Data scarcity hinders deep learning for medical imaging. We propose a framework for breast cancer classification in thermograms that addresses this using a Diffusion Probabilistic Model (DPM) for data augmentation. Our DPM-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Sepehr Salem , M. Moein Esfahani , Jingyu Liu , Vince Calhoun

Automated tumor detection in Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) is a difficult task due to natural tumor rarity, breast tissue variability, and high resolution. Given the scarcity of abnormal images and the abundance of normal images for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-24 Nicholas Konz , Haoyu Dong , Maciej A. Mazurowski

Deep learning models for breast cancer detection from mammographic images have significant reliability problems when presented with Out-of-Domain (OOD) inputs such as other imaging modalities (CT, MRI, X-ray) or equipment variations,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Jayan Adhikari , Prativa Joshi , Sushish Baral

Spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) offers high resolution multidimensional imaging, but generally suffers from defocussing, intensity falloff and shot noise, causing artifacts and image degradation along the imaging depth.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-04 Jonathan H. Mason , Yvonne Reinwald , Ying Yang , Sarah Waters , Alicia El Haj , Pierre O. Bagnaninchi

Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) is a reliable and widespread technique for monitoring qualitative changes in absorption inside highly scattering media. It has been shown, however, that Acousto-Optic (AO) imaging can provide significantly…

Objective: In this work, we perform margin assessment of human breast tissue from optical coherence tomography (OCT) images using deep neural networks (DNNs). This work simulates an intraoperative setting for breast cancer lumpectomy.…

This study presents a noise-robust framework for 1-bit diffraction tomography, a novel imaging approach that relies on intensity-only binary measurements obtained through coded apertures. The proposed reconstruction scheme leverages random…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Pengwen Chen , Albert Fannjiang

Purpose: The goal of this study is to develop a novel deep learning (DL) based reconstruction framework to improve the digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) imaging performance. Methods: In this work, the DIR-DBTnet is developed for DBT image…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Ting Su , Xiaolei Deng , Zhenwei Wang , Jiecheng Yang , Jianwei Chen , Hairong Zheng , Dong Liang , Yongshuai Ge

Digital image plays a vital role in the early detection of cancers, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, lungs cancer, cervical cancer. Ultrasound imaging method is also suitable for early detection of the abnormality of fetus. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-21 Vidhi Rawat , Alok Jain , Vibhakar Shrimali

The image reconstruction of chromophore concentrations using Diffuse Optical Tomography (DOT) data can be described mathematically as an ill-posed inverse problem. Recent work has shown that the use of hyperspectral DOT data, as opposed to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-16 Arvind K. Saibaba , Misha Kilmer , Eric Miller , Sergio Fantini

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) is a widely used medical imaging modality for breast cancer screening and diagnosis, offering higher spatial resolution and greater detail through its 3D-like breast volume imaging capability. However, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-21 Yuexi Du , Regina J. Hooley , John Lewin , Nicha C. Dvornek

Breast CT provides image volumes with isotropic resolution in high contrast, enabling detection of small calcification (down to a few hundred microns in size) and subtle density differences. Since breast is sensitive to x-ray radiation,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-05 Huidong Xie , Hongming Shan , Wenxiang Cong , Chi Liu , Xiaohua Zhang , Shaohua Liu , Ruola Ning , Ge Wang

In this work, we investigate the diffusive optical tomography (DOT) problem in the case that limited boundary measurements are available. Motivated by the direct sampling method (DSM), we develop a deep direct sampling method (DDSM) to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-10 Jiahua Jiang , Yi Li , Ruchi Guo

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is an emerging modality for breast imaging. A typical tomosynthesis image is reconstructed from projection data acquired at a limited number of views over a limited angular range. In general, the…

Medical Physics · Physics 2009-08-19 I. Reiser , J. Bian , R. M. Nishikawa , E. Y. Sidky , X. Pan

Conventional breast cancer imaging techniques are nowadays based on the use of ionising radiations or ultrasound waves for the inspection of breast areas. Nevertheless, these conventional techniques present some drawbacks related to patient…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-07 Michele Ambrosanio , Stefano Franceschini , Vito Pascazio , Fabio Baselice

Recent ultrasound imaging modalities based on ultrasound computed tomography indicate a huge potential to detect pathologies is tissue due to altered biomechanical properties. Especially the imaging of speed-of-sound (SoS) distribution in…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-07-05 Richard Rau , Dieter Schweizer , Valery Vishnevskiy , Orcun Goksel