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Brain tumors are one of the life-threatening forms of cancer. Previous studies have classified brain tumors using deep neural networks. In this paper, we perform the later task using a collaborative deep learning technique, more…

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Brain tumors, particularly gliomas, pose significant chall-enges due to their complex growth patterns, infiltrative nature, and the variability in brain structure across individuals, which makes accurate diagnosis and monitoring difficult.…

Accurate brain tumor segmentation is crucial for neuro-oncology diagnosis and treatment planning. Deep learning methods have made significant progress, but automatic segmentation still faces challenges, including tumor morphological…

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Accurate segmentation of pediatric brain tumors in multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) is critical for diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring, yet faces unique challenges due to limited data, high anatomical…

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Most recently, the pathology diagnosis of cancer is shifting to integrating molecular makers with histology features. It is a urgent need for digital pathology methods to effectively integrate molecular markers with histology, which could…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-28 Xiaofei Wang , Stephen Price , Chao Li

We consider the problem of segmenting a biomedical image into anatomical regions of interest. We specifically address the frequent scenario where we have no paired training data that contains images and their manual segmentations. Instead,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-14 Adrian V. Dalca , John Guttag , Mert R. Sabuncu

Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have demonstrated state-of-the-art performance in medical image segmentation tasks. A common feature in most top-performing CNNs is an encoder-decoder architecture inspired by the U-Net. For multi-region…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-07 Syed Talha Bukhari , Hassan Mohy-ud-Din

Gliomas are among the most aggressive cancers, characterized by high mortality rates and complex diagnostic processes. Existing studies on glioma diagnosis and classification often describe issues such as high variability in imaging data,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Md. Abdur Rahman , Mohaimenul Azam Khan Raiaan , Arefin Ittesafun Abian , Yan Zhang , Mirjam Jonkman , Sami Azam

Meningiomas represent the most prevalent form of primary brain tumors, comprising nearly one-third of all diagnosed cases. Accurate delineation of these tumors from MRI scans is crucial for guiding treatment strategies, yet remains a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-27 Mohammad Mahdi Danesh Pajouh , Sara Saeedi

Deep learning methods for brain tumor segmentation are typically trained in an ad hoc fashion on all available data. Brain tumors are tremendously heterogeneous in image appearance and labeled training data is limited. We argue that…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-31 Raphael Meier , Michael Rebsamen , Urspeter Knecht , Mauricio Reyes , Roland Wiest , Richard McKinley

Tumor volume segmentation on MRI is a challenging and time-consuming process that is performed manually in typical clinical settings. This work presents an approach to automated delineation of head and neck tumors on MRI scans, developed in…

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Segmentation of brain tumors is a critical step in treatment planning, yet manual segmentation is both time-consuming and subjective, relying heavily on the expertise of radiologists. In Sub-Saharan Africa, this challenge is magnified by…

The integration of machine learning in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), specifically in neuroimaging, is proving to be incredibly effective, leading to better diagnostic accuracy, accelerated image analysis, and data-driven insights, which…

Brain tumor analysis in MRI images is a significant and challenging issue because misdiagnosis can lead to death. Diagnosis and evaluation of brain tumors in the early stages increase the probability of successful treatment. However, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-30 Zahra Sobhaninia , Nader Karimi , Pejman Khadivi , Shadrokh Samavi

Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been widely utilized for analysis and diagnosis of brain diseases. Automatic segmentation of brain tumors is a challenging task for computer-aided diagnosis due to low-tissue contrast in the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-22 Mohammad Hamghalam , Baiying Lei , Tianfu Wang

Background and Purpose: Pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) is the most common type of brain tumor in children, and identification of molecular markers for pLGG is crucial for successful treatment planning. Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)…

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Accurate medical image segmentation commonly requires effective learning of the complementary information from multimodal data. However, in clinical practice, we often encounter the problem of missing imaging modalities. We tackle this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-25 Cheng Chen , Qi Dou , Yueming Jin , Hao Chen , Jing Qin , Pheng-Ann Heng

Semantic segmentation for medical 3D image stacks enables accurate volumetric reconstructions, computer-aided diagnostics and follow up treatment planning. In this work, we present a novel variant of the Unet model called the NUMSnet that…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-07 Sohini Roychowdhury

Neuroanatomical segmentation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain is a prerequisite for volume, thickness and shape measurements. This work introduces a new highly accurate and versatile method based on 3D convolutional neural…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2019-02-07 Philip Novosad , Vladimir Fonov , D. Louis Collins

In this study, the main objective is to develop an algorithm capable of identifying and delineating tumor regions in breast ultrasound (BUS) and mammographic images. The technique employs two advanced deep learning architectures, namely…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-14 Mohsen Ahmadi , Masoumeh Farhadi Nia , Sara Asgarian , Kasra Danesh , Elyas Irankhah , Ahmad Gholizadeh Lonbar , Abbas Sharifi