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We introduce an innovative, simple, effective segmentation-free approach for outcome prediction in head \& neck cancer (HNC) patients. By harnessing deep learning-based feature extraction techniques and multi-angle maximum intensity…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-12-05 Amirhosein Toosi , Isaac Shiri , Habib Zaidi , Arman Rahmim

Machine learning models have utilized semantic features, deep features, or both to assess lung nodule malignancy. However, their reliance on manual annotation during inference, limited interpretability, and sensitivity to imaging variations…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Luoting Zhuang , Seyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei , Ramin Salehi-Rad , Linh M. Tran , Denise R. Aberle , Ashley E. Prosper , William Hsu

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related mortality by a significant margin. While new technologies, such as image segmentation, have been paramount to improved detection and earlier diagnoses, there are still significant…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Marguerite B. Basta , Sarfaraz Hussein , Hsiang Hsu , Flavio P. Calmon

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

This paper proposes novel end-to-end framework for detecting suspicious pulmonary nodules in chest CT scans. The method core idea is a new nodule segmentation architecture with a model-based feature projection block on three-dimensional…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-11 Ivan Drokin , Elena Ericheva

Lung cancer remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, making early diagnosis critical for improving therapeutic outcomes and patient prognosis. Computer-aided diagnosis systems, which analyze computed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-23 Guohui Cai , Ying Cai , Zeyu Zhang , Yuanzhouhan Cao , Lin Wu , Daji Ergu , Zhinbin Liao , Yang Zhao

Early detection of lung cancer is essential in reducing mortality. Recent studies have demonstrated the clinical utility of low-dose computed tomography (CT) to detect lung cancer among individuals selected based on very limited clinical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-25 Jiachen Wang , Riqiang Gao , Yuankai Huo , Shunxing Bao , Yunxi Xiong , Sanja L. Antic , Travis J. Osterman , Pierre P. Massion , Bennett A. Landman

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Lung cancer screening (LCS) using annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) scanning has been proven to significantly reduce lung cancer mortality by detecting cancerous…

Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) intrinsically requires large-scale data whereas Chest X-Ray (CXR) images tend to be data/annotation-scarce, leading to over-fitting. Therefore, based on our development experience and related work, this…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-03 Changhee Han , Takayuki Okamoto , Koichi Takeuchi , Dimitris Katsios , Andrey Grushnikov , Masaaki Kobayashi , Antoine Choppin , Yutaka Kurashina , Yuki Shimahara

Lung nodule malignancy prediction has been enhanced by advanced deep-learning techniques and effective tricks. Nevertheless, current methods are mainly trained with cross-entropy loss using one-hot categorical labels, which results in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Yiming Lei , Zilong Li , Yan Shen , Junping Zhang , Hongming Shan

Lung cancer is the deadliest type of cancer worldwide and late detection is the major factor for the low survival rate of patients. Low dose computed tomography has been suggested as a potential screening tool but manual screening is…

Lung cancer is a primary contributor to cancer-related mortality globally, highlighting the necessity for precise early detection of pulmonary nodules through low-dose CT (LDCT) imaging. Deep learning methods have improved nodule detection…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-12-10 Fateme Mobini , Mohammad Reza Hedyehzadeh , Mahdi Yousefi

This paper introduces a novel deep-learning method for the automatic detection and segmentation of lung nodules, aimed at advancing the accuracy of early-stage lung cancer diagnosis. The proposed approach leverages a unique "Channel Squeeze…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-24 Mingxiu Sui , Jiacheng Hu , Tong Zhou , Zibo Liu , Likang Wen , Junliang Du

The early detection and early diagnosis of lung cancer are crucial to improve the survival rate of lung cancer patients. Pulmonary nodules detection results have a significant impact on the later diagnosis. In this work, we propose a new…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-31 Tian Lan , Yuanyuan Li , Jonah Kimani Murugi , Yi Ding , Zhiguang Qin

Histology imaging is an essential diagnosis method to finalize the grade and stage of cancer of different tissues, especially for breast cancer diagnosis. Specialists often disagree on the final diagnosis on biopsy tissue due to the complex…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Yongxiang Huang , Albert Chi-shing Chung

PET/CT imaging is the gold standard for tumor detection, offering high accuracy in identifying local and metastatic lesions. Radiologists often begin assessment with rotational Multi-Angle Maximum Intensity Projections (MIPs) from PET,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-13 Romario Zarik , Nahum Kiryati , Michael Green , Liran Domachevsky , Arnaldo Mayer

Early detection of malignant lung nodules remains constrained by size and growth based screening criteria, often delaying diagnosis. We present an integrated AI system that jointly performs nodule detection and malignancy assessment…

Recently deep learning has been witnessing widespread adoption in various medical image applications. However, training complex deep neural nets requires large-scale datasets labeled with ground truth, which are often unavailable in many…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-29 Wentao Zhu , Yeeleng S. Vang , Yufang Huang , Xiaohui Xie

Data availability plays a critical role for the performance of deep learning systems. This challenge is especially acute within the medical image domain, particularly when pathologies are involved, due to two factors: 1) limited number of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-12 Dakai Jin , Ziyue Xu , Youbao Tang , Adam P. Harrison , Daniel J. Mollura

Follow-up serves an important role in the management of pulmonary nodules for lung cancer. Imaging diagnostic guidelines with expert consensus have been made to help radiologists make clinical decision for each patient. However, tumor…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-12 Yamin Li , Jiancheng Yang , Yi Xu , Jingwei Xu , Xiaodan Ye , Guangyu Tao , Xueqian Xie , Guixue Liu