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Deep learning methods for classifying medical images have demonstrated impressive accuracy in a wide range of tasks but often these models are hard to interpret, limiting their applicability in clinical practice. In this work we introduce a…

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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

Accurate segmentation of the liver is a prerequisite for the diagnosis of disease. Automated segmentation is an important application of computer-aided detection and diagnosis of liver disease. In recent years, automated processing of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-29 Zhiqi Lee , Sumin Qi , Chongchong Fan , Ziwei Xie

We propose the first joint-task learning framework for brain and vessel segmentation (JoB-VS) from Time-of-Flight Magnetic Resonance images. Unlike state-of-the-art vessel segmentation methods, our approach avoids the pre-processing step of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-18 Natalia Valderrama , Ioannis Pitsiorlas , Luisa Vargas , Pablo Arbeláez , Maria A. Zuluaga

Recently, many methods based on hand-designed convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have achieved promising results in automatic retinal vessel segmentation. However, these CNNs remain constrained in capturing retinal vessels in complex…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-14 Jiahong Wei , Zhun Fan

Automated cardiac segmentation from magnetic resonance imaging datasets is an essential step in the timely diagnosis and management of cardiac pathologies. We propose to tackle the problem of automated left and right ventricle segmentation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-04-28 Phi Vu Tran

Automated detection and segmentation of surgical devices, such as catheters or wires, in X-ray fluoroscopic images have the potential to enhance image guidance in minimally invasive heart surgeries. In this paper, we present a convolutional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Lin Xi , Yingliang Ma , Ethan Koland , Sandra Howell , Aldo Rinaldi , Kawal S. Rhode

We present a cascade deep neural network to segment retinal vessels in volumetric optical coherence tomography (OCT). Two types of knowledge are infused into the network for confining the searching regions. (1) Histology. The retinal…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-22 Liyang Fang , Jianlong Yang , Lei Mou , Huihong Zhang , Zhenjie Chai , Zhi Chen , Jiang Liu

Cardio-cerebrovascular diseases are the leading causes of mortality worldwide, whose accurate blood vessel segmentation is significant for both scientific research and clinical usage. However, segmenting cardio-cerebrovascular structures…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-03 Nazik Elsayed , Yousuf Babiker M. Osman , Cheng Li , Jiong Zhang , Shanshan Wang

The health and function of tissue rely on its vasculature network to provide reliable blood perfusion. Volumetric imaging approaches, such as multiphoton microscopy, are able to generate detailed 3D images of blood vessels that could…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-19 Mohammad Haft-Javaherian , Linjing Fang , Victorine Muse , Chris B. Schaffer , Nozomi Nishimura , Mert R. Sabuncu

Background. Functional assessment of right ventricle (RV) using gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (MPS) heavily relies on the precise extraction of right ventricular contours. In this paper, we present a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-22 Chen Zhao , Shi Shi , Zhuo He , Cheng Wang , Zhongqiang Zhao , Xinli Li , Yanli Zhou , Weihua Zhou

Retinal blood vessel can assist doctors in diagnosis of eye-related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, and its segmentation is particularly important for automatic retinal image analysis. However, it is challenging to segment these…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-07 Jiawei Zhang , Yanchun Zhang , Xiaowei Xu

The intricate morphology of brain vessels poses significant challenges for automatic segmentation models, which usually focus on a single imaging modality. However, accurately treating brain-related conditions requires a comprehensive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Francesco Galati , Daniele Falcetta , Rosa Cortese , Ferran Prados , Ninon Burgos , Maria A. Zuluaga

Structural changes in retinal blood vessels are critical biomarkers for the onset and progression of glaucoma and other ocular diseases. However, current vessel segmentation approaches largely rely on supervised learning and extensive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Cheng Huang , Weizheng Xie , Fan Gao , Yutong Liu , Ruoling Wu , Zeyu Han , Jingxi Qiu , Xiangxiang Wang , Zhenglin Yang , Hao Wang , Yongbin Yu

We present a novel approach to automatically segment magnetic resonance (MR) images of the human brain into anatomical regions. Our methodology is based on a deep artificial neural network that assigns each voxel in an MR image of the brain…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-06-26 Alexandre de Brebisson , Giovanni Montana

Accurate identification of arteries and veins in ultrasound images is crucial for vascular examinations and interventions in robotics-assisted surgeries. However, current methods for ultrasound vessel segmentation face challenges in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-01 Yimeng Geng , Gaofeng Meng , Mingcong Chen , Guanglin Cao , Mingyang Zhao , Jianbo Zhao , Hongbin Liu

Cerebral X-ray digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is a widely used imaging technique in patients with neurovascular disease, allowing for vessel and flow visualization with high spatio-temporal resolution. Automatic artery-vein…

Neuroanatomical segmentation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain is a prerequisite for volume, thickness and shape measurements. This work introduces a new highly accurate and versatile method based on 3D convolutional neural…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2019-02-07 Philip Novosad , Vladimir Fonov , D. Louis Collins

Estimating clinically-relevant vascular features following vessel segmentation is a standard pipeline for retinal vessel analysis, which provides potential ocular biomarkers for both ophthalmic disease and systemic disease. In this work, we…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-12 Yukun Zhou , Moucheng Xu , Yipeng Hu , Stefano B. Blumberg , An Zhao , Siegfried K. Wagner , Pearse A. Keane , Daniel C. Alexander

Accurate segmentation of retinal vessels is a basic step in Diabetic retinopathy(DR) detection. Most methods based on deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) have small receptive fields, and hence they are unable to capture global context…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-12 Yun Jiang , Ning Tan , Tingting Peng , Hai Zhang