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Polyps represent an early sign of the development of Colorectal Cancer. The standard procedure for their detection consists of colonoscopic examination of the gastrointestinal tract. However, the wide range of polyp shapes and visual…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-06 Adrian Galdran , Gustavo Carneiro , Miguel A. González Ballester

Early and accurate segmentation of colorectal polyps is critical for reducing colorectal cancer mortality, which has been extensively explored by academia and industry. However, current deep learning-based polyp segmentation models either…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Ziyi Wang , Yuanmei Zhang , Dorna Esrafilzadeh , Ali R. Jalili , Suncheng Xiang

Early diagnosis is essential for the successful treatment of bowel cancers including colorectal cancer (CRC) and capsule endoscopic imaging with robotic actuation can be a valuable diagnostic tool when combined with automated image…

Accurate segmentation of colonoscopic polyps is considered a fundamental step in medical image analysis and surgical interventions. Many recent studies have made improvements based on the encoder-decoder framework, which can effectively…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Feiyu Chen , Haiping Ma , Weijia Zhang

Colorectal cancer from the appearance of polyps that can be benign or malignant is one of the most fatal diseases in the world. To find these polyps in patients, colonoscopy is performed, which is a very efficient technique in this case.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-30 Marcus V. L. Branch , Adriele S. Carvalho

Accurate segmentation of polyps from colonoscopy images is crucial for the early diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer. Most existing deep learning-based polyp segmentation methods adopt an Encoder-Decoder architecture, and some…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-23 Desheng Li , Chaoliang Liu , Zhiyong Xiao

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States. Most colorectal cancers start as a growth on the inner lining of the colon or rectum, called 'polyp'. Not all polyps are cancerous, but…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-09 Krushi Patel , Kaidong Li , Ke Tao , Quan Wang , Ajay Bansal , Amit Rastogi , Guanghui Wang

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer-related death after lung cancer and breast cancer worldwide. The risk of developing colorectal cancer could be reduced by early diagnosis of polyps during a colonoscopy. Computer-aided…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-24 Sara Hosseinzadeh Kassani , Peyman Hosseinzadeh Kassani , Michal J. Wesolowski , Kevin A. Schneider , Ralph Deters

Accurate polyp detection is critical for early colorectal cancer diagnosis. Although remarkable progress has been achieved in recent years, the complex colon environment and concealed polyps with unclear boundaries still pose severe…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-11 Yuncheng Jiang , Zixun Zhang , Yiwen Hu , Guanbin Li , Xiang Wan , Song Wu , Shuguang Cui , Silin Huang , Zhen Li

Automatic polyp segmentation has proven to be immensely helpful for endoscopy procedures, reducing the missing rate of adenoma detection for endoscopists while increasing efficiency. However, classifying a polyp as being neoplasm or not and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-13 Phan Ngoc Lan , Nguyen Sy An , Dao Viet Hang , Dao Van Long , Tran Quang Trung , Nguyen Thi Thuy , Dinh Viet Sang

Colonoscopy is the gold standard for examination and detection of colorectal polyps. Localization and delineation of polyps can play a vital role in treatment (e.g., surgical planning) and prognostic decision making. Polyp segmentation can…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-01 Nikhil Kumar Tomar , Debesh Jha , Sharib Ali , Håvard D. Johansen , Dag Johansen , Michael A. Riegler , Pål Halvorsen

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the first cause of death in many countries. CRC originates from a small clump of cells on the lining of the colon called polyps, which over time might grow and become malignant. Early detection and removal of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Truong Dang , Thanh Nguyen , John McCall , Alan Wee-Chung Liew

Polyp segmentation is crucial for preventing colorectal cancer a common type of cancer. Deep learning has been used to segment polyps automatically, which reduces the risk of misdiagnosis. Localizing small polyps in colonoscopy images is…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-11 Ju-Hyeon Nam , Seo-Hyeong Park , Nur Suriza Syazwany , Yerim Jung , Yu-Han Im , Sang-Chul Lee

Polyp segmentation in colonoscopy images is crucial for early detection and diagnosis of colorectal cancer. However, this task remains a significant challenge due to the substantial variations in polyp shape, size, and color, as well as the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Tapas K. Dutta , Snehashis Majhi , Deepak Ranjan Nayak , Debesh Jha

Automatic segmentation of breast tumors from the ultrasound images is essential for the subsequent clinical diagnosis and treatment plan. Although the existing deep learning-based methods have achieved significant progress in automatic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-24 Xing Yang , Jian Zhang , Qijian Chen , Li Wang , Lihui Wang

Accurate polyp segmentation in colonoscopy is essential for early colorectal cancer detection, yet real-world clinical environments pose persistent challenges such as motion blur, specular reflections, and illumination instability. Most…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Zhuoyu Wu , Wenhui Ou , Lexi Zhang , Pei-Sze Tan , Dongjun Wu , Junhe Zhao , Wenqi Fang , Raphaël C. -W. Phan

Polyps are well-known cancer precursors identified by colonoscopy. However, variability in their size, location, and surface largely affect identification, localisation, and characterisation. Moreover, colonoscopic surveillance and removal…

Automated polyp segmentation is critical for early colorectal cancer detection and its prevention, yet remains challenging due to weak boundaries, large appearance variations, and limited annotated data. Lightweight segmentation models such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Shivanshu Agnihotri , Snehashis Majhi , Deepak Ranjan Nayak

Colorectal cancer is one of fatal cancer worldwide. Colonoscopy is the standard treatment for examination, localization, and removal of colorectal polyps. However, it has been shown that the miss-rate of colorectal polyps during colonoscopy…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-12 Nikhil Kumar Tomar

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death worldwide. Optical colonoscopy is the gold standard for detecting colorectal cancer; however, about 25 percent of polyps are missed during the procedure. A vision-based…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-20 Alwyn Mathew , Ludovic Magerand , Emanuele Trucco , Luigi Manfredi