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Automated medical image segmentation is a priority research area for computational methods. In particular, detection of cancerous tumors represents a current challenge in this area with potential for real-world impact. This paper describes…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-06 Jamie A. O'Reilly , Manas Sangworasil , Takenobu Matsuura

Despite the considerable progress in automatic abdominal multi-organ segmentation from CT/MRI scans in recent years, a comprehensive evaluation of the models' capabilities is hampered by the lack of a large-scale benchmark from diverse…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-05 Yuanfeng Ji , Haotian Bai , Jie Yang , Chongjian Ge , Ye Zhu , Ruimao Zhang , Zhen Li , Lingyan Zhang , Wanling Ma , Xiang Wan , Ping Luo

This study integrates PET metabolic information with CT anatomical structures to establish a 3D multimodal segmentation dataset for lymphoma based on whole-body FDG PET/CT examinations, which bridges the gap of the lack of standardised…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-08 Jiajun Ding , Beiyao Zhu , Xiaosheng Liu , Lishen Zhang , Zhao Liu

This study introduces an automated pipeline for renal cancer (RC) detection in non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT). In the development of our pipeline, we test three detections models: a shape model, a 2D-, and a 3D axial-sample model.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-12 William McGough , Thomas Buddenkotte , Stephan Ursprung , Zeyu Gao , Grant Stewart , Mireia Crispin-Ortuzar

The shortage of nephrologists and the growing public health concern over renal failure have spurred the demand for AI systems capable of autonomously detecting kidney abnormalities. Renal failure, marked by a gradual decline in kidney…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Tahmim Hossain , Faisal Sayed , Solehin Islam

Purpose: Identifying intravenous (IV) contrast use within CT scans is a key component of data curation for model development and testing. Currently, IV contrast is poorly documented in imaging metadata and necessitates manual correction and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-22 Zezhong Ye , Jack M. Qian , Ahmed Hosny , Roman Zeleznik , Deborah Plana , Jirapat Likitlersuang , Zhongyi Zhang , Raymond H. Mak , Hugo J. W. L. Aerts , Benjamin H. Kann

Trauma is a significant cause of mortality and disability, particularly among individuals under forty. Traditional diagnostic methods for traumatic injuries, such as X-rays, CT scans, and MRI, are often time-consuming and dependent on…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-24 Liheng Jiang , Xuechun yang , Chang Yu , Zhizhong Wu , Yuting Wang

Automated segmentation of kidney and tumor from 3D CT scans is necessary for the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment planning of the disease. In this paper, we describe a two-stage framework for kidney and tumor segmentation based on 3D…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Yao Zhang , Yixin Wang , Feng Hou , Jiawei Yang , Guangwei Xiong , Jiang Tian , Cheng Zhong

Accurate and robust segmentation of abdominal organs on CT is essential for many clinical applications such as computer-aided diagnosis and computer-aided surgery. But this task is challenging due to the weak boundaries of organs, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-19 Yan Wang , Yuyin Zhou , Wei Shen , Seyoun Park , Elliot K. Fishman , Alan L. Yuille

Computed tomography (CT) generates a stack of cross-sectional images covering a region of the body. The visual assessment of these images for the identification of potential abnormalities is a challenging and time consuming task due to the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-10-03 Petros-Pavlos Ypsilantis , Giovanni Montana

Dynamic contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT) is an imaging technique that provides critical information on the relationship of vascular structure and dynamics in the context of underlying anatomy. A key challenge for image processing…

We propose a novel approach to translate unpaired contrast computed tomography (CT) scans to non-contrast CT scans and the other way around. Solving this task has two important applications: (i) to automatically generate contrast CT scans…

Histopathology foundation models (HFMs), pretrained on large-scale cancer datasets, have advanced computational pathology. However, their applicability to non-cancerous chronic kidney disease remains underexplored, despite coexistence of…

Accurate segmentation of kidneys and kidney tumors is an essential step for radiomic analysis as well as developing advanced surgical planning techniques. In clinical analysis, the segmentation is currently performed by clinicians from the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-05 Wenshuai Zhao , Dihong Jiang , Jorge Peña Queralta , Tomi Westerlund

Ultrasound, because of its low cost, non-ionizing, and non-invasive characteristics, has established itself as a cornerstone radiological examination. Research on ultrasound applications has also expanded, especially with image analysis…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-06 Rohit Singla , Cailin Ringstrom , Grace Hu , Victoria Lessoway , Janice Reid , Christopher Nguan , Robert Rohling

The latest advances in computer-assisted precision medicine are making it feasible to move from population-wide models that are useful to discover aggregate patterns that hold for group-based analysis to patient-specific models that can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-28 Da Ma , Vincent Chow , Karteek Popuri , Mirza Faisal Beg

Differentiating between Intestinal Tuberculosis (ITB) and Crohn's Disease (CD) poses a significant clinical challenge due to their similar symptoms, clinical presentations, and imaging features. This study leverages Computed Tomography…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-25 Shashwat Gupta , L. Gokulnath , Akshan Aggarwal , Mahim Naz , Rajnikanth Yadav , Priyanka Bagade

Deep learning has potential to automate screening, monitoring and grading of disease in medical images. Pretraining with contrastive learning enables models to extract robust and generalisable features from natural image datasets,…

Precise characterization of the kidney and kidney tumor characteristics is of outmost importance in the context of kidney cancer treatment, especially for nephron sparing surgery which requires a precise localization of the tissues to be…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-03 Gianmarco Santini , Noémie Moreau , Mathieu Rubeaux