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Pneumonia is a life-threatening lung infection resulting from several different viral infections. Identifying and treating pneumonia on chest X-ray images can be difficult due to its similarity to other pulmonary diseases. Thus, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-14 Alhassan Mabrouk , Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo , Abdelghani Dahou , Mohamed Abd Elaziz , Mohammed Kayed

Although radiographs are the most frequently used worldwide due to their cost-effectiveness and widespread accessibility, the structural superposition along the x-ray paths often renders suspicious or concerning lung nodules difficult to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-25 Chuang Niu , Giridhar Dasegowda , Pingkun Yan , Mannudeep K. Kalra , Ge Wang

Lung cancer (LC) ranks among the most frequently diagnosed cancers and is one of the most common causes of death for men and women worldwide. Computed Tomography (CT) images are the most preferred diagnosis method because of their low cost…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-11 Mobarak Abumohsen , Enrique Costa-Montenegro , Silvia García-Méndez , Amani Yousef Owda , Majdi Owda

The success of deep convolutional neural networks on image classification and recognition tasks has led to new applications in very diversified contexts, including the field of medical imaging. In this paper we investigate and propose…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Alexey A. Novikov , Dimitrios Lenis , David Major , Jiri Hladůvka , Maria Wimmer , Katja Bühler

Chest radiography is the most common medical image examination for screening and diagnosis in hospitals. Automatic interpretation of chest X-rays at the level of an entry-level radiologist can greatly benefit work prioritization and assist…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-11 Sandesh Ghimire , Satyananda Kashyap , Joy T. Wu , Alexandros Karargyris , Mehdi Moradi

Purpose: we evaluated the generalization capability of deep neural networks (DNNs), trained to classify chest X-rays as Covid-19, normal or pneumonia, using a relatively small and mixed dataset. Methods: we proposed a DNN to perform lung…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-03 Pedro R. A. S. Bassi , Romis Attux

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

The most deadly and life-threatening disease in the world is lung cancer. Though early diagnosis and accurate treatment are necessary for lowering the lung cancer mortality rate. A computerized tomography (CT) scan-based image is one of the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-12 Muntasir Mamun , Md Ishtyaq Mahmud , Mahabuba Meherin , Ahmed Abdelgawad

Chest X-ray is the most common medical imaging exam used to assess multiple pathologies. Automated algorithms and tools have the potential to support the reading workflow, improve efficiency, and reduce reading errors. With the availability…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-14 Sebastian Guendel , Sasa Grbic , Bogdan Georgescu , Kevin Zhou , Ludwig Ritschl , Andreas Meier , Dorin Comaniciu

Many people die from lung-related diseases every year. X-ray is an effective way to test if one is diagnosed with a lung-related disease or not. This study concentrates on categorizing three distinct types of lung X-rays: those depicting…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-26 Xiaoyi Liu , Zhou Yu , Lianghao Tan

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been spreading rapidly around the world and caused significant impact on the public health and economy. However, there is still lack of studies on effectively quantifying the lung infection…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-14 Xiaocong Chen , Lina Yao , Yu Zhang

One of the primary clinical observations for screening the infectious by the novel coronavirus is capturing a chest x-ray image. In most of the patients, a chest x-ray contains abnormalities, such as consolidation, which are the results of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-30 Arman Haghanifar , Mahdiyar Molahasani Majdabadi , Younhee Choi , S. Deivalakshmi , Seokbum Ko

Cardiomegaly is indeed a medical disease in which the heart is enlarged. Cardiomegaly is better to handle if caught early, so early detection is critical. The chest X-ray, being one of the most often used radiography examinations, has been…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-08 Soham S. Sarpotdar

Coronavirus has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths. Fatalities could decrease if every patient could get suitable treatment by the healthcare system. Machine learning, especially computer vision methods based on deep learning, can help…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-27 Parham Yazdekhasty , Ali Zindari , Zahra Nabizadeh-ShahreBabak , Pejman Khadivi , Nader Karimi , Shadrokh Samavi

Chest radiography is a relatively cheap, widely available medical procedure that conveys key information for making diagnostic decisions. Chest X-rays are almost always used in the diagnosis of respiratory diseases such as pneumonia or the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-05 Matej Gazda , Jakub Gazda , Jan Plavka , Peter Drotar

Lung diseases remain a critical global health concern, and it's crucial to have accurate and quick ways to diagnose them. This work focuses on classifying different lung diseases into five groups: viral pneumonia, bacterial pneumonia,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-18 Tanzina Taher Ifty , Saleh Ahmed Shafin , Shoeb Mohammad Shahriar , Tashfia Towhid

A combination of traditional image processing methods with advanced neural networks concretes a predictive and preventive healthcare paradigm. This study offers rapid, accurate, and non-invasive diagnostic solutions that can significantly…

Chest X-ray becomes one of the most common medical diagnoses due to its noninvasiveness. The number of chest X-ray images has skyrocketed, but reading chest X-rays still have been manually performed by radiologists, which creates huge…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-06 Yan Han , Chongyan Chen , Ahmed H Tewfik , Ying Ding , Yifan Peng

Lung image segmentation plays an important role in computer-aid pulmonary diseases diagnosis and treatment. This paper proposed a lung image segmentation method by generative adversarial networks. We employed a variety of generative…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-05 Jiaxin Cai , Hongfeng Zhu

In this study, we propose a robust methodology for automatic segmentation of infected lung regions in COVID-19 CT scans using convolutional neural networks. The approach is based on a modified U-Net architecture enhanced with attention…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-20 Amal Lahchim , Lazar Davic