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Identification of precancerous polyps during routine colonoscopy screenings is vital for their excision, lowering the risk of developing colorectal cancer. Advanced deep learning algorithms enable precise adenoma classification and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Aqsa Sultana , Nordin Abouzahra , Ahmed Rahu , Brian Shula , Brandon Combs , Derrick Forchetti , Theus Aspiras , Vijayan K. Asari

Colorectal polyps are generally benign alterations that, if not identified promptly and managed successfully, can progress to cancer and cause affectations on the colon mucosa, known as adenocarcinoma. Today advances in Deep Learning have…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-22 Daniela L. Ramos , Hector J. Hortua

Colorectal polyps are important precursors to colon cancer, the third most common cause of cancer mortality for both men and women. It is a disease where early detection is of crucial importance. Colonoscopy is commonly used for early…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-11-25 Ahmed Mohammed , Sule Yildirim , Ivar Farup , Marius Pedersen , Øistein Hovde

Colonoscopy, currently the most efficient and recognized colon polyp detection technology, is necessary for early screening and prevention of colorectal cancer. However, due to the varying size and complex morphological features of colonic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-29 Jinfeng Wang , Qiming Huang , Feilong Tang , Jia Meng , Jionglong Su , Sifan Song

Automatic segmentation methods of polyps is crucial for assisting doctors in colorectal polyp screening and cancer diagnosis. Despite the progress made by existing methods, polyp segmentation faces several challenges: (1) small-sized polyps…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Wei Wang , Feng Jiang , Xin Wang

Colonoscopy is a common and practical method for detecting and treating polyps. Segmenting polyps from colonoscopy image is useful for diagnosis and surgery progress. Nevertheless, achieving excellent segmentation performance is still…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Quang Vinh Nguyen , Van Thong Huynh , Soo-Hyung Kim

Accurate segmentation of polyps in colonoscopy images is essential for early-stage diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer. Despite advancements in deep learning for polyp segmentation, enduring limitations persist. The edges of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Mengqi Lei , Xin Wang

Automated polyp counting in colonoscopy is a crucial step toward automated procedure reporting and quality control, aiming to enhance the cost-effectiveness of colonoscopy screening. Counting polyps in a procedure involves detecting and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Luca Parolari , Andrea Cherubini , Lamberto Ballan , Carlo Biffi

Colonoscopy is a procedure to detect colorectal polyps which are the primary cause for developing colorectal cancer. However, polyp segmentation is a challenging task due to the diverse shape, size, color, and texture of polyps, shuttle…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-04 Krushi Patel , Andres M. Bur , Guanghui Wang

Computer-aided polyp detection (CADe) is becoming a standard, integral part of any modern colonoscopy system. A typical colonoscopy CADe detects a polyp in a single frame and does not track it through the video sequence. Yet, many…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-14 Yotam Intrator , Natalie Aizenberg , Amir Livne , Ehud Rivlin , Roman Goldenberg

Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) is a relatively new technology to record the entire GI trace, in vivo. The large amounts of frames captured during an examination cause difficulties for physicians to review all these frames. The need for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-05-29 Omid Haji Maghsoudi

Colorectal polyps are abnormal tissues growing on the intima of the colon or rectum with a high risk of developing into colorectal cancer, the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Early detection and removal of colon polyps via…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Xinzi Sun , Dechun Wang , Chenxi Zhang , Pengfei Zhang , Zinan Xiong , Yu Cao , Benyuan Liu , Xiaowei Liu , Shuijiao Chen

Colonoscopy is the most widely used medical technique for preventing Colorectal Cancer, by detecting and removing polyps before they become malignant. Recent studies show that around one quarter of the existing polyps are routinely missed.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-14 G. Leifman , I. Kligvasser , R. Goldenberg , M. Elad , E. Rivlin

To address overfitting and enhance model generalization in gastroenterological polyp size assessment, our study introduces Feature-Selection Gates (FSG) or Hard-Attention Gates (HAG) alongside Gradient Routing (GR) for dynamic feature…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-08 Giorgio Roffo , Carlo Biffi , Pietro Salvagnini , Andrea Cherubini

Virtual colonoscopy (VC) allows a physician to virtually navigate within a reconstructed 3D colon model searching for colorectal polyps. Though VC is widely recognized as a highly sensitive and specific test for identifying polyps, one…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-07-26 Ji Hwan Park , Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini , Saad Nadeem , Joseph Marino , Arie Kaufman , Kevin Baker , Matthew Barish

Colonoscopic Polyp Re-Identification aims to match the same polyp from a large gallery with images from different views taken using different cameras, which plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Suncheng Xiang , Xiaoyang Wang , Junjie Jiang , Hejia Wang , Dahong Qian

Wireless capsule endoscopy is a medical procedure used to visualize the entire gastrointestinal tract and to diagnose intestinal conditions, such as polyps or bleeding. Current analyses are performed by manually inspecting nearly each one…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-05 Pablo Laiz , Jordi Vitrià , Hagen Wenzek , Carolina Malagelada , Fernando Azpiroz , Santi Seguí

Automatic polyp segmentation is crucial for effective diagnosis and treatment in colonoscopy images. Traditional methods encounter significant challenges in accurately delineating polyps due to limitations in feature representation and the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Quang Vinh Nguyen , Thanh Hoang Son Vo , Sae-Ryung Kang , Soo-Hyung Kim

Colorectal cancer screening modalities, such as optical colonoscopy (OC) and virtual colonoscopy (VC), are critical for diagnosing and ultimately removing polyps (precursors of colon cancer). The non-invasive VC is normally used to inspect…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-27 Shawn Mathew , Saad Nadeem , Sruti Kumari , Arie Kaufman

Early identification and removal of polyps can reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer. However, the diverse morphologies, complex backgrounds and often concealed nature of polyps make polyp segmentation in colonoscopy images highly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Yanguang Sun , Hengmin Zhang , Jianjun Qian , Jian Yang , Lei Luo