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Brain MR image segmentation is a key task in neuroimaging studies. It is commonly conducted using standard computational tools, such as FSL, SPM, multi-atlas segmentation etc, which are often registration-based and suffer from expensive…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-29 Chengliang Dai , Yuanhan Mo , Elsa Angelini , Yike Guo , Wenjia Bai

Brain extraction is a fundamental step for most brain imaging studies. In this paper, we investigate the problem of skull stripping and propose complementary segmentation networks (CompNets) to accurately extract the brain from T1-weighted…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-11 Raunak Dey , Yi Hong

Segmentation of brain structures on MRI is the primary step for further quantitative analysis of brain diseases. Manual segmentation is still considered the gold standard in terms of accuracy; however, such data is extremely time-consuming…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-16 Mengyu Li , Magnus Magnusson , Thilo van Eimeren , Lotta M. Ellingsen

Medical image segmentation is an increasingly popular area of research in medical imaging processing and analysis. However, many researchers who are new to the field struggle with basic concepts. This tutorial paper aims to provide an…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-13 Diedre Carmo , Gustavo Pinheiro , Lívia Rodrigues , Thays Abreu , Roberto Lotufo , Letícia Rittner

The segmentation of lesions in Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (msTBI) presents a significant challenge in neuroimaging due to the diverse characteristics of these lesions, which vary in size, shape, and distribution across brain…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-10 Constantin Ulrich , Tassilo Wald , Fabian Isensee , Klaus H. Maier-Hein

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a crucial medical imaging modality. However, long acquisition times remain a significant challenge, leading to increased costs, and reduced patient comfort. Recent studies have shown the potential of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-30 Amirmohammad Shamaei , Alexander Stebner , Salome , Bosshart , Johanna Ospel , Gouri Ginde , Mariana Bento , Roberto Souza

Skull stripping magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the human brain is an important process in many image processing techniques, such as automatic segmentation of brain structures. Numerous methods have been developed to perform this task,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-16 Hjalti Thrastarson , Lotta M. Ellingsen

Segmentation of the developing fetal brain is an important step in quantitative analyses. However, manual segmentation is a very time-consuming task which is prone to error and must be completed by highly specialized indi-viduals.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-15 Kelly Payette , Raimund Kottke , Andras Jakab

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has played a crucial role in fetal neurodevelopmental research. Structural annotations of MR images are an important step for quantitative analysis of the developing human brain, with Deep Learning providing…

Automatic fetal brain tissue segmentation can enhance the quantitative assessment of brain development at this critical stage. Deep learning methods represent the state of the art in medical image segmentation and have also achieved…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-05 Davood Karimi , Caitlin K. Rollins , Clemente Velasco-Annis , Abdelhakim Ouaalam , Ali Gholipour

Segmentation of cerebral blood vessels from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an open problem that could be solved with deep learning (DL). However, annotated data for training is often scarce. Due to the absence of open-source tools, we…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-10 Georgia Kenyon , Stephan Lau , Michael A. Chappell , Mark Jenkinson

Machine Learning (ML) is increasingly being used for computer aided diagnosis of brain related disorders based on structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Most of such work employs biologically and medically meaningful hand-crafted…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-05-04 Ayush Jaiswal , Dong Guo , Cauligi S. Raghavendra , Paul Thompson

Probabilistic atlas priors have been commonly used to derive adaptive and robust brain MRI segmentation algorithms. Widely-used neuroimage analysis pipelines rely heavily on these techniques, which are often computationally expensive. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-24 Adrian V. Dalca , Evan Yu , Polina Golland , Bruce Fischl , Mert R. Sabuncu , Juan Eugenio Iglesias

We tackle biomedical image segmentation in the scenario of only a few labeled brain MR images. This is an important and challenging task in medical applications, where manual annotations are time-consuming. Current multi-atlas based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Hyeon Woo Lee , Mert R. Sabuncu , Adrian V. Dalca

One of the most important tasks in medical image processing is the brain's whole tumor segmentation. It assists in quicker clinical assessment and early detection of brain tumors, which is crucial for lifesaving treatment procedures of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Apurva Pandya , Catherine Samuel , Nisargkumar Patel , Vaibhavkumar Patel , Thangarajah Akilan

Semantic segmentation of medical images with deep learning models is rapidly developed. In this study, we benchmarked state-of-the-art deep learning segmentation algorithms on our clinical stereotactic radiosurgery dataset, demonstrating…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-24 Siang-Ruei Wu , Hao-Yun Chang , Florence T Su , Heng-Chun Liao , Wanju Tseng , Chun-Chih Liao , Feipei Lai , Feng-Ming Hsu , Furen Xiao

The paper discusses the use of MRI for segmentation techniques, specifically focusing on brain tumor detection. It discusses the use of convolutional neural networks (CNN) for automatic segmentation but also discusses challenges such as…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-27 Jayanthi Vajiram , Aishwarya Senthil

Motion artifacts caused by prolonged acquisition time are a significant challenge in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), hindering accurate tissue segmentation. These artifacts appear as blurred images that mimic tissue-like appearances,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-06 Sunyoung Jung , Yoonseok Choi , Mohammed A. Al-masni , Minyoung Jung , Dong-Hyun Kim

Brain extraction in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data is an important segmentation step in many neuroimaging preprocessing pipelines. Image segmentation is one of the research fields in which deep learning had the biggest impact in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-15 Lukas Fisch , Stefan Zumdick , Carlotta Barkhau , Daniel Emden , Jan Ernsting , Ramona Leenings , Kelvin Sarink , Nils R. Winter , Benjamin Risse , Udo Dannlowski , Tim Hahn

Purpose: Lesion segmentation in medical imaging is key to evaluating treatment response. We have recently shown that reinforcement learning can be applied to radiological images for lesion localization. Furthermore, we demonstrated that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-22 Joseph Stember , Hrithwik Shalu