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Background: Deep learning has demonstrated significant potential for automated brain metastases (BM) segmentation; however, models trained at a singular institution often exhibit suboptimal performance at various sites due to disparities in…
Glioma, a common and deadly brain tumor, requires early diagnosis for improved prognosis. However, low-quality Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) hinders accurate diagnosis. This paper presents our work…
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Brain tumor classification is a challenging task in medical image analysis. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to brain tumor classification using a vision transformer with a novel cross-attention mechanism. Our approach leverages…
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Gliomas are the most common malignant primary brain tumors in adults and one of the deadliest types of cancer. There are many challenges in treatment and monitoring due to the genetic diversity and high intrinsic heterogeneity in…
Glioma is a harmful brain tumor that requires early detection to ensure better health results. Early detection of this tumor is key for effective treatment and requires an automated segmentation process. However, it is a challenging task to…
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Accurate delineation of pancreatic tumors is critical for diagnosis, treatment planning, and outcome assessment, yet automated segmentation remains challenging due to anatomical variability and limited dataset availability. In this study,…
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