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We propose a Transformer architecture for volumetric segmentation, a challenging task that requires keeping a complex balance in encoding local and global spatial cues, and preserving information along all axes of the volume. Encoder of the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-04 Himashi Peiris , Munawar Hayat , Zhaolin Chen , Gary Egan , Mehrtash Harandi

Mammography is the most effective and available tool for breast cancer screening. However, the low positive predictive value of breast biopsy resulting from mammogram interpretation leads to approximately 70% unnecessary biopsies with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2013-06-04 Sahar A. Mokhtar , Alaa. M. Elsayad

A brain tumor consists of cells showing abnormal brain growth. The area of the brain tumor significantly affects choosing the type of treatment and following the course of the disease during the treatment. At the same time, pictures of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-08 Pegah Ahadian , Maryam Babaei , Kourosh Parand

Computed tomography (CT) is increasingly being used for cancer screening, such as early detection of lung cancer. However, CT studies have varying pixel spacing due to differences in acquisition parameters. Thick slice CTs have lower…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-19 Meng Li , Shiwen Shen , Wen Gao , William Hsu , Jason Cong

Lung cancer is one of the prevalence diseases in the world which cause many deaths. Detecting early stages of lung cancer is so necessary. So, modeling and simulating some intelligent medical systems is an essential which can help…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-07 Ehsan Sadeghi Pour , Mahdi Esmaeili

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) is a widely used medical imaging modality for breast cancer screening and diagnosis, offering higher spatial resolution and greater detail through its 3D-like breast volume imaging capability. However, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-21 Yuexi Du , Regina J. Hooley , John Lewin , Nicha C. Dvornek

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women across the globe. It is difficult to treat if detected at advanced stages, however, early detection can significantly increase chances of survival and improves lives of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-17 Unaiza Sajid , Rizwan Ahmed Khan , Shahid Munir Shah , Sheeraz Arif

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

Computational pathology is part of precision oncology medicine. The integration of high-throughput data including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, pathomics, and radiomics into clinical practice improves cancer treatment…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-07 Liangrui Pan , Zhichao Feng , Shaoliang Peng

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has become a standard clinical practice for tumor downsizing in breast cancer with 18F-FDG Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Our work aims to leverage PET imaging for the segmentation of breast lesions. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Tewele W. Tareke , Neree Payan , Alexandre Cochet , Laurent Arnould , Benoit Presles , Jean-Marc Vrigneaud , Fabrice Meriaudeau , Alain Lalande

Brain cancer can be very fatal, but chances of survival increase through early detection and treatment. Doctors use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to detect and locate tumors in the brain, and very carefully analyze scans to segment brain…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-08 Ryan Sherman

Breast tumor segmentation is a critical task in computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems for breast cancer detection because accurate tumor size, shape and location are important for further tumor quantification and classification. However,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-29 Bryar Shareef , Alex Vakanski , Min Xian , Phoebe E. Freer

The development of robust deep learning models for breast ultrasound (BUS) image analysis is significantly constrained by the scarcity of expert-annotated data. To address this limitation, we propose a clinically controllable generative…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-11 Haoyu Pan , Hongxin Lin , Zetian Feng , Chuxuan Lin , Junyang Mo , Chu Zhang , Zijian Wu , Yi Wang , Qingqing Zheng

Ultrasound is an adjunct tool to mammography that can quickly and safely aid physicians with diagnosing breast abnormalities. Clinical ultrasound often assumes a constant sound speed to form B-mode images for diagnosis. However, the various…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-08 Walter A. Simson , Magdalini Paschali , Vasiliki Sideri-Lampretsa , Nassir Navab , Jeremy J. Dahl

Uterine leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare but aggressive malignancy. On imaging, it is difficult to differentiate LMS from, for example, degenerated leiomyoma (LM), a prevalent but benign condition. We curated a data set of 115 axial…

Robust and accurate detection and segmentation of heterogenous tumors appearing in different anatomical organs with supervised methods require large-scale labeled datasets covering all possible types of diseases. Due to the unavailability…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Mehdi Astaraki , Francesca De Benetti , Yousef Yeganeh , Iuliana Toma-Dasu , Örjan Smedby , Chunliang Wang , Nassir Navab , Thomas Wendler

Breast Ultrasound plays a vital role in cancer diagnosis as a non-invasive approach with cost-effective. In recent years, with the development of deep learning, many CNN-based approaches have been widely researched in both tumor…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Dat T. Chung , Minh-Anh Dang , Mai-Anh Vu , Minh T. Nguyen , Thanh-Huy Nguyen , Vinh Q. Dinh

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

Purpose: Cell size is a fundamental characteristic of all tissues, and changes in cell size in cancer reflect tumor status and response to treatments, such as apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. Unfortunately, cell size can only be obtained by…

Timely diagnosis of breast cancer is an important task. This type of breast cancer is one of the most common diseases. The method of microwave radiothermometry is a promising direction for solving this problem. The method is based on…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-08-08 Maxim Polyakov