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Convolutional networks (ConvNets) have achieved promising accuracy for various anatomical segmentation tasks. Despite the success, these methods can be sensitive to data appearance variations. Considering the large variability of scans…

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Various deep learning methods have been proposed to segment breast lesion from ultrasound images. However, similar intensity distributions, variable tumor morphology and blurred boundaries present challenges for breast lesions segmentation,…

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In this paper, we provide a novel method for the estimation of unknown parameters of the Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) in Positron Emission Tomography (PET). A vast majority of PET imaging methods are based on reconstruction model that is…

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Convolutional neural network (CNN) has achieved unprecedented success in image super-resolution tasks in recent years. However, the network's performance depends on the distribution of the training sets and degrades on out-of-distribution…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-20 Aupendu Kar , Prabir Kumar Biswas

Accurate identification and quantification of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) is crucial for the risk assessment and treatment of this cerebrovascular disorder. Current 2D manual assessment on 3D magnetic resonance angiography…

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A standard dose of radioactive tracer must be delivered into the patients body to obtain high-quality Positron Emission Tomography (PET) images for diagnostic purposes, which raises the risk of radiation harm. A reduced tracer dose, on the…

Existing medical image super-resolution methods rely on pairs of low- and high- resolution images to learn a mapping in a fully supervised manner. However, such image pairs are often not available in clinical practice. In this paper, we…

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Accurate atmospheric profiles from remote sensing instruments such as Doppler Lidar, Radar, and radiometers are frequently corrupted by low-SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) gates, range folding, and spurious discontinuities. Traditional gap…

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Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) enables material-specific imaging through acquisitions at two different X-ray energy spectra. Material decomposition from DECT data is an ill-posed inverse problem that is highly sensitive to noise…

Despite its exceptional soft tissue contrast, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) faces the challenge of long scanning times compared to other modalities like X-ray radiography. Shortening scanning times is crucial in clinical settings, as it…

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We propose a deep learning-based technique for detection and quantification of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). The condition, which leads to more than 10,000 deaths per year in the United States, is asymptomatic, often detected…

With the rapid increase in volume of time series medical data available through wearable devices, there is a need to employ automated algorithms to label data. Examples of labels include interventions, changes in activity (e.g. sleep) and…

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In this work we reduce undersampling artefacts in two-dimensional ($2D$) golden-angle radial cine cardiac MRI by applying a modified version of the U-net. We train the network on $2D$ spatio-temporal slices which are previously extracted…

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Parallel imaging has been an essential technique to accelerate MR imaging. Nevertheless, the acceleration rate is still limited due to the ill-condition and challenges associated with the undersampled reconstruction. In this paper, we…

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This study introduces a novel reconstruction method for dental cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), focusing on effectively reducing metal-induced artifacts commonly encountered in the presence of prevalent metallic implants. Despite…

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The MR-Linac can enable real-time radiotherapy adaptation. However, real-time image acquisition is restricted to 2D to obtain sufficient spatial resolution, hindering accurate 3D segmentation. By reducing spatial resolution fast 3D imaging…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-10-18 Samuel Fransson , David Tilly , Robin Strand

Purpose: To achieve automatic hyperparameter estimation for the joint recovery of quantitative MR images, we propose a Bayesian formulation of the reconstruction problem that incorporates the signal model. Additionally, we investigate the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-12 Shuai Huang , James J. Lah , Jason W. Allen , Deqiang Qiu

Purpose: Manual annotations for training deep learning (DL) models in auto-segmentation are time-intensive. This study introduces a hybrid representation-enhanced sampling strategy that integrates both density and diversity criteria within…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-21 Ganping Li , Yoshito Otake , Mazen Soufi , Masashi Taniguchi , Masahide Yagi , Noriaki Ichihashi , Keisuke Uemura , Masaki Takao , Nobuhiko Sugano , Yoshinobu Sato

Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) is an emerging computed imaging modality that exploits optical contrast and ultrasonic detection principles to form images of the absorbed optical energy density within tissue. When the imaging…

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This work employs a pre-trained, multi-view Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with a spatial attention block to optimise knee injury detection. An open-source Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data set with image-level labels was leveraged…

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