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In this study, an automated three dimensional (3D) deep segmentation approach for detecting gliomas in 3D pre-operative MRI scans is proposed. Then, a classi-fication algorithm based on random forests, for survival prediction is presented.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-20 Mehdi Amian , Mohammadreza Soltaninejad

Brain tumors, particularly gliomas, pose significant chall-enges due to their complex growth patterns, infiltrative nature, and the variability in brain structure across individuals, which makes accurate diagnosis and monitoring difficult.…

Multimodal MRI provides critical complementary information for accurate brain tumor segmentation. However, conventional methods struggle when certain modalities are missing due to issues such as image quality, protocol inconsistencies,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Runze Cheng , Xihang Qiu , Ming Li , Ye Zhang , Chun Li , Fei Yu

In this paper, we present a novel approach for segmenting pediatric brain tumors using a deep learning architecture, inspired by expert radiologists' segmentation strategies. Our model delineates four distinct tumor labels and is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Max Bengtsson , Elif Keles , Gorkem Durak , Syed Anwar , Yuri S. Velichko , Marius G. Linguraru , Angela J. Waanders , Ulas Bagci

We propose a Transformer architecture for volumetric segmentation, a challenging task that requires keeping a complex balance in encoding local and global spatial cues, and preserving information along all axes of the volume. Encoder of the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-04 Himashi Peiris , Munawar Hayat , Zhaolin Chen , Gary Egan , Mehrtash Harandi

This work introduces a novel framework for brain tumor segmentation leveraging pre-trained GANs and Unet architectures. By combining a global anomaly detection module with a refined mask generation network, the proposed model accurately…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-27 Qifei Cui , Xinyu Lu

In recent years, deep neural networks have achieved state-of-the-art performance in a variety of recognition and segmentation tasks in medical imaging including brain tumor segmentation. We investigate that segmenting a brain tumor is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-04 Ngan Le , Kashu Yamazaki , Dat Truong , Kha Gia Quach , Marios Savvides

3D medical image processing with deep learning greatly suffers from a lack of data. Thus, studies carried out in this field are limited compared to works related to 2D natural image analysis, where very large datasets exist. As a result,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Hicham Messaoudi , Ahror Belaid , Mohamed Lamine Allaoui , Ahcene Zetout , Mohand Said Allili , Souhil Tliba , Douraied Ben Salem , Pierre-Henri Conze

Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) plays a critical role in clinical diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring the progression of brain tumors. However, due to the variability in tumor appearance, size, and intensity across different MRI…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-19 Hongjun Zhu , Jiaohang Huang , Kuo Chen , Xuehui Ying , Ying Qian

Glioblastomas are the most aggressive fast-growing primary brain cancer which originate in the glial cells of the brain. Accurate identification of the malignant brain tumor and its sub-regions is still one of the most challenging problems…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Ramy A. Zeineldin , Mohamed E. Karar , Franziska Mathis-Ullrich , Oliver Burgert

Accurate medical image segmentation commonly requires effective learning of the complementary information from multimodal data. However, in clinical practice, we often encounter the problem of missing imaging modalities. We tackle this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-25 Cheng Chen , Qi Dou , Yueming Jin , Hao Chen , Jing Qin , Pheng-Ann Heng

Segmentation of brain tumors is a critical step in treatment planning, yet manual segmentation is both time-consuming and subjective, relying heavily on the expertise of radiologists. In Sub-Saharan Africa, this challenge is magnified by…

Brain tumors are among the deadliest cancers worldwide, with particularly devastating impact in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where limited access to medical imaging infrastructure and expertise often delays diagnosis and treatment planning.…

Brain Tumor Segmentation from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a critical technique for early diagnosis. However, rather than having complete four modalities as in BraTS dataset, it is common to have missing modalities in clinical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Yan Shen , Mingchen Gao

We propose a reliable and energy-efficient framework for 3D brain tumor segmentation using spiking neural networks (SNNs). A multi-view ensemble of sagittal, coronal, and axial SNN models provides voxel-wise uncertainty estimation and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-26 Aurora Pia Ghiardelli , Guangzhi Tang , Tao Sun

Segmenting brain tumors is complex due to their diverse appearances and scales. Brain metastases, the most common type of brain tumor, are a frequent complication of cancer. Therefore, an effective segmentation model for brain metastases…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-26 Siwei Yang , Xianhang Li , Jieru Mei , Jieneng Chen , Cihang Xie , Yuyin Zhou

Deep learning-based brain tumor segmentation (BTS) models for multi-modal MRI images have seen significant advancements in recent years. However, a common problem in practice is the unavailability of some modalities due to varying scanning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-17 Weide Liu , Jingwen Hou , Xiaoyang Zhong , Huijing Zhan , Jun Cheng , Yuming Fang , Guanghui Yue

The magnetic resonance (MR) analysis of brain tumors is widely used for diagnosis and examination of tumor subregions. The overlapping area among the intensity distribution of healthy, enhancing, non-enhancing, and edema regions makes the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-01 Mohammad Hamghalam , Baiying Lei , Tianfu Wang

Using multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is necessary for accurate brain tumor segmentation. The main problem is that not all types of MRIs are always available in clinical exams. Based on the fact that there is a strong…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-11 Tongxue Zhou , Stéphane Canu , Pierre Vera , Su Ruan

MRI analysis takes central position in brain tumor diagnosis and treatment, thus it's precise evaluation is crucially important. However, it's 3D nature imposes several challenges, so the analysis is often performed on 2D projections that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-10 Dmitry Lachinov , Evgeny Vasiliev , Vadim Turlapov