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This paper introduces a network for volumetric segmentation that learns from sparsely annotated volumetric images. We outline two attractive use cases of this method: (1) In a semi-automated setup, the user annotates some slices in the…

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Retinal vascular diseases affect the well-being of human body and sometimes provide vital signs of otherwise undetected bodily damage. Recently, deep learning techniques have been successfully applied for detection of diabetic retinopathy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Guan Wang , Yusuke Kikuchi , Jinglin Yi , Qiong Zou , Rui Zhou , Xin Guo

Purpose: Deep learning methods have shown promising results in the segmentation, and detection of diseases in medical images. However, most methods are trained and tested on data from a single source, modality, organ, or disease type,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-20 Nchongmaje Ndipenocha , Alina Mirona , Kezhi Wanga , Yongmin Li

The analysis of organ vessels is essential for computer-aided diagnosis and surgical planning. But it is not a easy task since the fine-detailed connected regions of organ vessel bring a lot of ambiguity in vessel segmentation and sub-type…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-01 Chenxin Li , Wenao Ma , Liyan Sun , Xinghao Ding , Yue Huang , Guisheng Wang , Yizhou Yu

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive imaging technology which can provide micrometer-resolution cross-sectional images of the inner structures of the eye. It is widely used for the diagnosis of ophthalmic diseases with…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-10 Donghuan Lu , Morgan Heisler , Da Ma , Setareh Dabiri , Sieun Lee , Gavin Weiguang Ding , Marinko V. Sarunic , Mirza Faisal Beg

Segmentation algorithms for medical images are widely studied for various clinical and research purposes. In this paper, we propose a new and efficient method for medical image segmentation under noisy labels. The method operates under a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-18 Ziyang Wang , Zhengdong Zhang , Irina Voiculescu

We identify and address three research gaps in the field of vessel segmentation for funduscopy. The first focuses on the task of inference on high-resolution fundus images for which only a limited set of ground-truth data is publicly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-18 Tim Laibacher , André Anjos

Typical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan may take 20 to 60 minutes. Reducing MRI scan time is beneficial for both patient experience and cost considerations. Accelerated MRI scan may be achieved by acquiring less amount of k-space data…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-15 Pak Lun Kevin Ding , Zhiqiang Li , Yuxiang Zhou , Baoxin Li

Stroke is a major public health problem, affecting millions worldwide. Deep learning has recently demonstrated promise for enhancing the diagnosis and risk prediction of stroke. However, existing methods rely on costly medical imaging…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-17 Saeed Shurrab , Aadim Nepal , Terrence J. Lee-St. John , Nicola G. Ghazi , Bartlomiej Piechowski-Jozwiak , Farah E. Shamout

Accurate and reliable image segmentation is an essential part of biomedical image analysis. In this paper, we consider the problem of biomedical image segmentation using deep convolutional neural networks. We propose a new end-to-end…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-02 Amirhossein Dadashzadeh , Alireza Tavakoli Targhi

Segmentation from renal pathological images is a key step in automatic analyzing the renal histological characteristics. However, the performance of models varies significantly in different types of stained datasets due to the appearance…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-21 Ke Mei , Chuang Zhu , Lei Jiang , Jun Liu , Yuanyuan Qiao

Purpose: Automatic and accurate segmentation of fundus vessel images has become an essential prerequisite for computer-aided diagnosis of ophthalmic diseases such as diabetes mellitus. The task of high-precision retinal vessel segmentation…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-06 Xiang Li , Mingsi Liu , Lixin Duan

Diagnosing different retinal diseases from Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) images is a challenging task. Different automated approaches such as image processing, machine learning and deep learning algorithms have been…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-19 Sharif Amit Kamran , Sourajit Saha , Ali Shihab Sabbir , Alireza Tavakkoli

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a prevalent complication of diabetes associated with a significant risk of vision loss. Timely identification is critical to curb vision impairment. Algorithms for DR staging from digital fundus images (DFIs)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-25 Yevgeniy Men , Jonathan Fhima , Leo Anthony Celi , Lucas Zago Ribeiro , Luis Filipe Nakayama , Joachim A. Behar

Accurate retinal vessel segmentation is challenging because of the complex texture of retinal vessels and low imaging contrast. Previous methods generally refine segmentation results by cascading multiple deep networks, which are…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-07 Mingxing Li , Shenglong Zhou , Chang Chen , Yueyi Zhang , Dong Liu , Zhiwei Xiong

Automatic classification of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) can assist ophthalmologists in devising personalized treatment plans, making it a critical component of clinical practice. However, imbalanced data distribution in the dataset becomes a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-28 Abdul Hannan , Zahid Mahmood , Rizwan Qureshi , Hazrat Ali

Ultrasound imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis of vascular lesions. Accurate segmentation of the vascular wall is important for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of vascular diseases. However, existing methods have…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-29 Qinghua Huang , Lizhi Jia , Guanqing Ren , Xiaoyi Wang , Chunying Liu

In this work, we utilize image segmentation to visually identify blood vessels in retinal examination images. This process is typically carried out manually. However, we can employ heuristic methods and machine learning to automate or at…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-01 João Henrique Pereira Machado , Gilson Adamczuk Oliveira , Érick Oliveira Rodrigues

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive 3D modality widely used in ophthalmology for imaging the retina. Achieving automated, anatomically coherent retinal layer segmentation on OCT is important for the detection and monitoring…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-26 Botond Fazekas , Guilherme Aresta , Dmitrii Lachinov , Sophie Riedl , Julia Mai , Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth , Hrvoje Bogunovic

In ophthalmology, the study of the retinal microcirculation is a key issue in the analysis of many ocular and systemic diseases, like hypertension or diabetes. This motivates the research on improving the retinal vasculature segmentation.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-23 José Morano , Álvaro S. Hervella , Noelia Barreira , Jorge Novo , José Rouco