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A number of image-processing problems can be formulated as optimization problems. The objective function typically contains several terms specifically designed for different purposes. Parameters in front of these terms are used to control…

Medical Physics · Physics 2017-11-02 Chenyang Shen , Yesenia Gonzalez , Liyuan Chen , Steve B. Jiang , Xun Jia

Standard plane (SP) localization is essential in routine clinical ultrasound (US) diagnosis. Compared to 2D US, 3D US can acquire multiple view planes in one scan and provide complete anatomy with the addition of coronal plane. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-04 Yuxin Zou , Haoran Dou , Yuhao Huang , Xin Yang , Jikuan Qian , Chaojiong Zhen , Xiaodan Ji , Nishant Ravikumar , Guoqiang Chen , Weijun Huang , Alejandro F. Frangi , Dong Ni

We present a deep learning segmentation model that can automatically and robustly segment all major anatomical structures in body CT images. In this retrospective study, 1204 CT examinations (from the years 2012, 2016, and 2020) were used…

CT organ segmentation on computed tomography (CT) images becomes a significant brick for modern medical image analysis, supporting clinic workflows in multiple domains. Previous segmentation methods include 2D convolution neural networks…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-19 Haoyu Fang , Yi Fang , Xiaofeng Yang

In this work, we present a deep learning-based approach for image tampering localization fusion. This approach is designed to combine the outcomes of multiple image forensics algorithms and provides a fused tampering localization map, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-14 Polychronis Charitidis , Giorgos Kordopatis-Zilos , Symeon Papadopoulos , Ioannis Kompatsiaris

Segmentation of lung tissue in computed tomography (CT) images is a precursor to most pulmonary image analysis applications. Semantic segmentation methods using deep learning have exhibited top-tier performance in recent years, however…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-27 Niloufar Delfan , Hamid Abrishami Moghaddam , Mohammadreza Modaresi , Kimia Afshari , Kasra Nezamabadi , Neda Pak , Omid Ghaemi , Mohamad Forouzanfar

Automated placement of components on printed circuit boards (PCBs) is a critical stage in placement layout design. While reinforcement learning (RL) has been successfully applied to system-on-chip IP block placement and chiplet arrangement…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Kart Leong Lim

Localization of anatomical structures is a prerequisite for many tasks in medical image analysis. We propose a method for automatic localization of one or more anatomical structures in 3D medical images through detection of their presence…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-04-20 Bob D. de Vos , Jelmer M. Wolterink , Pim A. de Jong , Tim Leiner , Max A. Viergever , Ivana Išgum

We propose a novel point cloud based 3D organ segmentation pipeline utilizing deep Q-learning. In order to preserve shape properties, the learning process is guided using a statistical shape model. The trained agent directly predicts…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-18 Xia Zhong , Mario Amrehn , Nishant Ravikumar , Shuqing Chen , Norbert Strobel , Annette Birkhold , Markus Kowarschik , Rebecca Fahrig , Andreas Maier

The purpose of this study is to develop a deep learning based method that can automatically generate segmentations on cone-beam CT (CBCT) for head and neck online adaptive radiation therapy (ART), where expert-drawn contours in planning CT…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-02-02 Xiao Liang , Howard Morgan , Dan Nguyen , Steve Jiang

The liver is the most involved organ by distant metastasis in colon-rectal cancer (CRC) patients and it comes necessary to be aware of the mutational status of the lesions to correctly design the best individual treatment. So far, efforts…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-26 Daniele Perlo , Luca Berton , Alessia Delpiano , Francesca Menchini , Stefano Tibaldi , Marco Grosso , Paolo Fonio

Image segmentation is a fundamental problem in medical image analysis. In recent years, deep neural networks achieve impressive performances on many medical image segmentation tasks by supervised learning on large manually annotated data.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-26 Ling Zhang , Vissagan Gopalakrishnan , Le Lu , Ronald M. Summers , Joel Moss , Jianhua Yao

Planning of radiotherapy involves accurate segmentation of a large number of organs at risk, i.e. organs for which irradiation doses should be minimized to avoid important side effects of the therapy. We propose a deep learning method for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-04 Pawel Mlynarski , Hervé Delingette , Hamza Alghamdi , Pierre-Yves Bondiau , Nicholas Ayache

Commercial iterative reconstruction techniques on modern CT scanners target radiation dose reduction but there are lingering concerns over their impact on image appearance and low contrast detectability. Recently, machine learning,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-16 Hongming Shan , Atul Padole , Fatemeh Homayounieh , Uwe Kruger , Ruhani Doda Khera , Chayanin Nitiwarangkul , Mannudeep K. Kalra , Ge Wang

Organ at risk (OAR) segmentation is a crucial step for treatment planning and outcome determination in radiotherapy treatments of cancer patients. Several deep learning based segmentation algorithms have been developed in recent years,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-07 Ilkin Isler , Curtis Lisle , Justin Rineer , Patrick Kelly , Damla Turgut , Jacob Ricci , Ulas Bagci

In CT angiography, the accurate segmentation of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) is difficult due to large anatomical variability, low-contrast vessel boundaries, and the close proximity of organs whose intensities resemble vascular…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Osamah Sufyan , Martin Brückmann , Ralph Wickenhöfer , Babette Dellen , Uwe Jaekel

Deep reinforcement learning is an emerging machine learning approach which can teach a computer to learn from their actions and rewards similar to the way humans learn from experience. It offers many advantages in automating decision…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-08 V. Nguyen , S. B. Orbell , D. T. Lennon , H. Moon , F. Vigneau , L. C. Camenzind , L. Yu , D. M. Zumbühl , G. A. D. Briggs , M. A. Osborne , D. Sejdinovic , N. Ares

Deep research systems, agentic AI that solve complex, multi-step tasks by coordinating reasoning, search across the open web and user files, and tool use, are moving toward hierarchical deployments with a Planner, Coordinator, and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Wenjun Li , Zhi Chen , Jingru Lin , Hannan Cao , Wei Han , Sheng Liang , Zhi Zhang , Kuicai Dong , Dexun Li , Chen Zhang , Yong Liu

Purpose: Estimation of patient-specific organ doses is required for more comprehensive dose metrics, such as effective dose. Currently, available methods are performed retrospectively using the CT images themselves, which can only be done…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Abdullah-Al-Zubaer Imran , Sen Wang , Debashish Pal , Sandeep Dutta , Bhavik Patel , Evan Zucker , Adam Wang

Self-supervised pre-training of deep learning models with contrastive learning is a widely used technique in image analysis. Current findings indicate a strong potential for contrastive pre-training on medical images. However, further…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-21 Daniel Wolf , Tristan Payer , Catharina Silvia Lisson , Christoph Gerhard Lisson , Meinrad Beer , Michael Götz , Timo Ropinski