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Accurate segmentation of anatomical structures and abnormalities in medical images is crucial for computer-aided diagnosis and analysis. While deep learning techniques excel at this task, their computational demands pose challenges.…

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The accurate classification of benign and malignant pulmonary nodules in CT scans is critical for early lung cancer screening, yet remains challenging due to the multi-scale and heterogeneous nature of pulmonary nodules. While deep learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Jinyue Li , Yuzhou Yu , Jingjing Yang , Meng Fu , Yani Zhang , Shuyao He , Dianlong Ge , Xin Ning , Yannan Chu , Qiankun Li

Lung cancer is the most common form of cancer found worldwide with a high mortality rate. Early detection of pulmonary nodules by screening with a low-dose computed tomography (CT) scan is crucial for its effective clinical management.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-17 Rakshith Sathish , Rachana Sathish , Ramanathan Sethuraman , Debdoot Sheet

Objective: In clinical practice, small lung nodules can be easily overlooked by radiologists. The paper aims to provide an efficient and accurate detection system for small lung nodules while keeping good performance for large nodules.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-09 Sunyi Zheng , Ludo J. Cornelissen , Xiaonan Cui , Xueping Jing , Raymond N. J. Veldhuis , Matthijs Oudkerk , Peter M. A. van Ooijen

Achieving accurate and automated tumor segmentation plays an important role in both clinical practice and radiomics research. Segmentation in medicine is now often performed manually by experts, which is a laborious, expensive and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-07 Zhengyong Huang , Sijuan Zou , Guoshuai Wang , Zixiang Chen , Hao Shen , Haiyan Wang , Na Zhang , Lu Zhang , Fan Yang , Haining Wangg , Dong Liang , Tianye Niu , Xiaohua Zhuc , Zhanli Hua

Lung cancer has emerged as a severe disease that threatens human life and health. The precise segmentation of lung regions is a crucial prerequisite for localizing tumors, which can provide accurate information for lung image analysis. In…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-21 Youshan Zhang

Purpose: Lung nodules have very diverse shapes and sizes, which makes classifying them as benign/malignant a challenging problem. In this paper, we propose a novel method to predict the malignancy of nodules that have the capability to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-24 Mundher Al-Shabi , Boon Leong Lan , Wai Yee Chan , Kwan-Hoong Ng , Maxine Tan

The identification of pulmonary lobes is of great importance in disease diagnosis and treatment. A few lung diseases have regional disorders at lobar level. Thus, an accurate segmentation of pulmonary lobes is necessary. In this work, we…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-25 Wenjia Wang , Junxuan Chen , Jie Zhao , Ying Chi , Xuansong Xie , Li Zhang , Xiansheng Hua

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

Automatic segmentation of lung lesions associated with COVID-19 in CT images requires large amount of annotated volumes. Annotations mandate expert knowledge and are time-intensive to obtain through fully manual segmentation methods.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-06 Muhammad Asad , Lucas Fidon , Tom Vercauteren

In the medical field, accurate diagnosis of lung cancer is crucial for treatment. Traditional manual analysis methods have significant limitations in terms of accuracy and efficiency. To address this issue, this paper proposes a deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-10 Ziyang Gao , Yong Tian , Shih-Chi Lin , Junghua Lin

We introduce an accurate lung segmentation model for chest radiographs based on deep convolutional neural networks. Our model is based on atrous convolutional layers to increase the field-of-view of filters efficiently. To improve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-03 Sangheum Hwang , Sunggyun Park

Developing an effective liver and liver tumor segmentation model from CT scans is very important for the success of liver cancer diagnosis, surgical planning and cancer treatment. In this work, we propose a two-stage framework for 2D liver…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-21 Youbao Tang , Yuxing Tang , Yingying Zhu , Jing Xiao , Ronald M. Summers

Recently, lung nodule detection methods based on deep learning have shown excellent performance in the medical image processing field. Considering that only a few public lung datasets are available and lung nodules are more difficult to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-08 Yujiang Chen , Mei Xie

Characterization of lung nodules as benign or malignant is one of the most important tasks in lung cancer diagnosis, staging and treatment planning. While the variation in the appearance of the nodules remains large, there is a need for a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-18 Sarfaraz Hussein , Robert Gillies , Kunlin Cao , Qi Song , Ulas Bagci

Objective. Limited access to breast cancer diagnosis globally leads to delayed treatment. Ultrasound, an effective yet underutilized method, requires specialized training for sonographers, which hinders its widespread use. Approach. Volume…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-21 Donya Khaledyan , Thomas J. Marini , Avice OConnell , Steven Meng , Jonah Kan , Galen Brennan , Yu Zhao , Timothy M. Baran , Kevin J. Parker

PURPOSE: This study aimed to develop a deep learning-based tool to detect and localize lung nodules with chest radiographs(CXRs). We expected it to enhance the efficiency of interpreting CXRs and reduce the possibilities of delayed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-14 Yang Tai , Yu-Wen Fang , Fang-Yi Su , Jung-Hsien Chiang

Left ventricle (LV) segmentation is critical for clinical quantification and diagnosis of cardiac images. In this work, we propose two novel deep learning architectures called LNU-Net and IBU-Net for left ventricle segmentation from…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Wenhui Chu , Nikolaos V. Tsekos

Accurate assessment of Lung nodules is a time consuming and error prone ingredient of the radiologist interpretation work. Automating 3D volume detection and segmentation can improve workflow as well as patient care. Previous works have…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-29 Evi Kopelowitz , Guy Engelhard

Lung cancer, a severe form of malignant tumor that originates in the tissues of the lungs, can be fatal if not detected in its early stages. It ranks among the top causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Detecting lung cancer manually…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Santanu Roy , Shweta Singh , Palak Sahu , Ashvath Suresh , Debashish Das