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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is closely linked to the malignant transformation of colorectal polyps, making early detection essential. However, current models struggle with detecting small lesions, accurately localizing boundaries, and providing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Xiaofang Liu , Lingling Sun , Xuqing Zhang , Yuannong Ye , Bin zhao

Colorectal cancer, largely arising from precursor lesions called polyps, remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Current clinical standards require the resection and histopathological analysis of polyps due to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-13 Rodney LaLonde , Pujan Kandel , Concetto Spampinato , Michael B. Wallace , Ulas Bagci

Colorectal Cancer(CRC) poses a great risk to public health. It is the third most common cause of cancer in the US. Development of colorectal polyps is one of the earliest signs of cancer. Early detection and resection of polyps can greatly…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-19 Debayan Bhattacharya , Christian Betz , Dennis Eggert , Alexander Schlaefer

Pathologic diagnosis is a critical phase in deciding the optimal treatment procedure for dealing with colorectal cancer (CRC). Colonic polyps, precursors to CRC, can pathologically be classified into two major types: adenomatous and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-11 Vanshali Sharma , Debesh Jha , M. K. Bhuyan , Pradip K. Das , Ulas Bagci

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common and lethal disease. Globally, CRC is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in males and the second in females. For colorectal cancer, the best screening test available is the colonoscopy. During a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-27 Dechun Wang , Ning Zhang , Xinzi Sun , Pengfei Zhang , Chenxi Zhang , Yu Cao , Benyuan Liu

Automatic segmentation methods of polyps is crucial for assisting doctors in colorectal polyp screening and cancer diagnosis. Despite the progress made by existing methods, polyp segmentation faces several challenges: (1) small-sized polyps…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Wei Wang , Feng Jiang , Xin Wang

Background: Colonoscopy remains the gold-standard screening for colorectal cancer. However, significant miss rates for polyps have been reported, particularly when there are multiple small adenomas. This presents an opportunity to leverage…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-23 Michael Yeung , Evis Sala , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb , Leonardo Rundo

This paper presents a novel supervised convolutional neural network architecture, "DUCK-Net", capable of effectively learning and generalizing from small amounts of medical images to perform accurate segmentation tasks. Our model utilizes…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Razvan-Gabriel Dumitru , Darius Peteleaza , Catalin Craciun

Accurate and robust polyp segmentation is essential for early colorectal cancer detection and for computer-aided diagnosis. While convolutional neural network-, Transformer-, and Mamba-based U-Net variants have achieved strong performance,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Fabian Vazquez , Jose A. Nuñez , Diego Adame , Alissen Moreno , Augustin Zhan , Huimin Li , Jinghao Yang , Haoteng Tang , Bin Fu , Pengfei Gu

Background and Objective: Colorectal cancer prevention relies on early detection of polyps during colonoscopy. Existing public datasets, such as CVC-ClinicDB and Kvasir-SEG, provide valuable benchmarks but are limited by small sample sizes,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Ridoy Chandra Shil , Ragib Abid , Tasnia Binte Mamun , Samiul Based Shuvo , Masfique Ahmed Bhuiyan , Jahid Ferdous

Colonic polyps are well-recognized precursors to colorectal cancer (CRC), typically detected during colonoscopy. However, the variability in appearance, location, and size of these polyps complicates their detection and removal, leading to…

Accurate polyp segmentation is crucial for the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer. However, the existing polyp detection methods sometimes ignore multi-directional features and drastic changes in scale. To address these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Chenhao Xu , Yudian Zhang , Kaiye Xu , Haijiang Zhu

Polyps in the colon are widely known cancer precursors identified by colonoscopy. Whilst most polyps are benign, the polyp's number, size and surface structure are linked to the risk of colon cancer. Several methods have been developed to…

Accurate computer-aided polyp detection and segmentation during colonoscopy examinations can help endoscopists resect abnormal tissue and thereby decrease chances of polyps growing into cancer. Towards developing a fully automated model for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-19 Debesh Jha , Pia H. Smedsrud , Michael A. Riegler , Dag Johansen , Thomas de Lange , Pal Halvorsen , Havard D. Johansen

Purpose: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Colonoscopy is a widely used technique for colon screening and polyp lesions diagnosis. Nevertheless, manual screening using colonoscopy suffers…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Zhiqiang Shen , Chaonan Lin , Shaohua Zheng

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with polyp removal being an effective early screening method. However, navigating the colon for thorough polyp detection poses significant challenges. To…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-23 Xinwei Ju , Rema Daher , Razvan Caramalau , Baoru Huang , Danail Stoyanov , Francisco Vasconcelos

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality, underscoring the importance of timely polyp detection and diagnosis. While deep learning models have improved optical-assisted diagnostics, they often demand…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Ruijie Yang , Yan Zhu , Peiyao Fu , Yizhe Zhang , Zhihua Wang , Quanlin Li , Pinghong Zhou , Xian Yang , Shuo Wang

Accurate polyp segmentation is essential for early colorectal cancer detection, yet achieving reliable boundary localization remains challenging due to low mucosal contrast, uneven illumination, and color similarity between polyps and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-05 Haesung Oh , Jaesung Lee

Polyp segmentation plays a vital role in accurately locating polyps at an early stage, which holds significant clinical importance for the prevention of colorectal cancer. Various polyp segmentation methods have been developed using…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Yiming Zhao , Tao Zhou , Yunqi Gu , Yi Zhou , Yizhe Zhang , Ye Wu , Huazhu Fu

Segmenting polyps in colonoscopy images is essential for the early identification and diagnosis of colorectal cancer, a significant cause of worldwide cancer deaths. Prior deep learning based models such as Attention based variation, UNet…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-30 Al Mohimanul Islam , Sadia Shakiba Bhuiyan , Mysun Mashira , Md. Rayhan Ahmed , Salekul Islam , Swakkhar Shatabda