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In this paper, we introduce a conceptually simple network for generating discriminative tissue-level segmentation masks for the purpose of breast cancer diagnosis. Our method efficiently segments different types of tissues in breast biopsy…

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High-resolution microscopy images of tissue specimens provide detailed information about the morphology of normal and diseased tissue. Image analysis of tissue morphology can help cancer researchers develop a better understanding of cancer…

Applying deep learning methods to mammography assessment has remained a challenging topic. Dense noise with sparse expressions, mega-pixel raw data resolution, lack of diverse examples have all been factors affecting performance. The lack…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-10 Ulzee An , Khader Shameer , Lakshmi Subramanian

Due to cellular heterogeneity, cell nuclei classification, segmentation, and detection from pathological images are challenging tasks. In the last few years, Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNN) approaches have been shown…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-09 Md Zahangir Alom , Chris Yakopcic , Tarek M. Taha , Vijayan K. Asari

Breast cancer is one of the most common and dangerous cancers in women, while it can also afflict men. Breast cancer treatment and detection are greatly aided by the use of histopathological images since they contain sufficient phenotypic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-12 Md Ishtyaq Mahmud , Muntasir Mamun , Ahmed Abdelgawad

Skin cancer is a life-threatening disease where early detection significantly improves patient outcomes. Automated diagnosis from dermoscopic images is challenging due to high intra-class variability and subtle inter-class differences. Many…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Md. Enamul Atiq , Shaikh Anowarul Fattah

This paper introduces a novel deep-learning method for the automatic detection and segmentation of lung nodules, aimed at advancing the accuracy of early-stage lung cancer diagnosis. The proposed approach leverages a unique "Channel Squeeze…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-24 Mingxiu Sui , Jiacheng Hu , Tong Zhou , Zibo Liu , Likang Wen , Junliang Du

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

Two-photon excitation fluorescence (2PEF) allows imaging of tissue up to about one millimeter in thickness. Typically, reducing fluorescence excitation exposure reduces the quality of the image. However, using deep learning super resolution…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-13 Stephen McAleer , Alex Fast , Yuntian Xue , Magdalene Seiler , William Tang , Mihaela Balu , Pierre Baldi , Andrew W. Browne

Recent studies have shown promising results in using Deep Learning to detect malignancy in whole slide imaging. However, they were limited to just predicting positive or negative finding for a specific neoplasm. We attempted to use Deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-08 Hanadi El Achi , Tatiana Belousova , Lei Chen , Amer Wahed , Iris Wang , Zhihong Hu , Zeyad Kanaan , Adan Rios , Andy N. D. Nguyen

Localization of focal vascular lesions on brain MRI is an important component of research on the etiology of neurological disorders. However, manual annotation of lesions can be challenging, time-consuming and subject to observer bias.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-30 Kimberlin M. H. van Wijnen , Florian Dubost , Pinar Yilmaz , M. Arfan Ikram , Wiro J. Niessen , Hieab Adams , Meike W. Vernooij , Marleen de Bruijne

Background: Accurate lesion segmentation is critical for multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis, yet current deep learning approaches face robustness challenges. Aim: This study improves MS lesion segmentation by combining data fusion and deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-18 Nadezhda Alsahanova , Pavel Bartenev , Maksim Sharaev , Milos Ljubisavljevic , Taleb Al. Mansoori , Yauhen Statsenko

The difficulty of detecting mitosis and its similarity to non-mitosis objects has remained a challenge in computational pathology. The lack of publicly available data has added more complexity. Deep learning algorithms have shown potentials…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-25 Seyed H. Mirjahanmardi , Samir Mitha , Salar Razavi , Susan Done , April Khademi

The computer-aided detection (CADe) systems are developed to assist pathologists in slide assessment, increasing diagnosis efficiency and reducing missing inspections. Many studies have shown such a CADe system with deep learning approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-05 Wei-Wen Hsu , Chung-Hao Chen , Chang Hoa , Yu-Ling Hou , Xiang Gao , Yun Shao , Xueli Zhang , Jingjing Wang , Tao He , Yanghong Tai

This paper explains the method used in the segmentation challenge (Task 1) in the International Skin Imaging Collaboration's (ISIC) Skin Lesion Analysis Towards Melanoma Detection challenge held in 2018. We have trained a U-Net network to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-25 Adrien Motsch , Sebastien Motsch , Thibaut Saguet

Deep learning brought boosts to auto diabetic retinopathy (DR) diagnosis, thus, greatly helping ophthalmologists for early disease detection, which contributes to preventing disease deterioration that may eventually lead to blindness. It…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-15 Xue Xia , Kun Zhan , Yuming Fang , Wenhui Jiang , Fei Shen

Automated 3-D breast ultrasound (ABUS) is a newfound system for breast screening that has been proposed as a supplementary modality to mammography for breast cancer detection. While ABUS has better performance in dense breasts, reading ABUS…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-30 Hamed Fayyaz , Ehsan Kozegar , Tao Tan , Mohsen Soryani

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

Ultrasound imaging plays a critical role in the early detection of breast cancer. Accurate identification and segmentation of lesions are essential steps in clinical practice, requiring methods to assist physicians in lesion segmentation.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Xin Yue , Xiaoling Liu , Qing Zhao , Jianqiang Li , Changwei Song , Suqin Liu , Zhikai Yang , Guanghui Fu

Minimally invasive surgery is a surgical intervention used to examine the organs inside the abdomen and has been widely used due to its effectiveness over open surgery. Due to the hardware improvements such as high definition cameras, this…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-04 Debesh Jha , Sharib Ali , Nikhil Kumar Tomar , Michael A. Riegler , Dag Johansen , Håvard D. Johansen , Pål Halvorsen