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Colorectal polyps are structural abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract that can potentially become cancerous in some cases. The study introduces a novel framework for colorectal polyp segmentation named the Multi-Scale and Multi-Path…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-04 Malik Abdul Manan , Feng Jinchao , Muhammad Yaqub , Shahzad Ahmed , Syed Muhammad Ali Imran , Imran Shabir Chuhan , Haroon Ahmed Khan

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cause of cancer diagnosed in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer-related death among both genders. Notably, CRC is the leading cause of cancer in younger men less than 50…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-11 Nikhil Kumar Tomar , Debesh Jha , Koushik Biswas , Tyler M. Berzin , Rajesh Keswani , Michael Wallace , Ulas Bagci

Cancer is a disease that occurs as a result of the uncontrolled division and proliferation of cells. Colon cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the world. Polyps that can be seen in the large intestine can cause cancer if not…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-25 Tugberk Erol , Duygu Sarikaya

Colonoscopy is a vital tool for the early diagnosis of colorectal cancer, which is one of the main causes of cancer-related mortality globally; hence, it is deemed an essential technique for the prevention and early detection of colorectal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Ojonugwa Oluwafemi Ejiga Peter , Akingbola Oluwapemiisin , Amalahu Chetachi , Adeniran Opeyemi , Fahmi Khalifa , Md Mahmudur Rahman

Colonoscopy is vital in the early diagnosis of colorectal polyps. Regular screenings can effectively prevent benign polyps from progressing to CRC. While deep learning has made impressive strides in polyp segmentation, most existing models…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-21 Jun Zeng , KC Santosh , Deepak Rajan Nayak , Thomas de Lange , Jonas Varkey , Tyler Berzin , Debesh Jha

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major global cause of cancer-related deaths, with early polyp detection and removal during colonoscopy being crucial for prevention. While deep learning methods have shown promise in polyp segmentation,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Fiseha B. Tesema , Alejandro Guerra Manzanares , Tianxiang Cui , Qian Zhang , Moses Solomon , Sean He

Given the close association between colorectal cancer and polyps, the diagnosis and identification of colorectal polyps play a critical role in the detection and surgical intervention of colorectal cancer. In this context, the automatic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Xuefeng Wei , Xuan Zhou

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

Early detection and assessment of polyps play a crucial role in the prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC). Polyp segmentation provides an effective solution to assist clinicians in accurately locating and segmenting polyp…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Jiaxin Mei , Tao Zhou , Kaiwen Huang , Yizhe Zhang , Yi Zhou , Ye Wu , Huazhu Fu

More than 90\% of colorectal cancer is gradually transformed from colorectal polyps. In clinical practice, precise polyp segmentation provides important information in the early detection of colorectal cancer. Therefore, automatic polyp…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-12 Xiaoqi Zhao , Lihe Zhang , Huchuan Lu

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third cause of cancer death worldwide. Currently, the standard approach to reduce CRC-related mortality is to perform regular screening in search for polyps and colonoscopy is the screening tool of choice. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-12-05 David Vázquez , Jorge Bernal , F. Javier Sánchez , Gloria Fernández-Esparrach , Antonio M. López , Adriana Romero , Michal Drozdzal , Aaron Courville

Colonoscopy is still the main method of detection and segmentation of colonic polyps, and recent advancements in deep learning networks such as U-Net, ResUNet, Swin-UNet, and PraNet have made outstanding performance in polyp segmentation.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-14 Madan Baduwal

Colonoscopy is considered the most effective screening test to detect colorectal cancer (CRC) and its precursor lesions, i.e., polyps. However, the procedure experiences high miss rates due to polyp heterogeneity and inter-observer…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-15 Debesh Jha , Nikhil Kumar Tomar , Vanshali Sharma , Ulas Bagci

Automated colonic polyp segmentation is crucial for assisting doctors in screening of precancerous polyps and diagnosis of colorectal neoplasms. Although existing methods have achieved promising results, polyp segmentation remains hindered…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Feng Jiang , Zongfei Zhang , Xin Xu

Polyps are the predecessors to colorectal cancer which is considered as one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Colonoscopy is the standard procedure for the identification, localization, and removal of colorectal…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-01 Saruar Alam , Nikhil Kumar Tomar , Aarati Thakur , Debesh Jha , Ashish Rauniyar

Automatic and accurate polyp segmentation plays an essential role in early colorectal cancer diagnosis. However, it has always been a challenging task due to 1) the diverse shape, size, brightness and other appearance characteristics of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-13 Ruifei Zhang , Peiwen Lai , Xiang Wan , De-Jun Fan , Feng Gao , Xiao-Jian Wu , Guanbin Li

Accurate polyp segmentation in colonoscopy is essential for cancer prevention but remains challenging due to: (1) high morphological variability (from flat to protruding lesions), (2) strong visual similarity to normal structures such as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Abdul Joseph Fofanah , Lian Wen , Alpha Alimamy Kamara , Zhongyi Zhang , David Chen , Albert Patrick Sankoh

Precise polyp segmentation is vital for the early diagnosis and prevention of colorectal cancer (CRC) in clinical practice. However, due to scale variation and blurry polyp boundaries, it is still a challenging task to achieve satisfactory…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Tao Zhou , Yizhe Zhang , Geng Chen , Yi Zhou , Ye Wu , Deng-Ping Fan

Biomedical image segmentation is a very important part in disease diagnosis. The term "colonic polyps" refers to polypoid lesions that occur on the surface of the colonic mucosa within the intestinal lumen. In clinical practice, early…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-02 Chen Peng , Zhiqin Qian , Kunyu Wang , Qi Luo , Zhuming Bi , Wenjun Zhang

Detection of colon polyps has become a trending topic in the intersecting fields of machine learning and gastrointestinal endoscopy. The focus has mainly been on per-frame classification. More recently, polyp segmentation has gained…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-02 Vajira Thambawita , Steven A. Hicks , Pål Halvorsen , Michael A. Riegler