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Automatic pathological pulmonary lobe segmentation(PPLS) enables regional analyses of lung disease, a clinically important capability. Due to often incomplete lobe boundaries, PPLS is difficult even for experts, and most prior art requires…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-16 Kevin George , Adam P. Harrison , Dakai Jin , Ziyue Xu , Daniel J. Mollura

Deep learning models are increasingly used for radiographic analysis, but their reliability is challenged by the stochastic noise inherent in clinical imaging. A systematic, cross-task understanding of how different noise types impact these…

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In drug discovery, accurate lung tumor segmentation is an important step for assessing tumor size and its progression using \textit{in-vivo} imaging such as MRI. While deep learning models have been developed to automate this process, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-11 Piotr Kaniewski , Fariba Yousefi , Yeman Brhane Hagos , Talha Qaiser , Nikolay Burlutskiy

The abundance of overlapping anatomical structures appearing in chest radiographs can reduce the performance of lung pathology detection by automated algorithms (CAD) as well as the human reader. In this paper, we present a deep learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-16 Ophir Gozes , Hayit Greenspan

Accurate lung tumor segmentation is crucial for improving diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient outcomes in oncology. However, the complexity of tumor morphology, size, and location poses significant challenges for automated…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 Elena Mulero Ayllón , Massimiliano Mantegna , Linlin Shen , Paolo Soda , Valerio Guarrasi , Matteo Tortora

Reading and interpreting chest X-ray images is one of the most radiologist's routines. However, it still can be challenging, even for the most experienced ones. Therefore, we proposed a multi-model deep learning-based automated chest X-ray…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-31 Arief Purnama Muharram , Hollyana Puteri Haryono , Abassi Haji Juma , Ira Puspasari , Nugraha Priya Utama

Chest X-ray (CXR) is a low-cost medical imaging technique. It is a common procedure for the identification of many respiratory diseases compared to MRI, CT, and PET scans. This paper presents the use of generative adversarial networks (GAN)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-15 Faizan Munawar , Shoaib Azmat , Talha Iqbal , Christer Grönlund , Hazrat Ali

Deep neural networks have been widely adopted for automatic organ segmentation from abdominal CT scans. However, the segmentation accuracy of some small organs (e.g., the pancreas) is sometimes below satisfaction, arguably because deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-06-22 Yuyin Zhou , Lingxi Xie , Wei Shen , Yan Wang , Elliot K. Fishman , Alan L. Yuille

Pulmonary pathologies are a significant global health concern, often leading to fatal outcomes if not diagnosed and treated promptly. Chest radiography serves as a primary diagnostic tool, but the availability of experienced radiologists…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-17 Abdelbaki Souid , Mohamed Hamroun , Soufiene Ben Othman , Hedi Sakli , Naceur Abdelkarim

The results of chest X-ray (CXR) analysis of 2D images to get the statistically reliable predictions (availability of tuberculosis) by computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) on the basis of deep learning are presented. They demonstrate the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-11-19 Sergii Stirenko , Yuriy Kochura , Oleg Alienin , Oleksandr Rokovyi , Peng Gang , Wei Zeng , Yuri Gordienko

Heart is one of the vital organs of human body. A minor dysfunction of heart even for a short time interval can be fatal, therefore, efficient monitoring of its physiological state is essential for the patients with cardiovascular diseases.…

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Federated Learning is the most promising way to train robust Deep Learning models for the segmentation of Covid-19-related findings in chest CTs. By learning in a decentralized fashion, heterogeneous data can be leveraged from a variety of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-17 Camila Gonzalez , Christian Harder , Amin Ranem , Ricarda Fischbach , Isabel Kaltenborn , Armin Dadras , Andreas Bucher , Anirban Mukhopadhyay

Lung cancer is an extremely lethal disease primarily due to its late-stage diagnosis and significant mortality rate, making it the major cause of cancer-related demises globally. Machine Learning (ML) and Convolution Neural network (CNN)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-03 Asha V , Bhavanishankar K

Chest radiography is the most common clinical examination type. To improve the quality of patient care and to reduce workload, methods for automatic pathology classification have been developed. In this contribution we investigate the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-18 Ivo M. Baltruschat , Leonhard Steinmeister , Harald Ittrich , Gerhard Adam , Hannes Nickisch , Axel Saalbach , Jens von Berg , Michael Grass , Tobias Knopp

Accurate delineation of pathological lungs from computed tomography (CT) images remains mostly unsolved because available methods fail to provide a reliable generic solution due to high variability of abnormality appearance. Local…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Awais Mansoor , Ulas Bagci , Daniel J. Mollura

Purpose: To develop a machine learning model to classify the severity grades of pulmonary edema on chest radiographs. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, 369,071 chest radiographs and associated radiology reports from 64,581…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-08 Steven Horng , Ruizhi Liao , Xin Wang , Sandeep Dalal , Polina Golland , Seth J Berkowitz

Purpose: Lung nodule segmentation, i.e., the algorithmic delineation of the lung nodule surface, is a fundamental component of computational nodule analysis pipelines. We propose a new method for segmentation that is a machine learning…

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Chest X-ray (CXR) is frequently employed in emergency departments and intensive care units to verify the proper placement of central lines and tubes and to rule out related complications. The automation of the X-ray reading process can be a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-07 Francesca Boccardi , Axel Saalbach , Heinrich Schulz , Samuele Salti , Ilyas Sirazitdinov

Tuberculosis (TB) is still considered a leading cause of death and a substantial threat to global child health. Both TB infection and disease are curable using antibiotics. However, most children who die of TB are never diagnosed or…