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Accurate tumor segmentation and classification in breast ultrasound (BUS) imaging remain challenging due to low contrast, speckle noise, and diverse lesion morphology. This study presents a multi-task deep learning framework that jointly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Samuel E. Johnny , Bernes L. Atabonfack , Israel Alagbe , Assane Gueye

Background. Breast cancer screening programs using mammography have led to significant mortality reduction in high-income countries. However, many low- and middle-income countries lack resources for mammographic screening. Handheld breast…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-13 Arianna Bunnell , Dustin Valdez , Fredrik Strand , Yannik Glaser , Peter Sadowski , John A. Shepherd

Background: Precise breast ultrasound (BUS) segmentation supports reliable measurement, quantitative analysis, and downstream classification, yet remains difficult for small or low-contrast lesions with fuzzy margins and speckle noise. Text…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Raja Mallina , Bryar Shareef

Ultrasound (US) is one of the most commonly used imaging modalities in both diagnosis and surgical interventions due to its low-cost, safety, and non-invasive characteristic. US image segmentation is currently a unique challenge because of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-22 Bahareh Behboodi , Mina Amiri , Rupert Brooks , Hassan Rivaz

With the rapid development of deep learning and computer vision technologies, medical image segmentation plays a crucial role in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. However, due to the characteristics of breast ultrasound images, such as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Jiajun Ding , Beiyao Zhu , Wenjie Wang , Shurong Zhang , Dian Zhua , Zhao Liua

Automatic tumor segmentation of breast ultrasound (BUS) image is quite challenging due to the complicated anatomic structure of breast and poor image quality. Most tumor segmentation approaches achieve good performance on BUS images…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-29 Fei Xu , Min Xian , Yingtao Zhang , Kuan Huang , H. D. Cheng , Boyu Zhang , Jianrui Ding , Chunping Ning , Ying Wang

Automatic segmentation of brain tumors is an essential but challenging step for extracting quantitative imaging biomarkers for accurate tumor detection, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment planning and assessment. Multimodal Brain Tumor…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-30 Yading Yuan

Despite recent medical advancements, breast cancer remains one of the most prevalent and deadly diseases among women. Although machine learning-based Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems have shown potential to assist radiologists in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-29 Mohammad Karimzadeh , Aleksandar Vakanski , Min Xian , Boyu Zhang

Segmentation of the fetal and maternal structures, particularly intrapartum ultrasound imaging as advocated by the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) for monitoring labor progression, is a crucial first…

Five different threshold segmentation based approaches have been reviewed and compared over here to extract the tumor from set of brain images. This research focuses on the analysis of image segmentation methods, a comparison of five…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-03-10 Muhammad Ali Qadar , Yan Zhaowen

Automated segmentation of BUS images is important for precise lesion delineation and tumor characterization, but is challenged by inherent artifacts and dataset inconsistencies. In this work, we evaluate the use of a modified Residual…

Characterization of breast lesions is an essential prerequisite to detect breast cancer in an early stage. Automatic segmentation makes this categorization method robust by freeing it from subjectivity and human error. Both spectral and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-27 Mohammad Saad Billah , Tahmida Binte Mahmud

Automatic segmentation of anatomical landmarks from ultrasound (US) plays an important role in the management of preterm neonates with a very low birth weight due to the increased risk of developing intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) or…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-19 Jeya Maria Jose V. , Rajeev Yasarla , Puyang Wang , Ilker Hacihaliloglu , Vishal M. Patel

Breast ultrasound imaging is a valuable tool for early breast cancer detection, but automated tumor segmentation is challenging due to inherent noise, variations in scale of lesions, and fuzzy boundaries. To address these challenges, we…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-23 Muhammad Azeem Aslam , Asim Naveed , Nisar Ahmed

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

Automated segmentation proves to be a valuable tool in precisely detecting tumors within medical images. The accurate identification and segmentation of tumor types hold paramount importance in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating highly…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-15 Fadillah Maani , Anees Ur Rehman Hashmi , Mariam Aljuboory , Numan Saeed , Ikboljon Sobirov , Mohammad Yaqub

Breast ultrasound (BUS) is a critical diagnostic tool in the field of breast imaging, aiding in the early detection and characterization of breast abnormalities. Interpreting breast ultrasound images commonly involves creating comprehensive…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-07 Jaeyoung Huh , Hyun Jeong Park , Jong Chul Ye

Segment Anything Model (SAM) has recently achieved amazing results in the field of natural image segmentation. However, it is not effective for medical image segmentation, owing to the large domain gap between natural and medical images. In…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-24 Zhengzheng Tu , Le Gu , Xixi Wang , Bo Jiang

Breast Ultrasound plays a vital role in cancer diagnosis as a non-invasive approach with cost-effective. In recent years, with the development of deep learning, many CNN-based approaches have been widely researched in both tumor…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Dat T. Chung , Minh-Anh Dang , Mai-Anh Vu , Minh T. Nguyen , Thanh-Huy Nguyen , Vinh Q. Dinh

Clinical diagnosis of breast malignancy (BM) is a challenging problem in the recent era. In particular, Deep learning (DL) models have continued to offer important solutions for early BM diagnosis but their performance experiences…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-04 Lipismita Panigrahi , Prianka Rani Saha , Jurdana Masuma Iqrah , Sushil Prasad