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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

During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical imaging techniques like computed tomography (CT) scans have demonstrated effectiveness in combating the rapid spread of the virus. Therefore, it is crucial to conduct research on computerized models for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-24 Basma Jumaa Saleh , Zaid Omar , Vikrant Bhateja , Lila Iznita Izhar

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, medical imaging has emerged as a primary modality for diagnosing COVID-19 pneumonia. In clinical settings, the segmentation of lung infections from computed tomography images enables…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-01 Yijie Dang , Weijun Ma , Xiaohu Luo , Huaizhu Wang

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

An early effective screening and grading of COVID-19 has become imperative towards optimizing the limited available resources of the medical facilities. An automated segmentation of the infected volumes in lung CT is expected to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-20 Pallabi Dutta , Sushmita Mitra

COVID-19 frequently provokes pneumonia, which can be diagnosed using imaging exams. Chest X-ray (CXR) is often useful because it is cheap, fast, widespread, and uses less radiation. Here, we demonstrate the impact of lung segmentation in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-29 Lucas O. Teixeira , Rodolfo M. Pereira , Diego Bertolini , Luiz S. Oliveira , Loris Nanni , George D. C. Cavalcanti , Yandre M. G. Costa

A chest radiograph, commonly called chest x-ray (CxR), plays a vital role in the diagnosis of various lung diseases, such as lung cancer, tuberculosis, pneumonia, and many more. Automated segmentation of the lungs is an important step to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-20 Anushikha Singh , Brejesh Lall , B. K. Panigrahi , Anjali Agrawal , Anurag Agrawal , DJ Christopher , Balamugesh Thangakunam

The main purpose of this study is to develop a pipeline for COVID-19 detection from a big and challenging database of Computed Tomography (CT) images. The proposed pipeline includes a segmentation part, a lung extraction part, and a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-08 Kenan Morani

The pandemic of novel SARS-CoV-2 also known as COVID-19 has been spreading worldwide, causing rampant loss of lives. Medical imaging such as CT, X-ray, etc., plays a significant role in diagnosing the patients by presenting the visual…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-29 Narinder Singh Punn , Sonali Agarwal

The COVID-19 pandemic presented numerous challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. Given that lung infections are prevalent among COVID-19 patients, chest Computer Tomography (CT) scans have frequently been utilized as an alternative…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-04 Noemi Maritza L. Romero , Ricco Vasconcellos , Mariana R. Mendoza , João L. D. Comba

Automated detecting lung infections from computed tomography (CT) data plays an important role for combating COVID-19. However, there are still some challenges for developing AI system. 1) Most current COVID-19 infection segmentation…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-11 Liansheng Wang , Jiacheng Wang , Lei Zhu , Huazhu Fu , Ping Li , Gary Cheng , Zhipeng Feng , Shuo Li , Pheng-Ann Heng

Since 2019, the global dissemination of the Coronavirus and its novel strains has resulted in a surge of new infections. The use of X-ray and computed tomography (CT) imaging techniques is critical in diagnosing and managing COVID-19.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Sayed Amir Mousavi Mobarakeh , Kamran Kazemi , Ardalan Aarabi , Habibollah Danyal

This study explores the use of deep learning techniques for analyzing lung Computed Tomography (CT) images. Classic deep learning approaches face challenges with varying slice counts and resolutions in CT images, a diversity arising from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-19 Chih-Chung Hsu , Chia-Ming Lee , Yang Fan Chiang , Yi-Shiuan Chou , Chih-Yu Jiang , Shen-Chieh Tai , Chi-Han Tsai

Early detection of lung cancer is crucial as it increases the chances of successful treatment. Automatic lung image segmentation assists doctors in identifying diseases such as lung cancer, COVID-19, and respiratory disorders. However, lung…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-22 Sadjad Rezvani , Mansoor Fateh , Yeganeh Jalali , Amirreza Fateh

Automatic pathological pulmonary lobe segmentation(PPLS) enables regional analyses of lung disease, a clinically important capability. Due to often incomplete lobe boundaries, PPLS is difficult even for experts, and most prior art requires…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-16 Kevin George , Adam P. Harrison , Dakai Jin , Ziyue Xu , Daniel J. Mollura

Objectives: To investigate machine-learning classifiers and interpretable models using chest CT for detection of COVID-19 and differentiation from other pneumonias, ILD and normal CTs. Methods: Our retrospective multi-institutional study…

In recent years, there has been a notable increase in the level of attention that is given to algorithms based on deep learning in the context of medical image segmentation. Nevertheless, the reliability of the field has been hindered due…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Sarmad Khan , Arslan Shaukat , Umer Asgher , Basim Azam

This paper investigates the application of deep learning models for lung Computed Tomography (CT) image analysis. Traditional deep learning frameworks encounter compatibility issues due to variations in slice numbers and resolutions in CT…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-16 Chih-Chung Hsu , Chih-Yu Jian , Chia-Ming Lee , Chi-Han Tsai , Sheng-Chieh Dai

Consistent segmentation of COVID-19 patient's CT scans across multiple time points is essential to assess disease progression and response to therapy accurately. Existing automatic and interactive segmentation models for medical images only…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-02 Michelle Xiao-Lin Foo , Seong Tae Kim , Magdalini Paschali , Leili Goli , Egon Burian , Marcus Makowski , Rickmer Braren , Nassir Navab , Thomas Wendler

Rapid and precise diagnosis of COVID-19 is one of the major challenges faced by the global community to control the spread of this overgrowing pandemic. In this paper, a hybrid neural network is proposed, named CovTANet, to provide an…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-05 Tanvir Mahmud , Md. Jahin Alam , Sakib Chowdhury , Shams Nafisa Ali , Md Maisoon Rahman , Shaikh Anowarul Fattah , Mohammad Saquib