English
Related papers

Related papers: A Contrast-Adaptive Method for Simultaneous Whole-…

200 papers

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a potent diagnostic tool for detecting pathological tissues in various diseases. Different MRI sequences have different contrast mechanisms and sensitivities for different types of lesions, which pose…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Lijun Yan , Churan Wang , Fangwei Zhong , Yizhou Wang

In this paper, we develop a two-stage neural network solution for the challenging task of white-matter lesion segmentation. To cope with the vast vari- ability in lesion sizes, we sample brain MR scans with patches at three differ- ent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-26 Zhewei Wang , Charles D. Smith , Jundong Liu

Introduction: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects millions of people across the globe. MS can critically affect different organs of the central nervous system such as the eyes, the spinal cord, and the brain.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-21 Atif Shah , Maged S. Al-Shaibani , Moataz Ahmad , Reem Bunyan

Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have shown remarkable progress in medical image segmentation. However, lesion segmentation remains a challenge to state-of-the-art CNN-based algorithms due to the variance in scales and shapes. On the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-31 Yanwen Li , Luyang Luo , Huangjing Lin , Pheng-Ann Heng , Hao Chen

Segmentation of both large and small white matter hyperintensities/lesions in brain MR images is a challenging task which has drawn much attention in recent years. We propose a multi-scale aggregation model framework to deal with…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-28 Hongwei Li , Jianguo Zhang , Mark Muehlau , Jan Kirschke , Bjoern Menze

Accurate segmentation of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) lesions in longitudinal MRI scans is crucial for monitoring disease progression and treatment efficacy. Although changes across time are taken into account when assessing images in clinical…

In this paper, we present an automated approach for segmenting multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions from multi-modal brain magnetic resonance images. Our method is based on a deep end-to-end 2D convolutional neural network (CNN) for slice-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Shahab Aslani , Michael Dayan , Loredana Storelli , Massimo Filippi , Vittorio Murino , Maria A Rocca , Diego Sona

Cortical thickness measurements from magnetic resonance imaging, an important biomarker in many neurodegenerative and neurological disorders, are derived by many tools from an initial voxel-wise tissue segmentation. White matter (WM)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-27 Vinzenz Uhr , Ivan Diaz , Christian Rummel , Richard McKinley

Objective: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune, and demyelinating disease that leads to lesions in the central nervous system. This disease can be tracked and diagnosed using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Up to now a multitude of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-07 Mehdi SadeghiBakhi , Hamidreza Pourreza , Hamidreza Mahyar

Resection and whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) are the standards of care for the treatment of patients with brain metastases (BM) but are often associated with cognitive side effects. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) involves a more targeted…

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease that affects more than 2 million people worldwide. The most used imaging technique to help in its diagnosis and follow-up is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Fluid Attenuated Inversion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-26 Paulo G. L. Freire , Ricardo J. Ferrari

We present a deep learning strategy that enables, for the first time, contrast-agnostic semantic segmentation of completely unpreprocessed brain MRI scans, without requiring additional training or fine-tuning for new modalities. Classical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-09 Benjamin Billot , Douglas Greve , Koen Van Leemput , Bruce Fischl , Juan Eugenio Iglesias , Adrian V. Dalca

Brain tissue segmentation from multimodal MRI is a key building block of many neuroimaging analysis pipelines. Established tissue segmentation approaches have, however, not been developed to cope with large anatomical changes resulting from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-05 Reuben Dorent , Thomas Booth , Wenqi Li , Carole H. Sudre , Sina Kafiabadi , Jorge Cardoso , Sebastien Ourselin , Tom Vercauteren

Mitochondria segmentation in electron microscopy images is essential in neuroscience. However, due to the image degradation during the imaging process, the large variety of mitochondrial structures, as well as the presence of noise,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Zhili Li , Xuejin Chen , Jie Zhao , Zhiwei Xiong

Accurate segmentation of laryngo-pharyngeal tumors is crucial for precise diagnosis and effective treatment planning. However, traditional single-modality imaging methods often fall short of capturing the complex anatomical and pathological…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Junhao Wu , Yun Li , Junhao Li , Jingliang Bian , Xiaomao Fan , Wenbin Lei , Ruxin Wang

Brain atrophy and white matter hyperintensity (WMH) are critical neuroimaging features for ascertaining brain injury in cerebrovascular disease and multiple sclerosis. Automated segmentation and quantification is desirable but existing…

Brain lesion segmentation plays an essential role in neurological research and diagnosis. As brain lesions can be caused by various pathological alterations, different types of brain lesions tend to manifest with different characteristics…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-17 Xinru Zhang , Ni Ou , Berke Doga Basaran , Marco Visentin , Mengyun Qiao , Renyang Gu , Cheng Ouyang , Yaou Liu , Paul M. Matthew , Chuyang Ye , Wenjia Bai

Cortical lesions (CLs) have emerged as valuable biomarkers in multiple sclerosis (MS), offering high diagnostic specificity and prognostic relevance. However, their routine clinical integration remains limited due to subtle magnetic…

According to the 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification scheme for gliomas, glioma segmentation is a very important basis for diagnosis and genotype prediction. In general, 3D multimodal brain MRI is an effective diagnostic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-23 Xiaoyu Shi , Shurong Chai , Yinhao Li , Jingliang Cheng , Jie Bai , Guohua Zhao , Yen-Wei Chen

Magnetic resonance images (MRI) play an important role in supporting and substituting clinical information in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) disease by presenting lesion in brain MR images. In this paper, an algorithm for MS…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-04-11 Saba Heidari Gheshlaghi , Abolfazl Madani , AmirAbolfazl Suratgar , Fardin Faraji