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We develop a cylindrical shape decomposition (CSD) algorithm to decompose an object, a union of several tubular structures, into its semantic components. We decompose the object using its curve skeleton and restricted translational sweeps.…

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As a fundamental part of computational healthcare, Computer Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) provide volumetric data, making the development of algorithms for 3D image analysis a necessity. Despite being computationally…

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We present a technique for dense 3D reconstruction of objects using an imaging sonar, also known as forward-looking sonar (FLS). Compared to previous methods that model the scene geometry as point clouds or volumetric grids, we represent…

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A crucial limitation of current high-resolution 3D photoacoustic tomography (PAT) devices that employ sequential scanning is their long acquisition time. In previous work, we demonstrated how to use compressed sensing techniques to improve…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-07 Felix Lucka , Nam Huynh , Marta Betcke , Edward Zhang , Paul Beard , Ben Cox , Simon Arridge

Ultrasound (US) imaging is widely used for biometric measurement and diagnosis of internal organs due to the advantages of being real-time and radiation-free. However, due to inter-operator variations, resulting images highly depend on the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-30 Zhongliang Jiang , Yuan Bi , Mingchuan Zhou , Ying Hu , Michael Burke , Nassir Navab

Generating high-quality 3D assets from textual descriptions remains a pivotal challenge in computer graphics and vision research. Due to the scarcity of 3D data, state-of-the-art approaches utilize pre-trained 2D diffusion priors, optimized…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-14 Ling Yang , Zixiang Zhang , Junlin Han , Bohan Zeng , Runjia Li , Philip Torr , Wentao Zhang

Functional ultrasound (fUS) imaging provides exceptional spatiotemporal resolution for neurovascular mapping, yet its practical application is significantly hampered by critical challenges. Foremost among these are data scarcity, arising…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-29 Xuhang Chen , Zhuo Li , Yanyan Shen , Mufti Mahmud , Hieu Pham , Chi-Man Pun , Shuqiang Wang

Two-dimensional (2D) freehand ultrasonography is one of the most commonly used medical imaging modalities, particularly in obstetrics and gynaecology. However, it only captures 2D cross-sectional views of inherently 3D anatomies, losing…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-17 Mark C. Eid , Pak-Hei Yeung , Madeleine K. Wyburd , João F. Henriques , Ana I. L. Namburete

The mathematical theory of compressed sensing (CS) asserts that one can acquire signals from measurements whose rate is much lower than the total bandwidth. Whereas the CS theory is now well developed, challenges concerning hardware…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-18 Makhlad Chahid , Jerome Bobin , Hamed Shams Mousavi , Emmanuel Candes , Maxime Dahan , Vincent Studer

Ultrasound perception typically requires multiple scan views through probe movement to reduce diagnostic ambiguity, mitigate acoustic occlusions, and improve anatomical coverage. However, not all probe views are equally informative.…

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Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-27 Maher Salloum , Nathan Fabian , David M. Hensinger , Jeremy A. Templeton

Compressed sensing (CS) is a new signal acquisition paradigm that enables the reconstruction of signals and images from a low number of samples. A particularly exciting application of CS is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), where CS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-17 Samuel Birns , Bohyun Kim , Stephanie Ku , Kevin Stangl , Deanna Needell

Compressed sensing (CS) is a valuable technique for reconstructing measurements in numerous domains. CS has not yet gained widespread adoption in scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), despite potentially offering the advantages of lower…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-09 Brian E. Lerner , Anayeli Flores-Garibay , Benjamin J. Lawrie , Petro Maksymovych

Ultrasound imaging is caught between the quest for the highest image quality, and the necessity for clinical usability. Our contribution is two-fold: First, we propose a novel fully convolutional neural network for ultrasound…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-10 Walter Simson , Rüdiger Göbl , Magdalini Paschali , Markus Krönke , Klemens Scheidhauer , Wolfgang Weber , Nassir Navab

Purpose: Ultrasound (US) imaging, while advantageous for its radiation-free nature, is challenging to interpret due to only partially visible organs and a lack of complete 3D information. While performing US-based diagnosis or…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-12 Miruna-Alexandra Gafencu , Yordanka Velikova , Mahdi Saleh , Tamas Ungi , Nassir Navab , Thomas Wendler , Mohammad Farid Azampour

The objective of this work is to achieve sensorless reconstruction of a 3D volume from a set of 2D freehand ultrasound images with deep implicit representation. In contrast to the conventional way that represents a 3D volume as a discrete…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-28 Pak-Hei Yeung , Linde Hesse , Moska Aliasi , Monique Haak , the INTERGROWTH-21st Consortium , Weidi Xie , Ana I. L. Namburete

Ultrasound imaging is pivotal in various medical diagnoses due to its non-invasive nature and safety. In clinical practice, the accuracy and precision of ultrasound image analysis are critical. Recent advancements in deep learning are…

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The emergence of real-time 3D ultrasound (US) makes it possible to consider image-based tracking of subcutaneous soft tissue targets for computer guided diagnosis and therapy. We propose a 3D transrectal US based tracking system for precise…

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Accurate segmentation of anatomical structures in ultrasound (US) images, particularly small ones, is challenging due to noise and variability in imaging conditions (e.g., probe position, patient anatomy, tissue characteristics and…

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