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Magnetic resonance (MR) and computer tomography (CT) imaging are valuable tools for diagnosing diseases and planning treatment. However, limitations such as radiation exposure and cost can restrict access to certain imaging modalities. To…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-08 Jiayuan Wang , Q. M. Jonathan Wu , Farhad Pourpanah

The cycleGAN is becoming an influential method in medical image synthesis. However, due to a lack of direct constraints between input and synthetic images, the cycleGAN cannot guarantee structural consistency between these two images, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-13 Heran Yang , Jian Sun , Aaron Carass , Can Zhao , Junghoon Lee , Zongben Xu , Jerry Prince

Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging and Computed Tomography (CT) are the primary diagnostic imaging modalities quite frequently used for surgical planning and analysis. A general problem with medical imaging is that the acquisition process is…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-08 Vismay Agrawal , Avinash Kori , Vikas Kumar Anand , Ganapathy Krishnamurthi

Recently, the cycle-consistent generative adversarial networks (CycleGAN) has been widely used for synthesis of multi-domain medical images. The domain-specific nonlinear deformations captured by CycleGAN make the synthesized images…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-14 Chengjia Wang , Gillian Macnaught , Giorgos Papanastasiou , Tom MacGillivray , David Newby

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans acquired from different scanners or institutions often suffer from domain shifts owing to variations in hardware, protocols, and acquisition parameters. This discrepancy degrades the performance of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Mohd Usama , Belal Ahmad , Faleh Menawer R Althiyabi

CT is commonly used in orthopedic procedures. MRI is used along with CT to identify muscle structures and diagnose osteonecrosis due to its superior soft tissue contrast. However, MRI has poor contrast for bone structures. Clearly, it would…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-01 Yuta Hiasa , Yoshito Otake , Masaki Takao , Takumi Matsuoka , Kazuma Takashima , Jerry L. Prince , Nobuhiko Sugano , Yoshinobu Sato

MR-only radiotherapy treatment planning requires accurate MR-to-CT synthesis. Current deep learning methods for MR-to-CT synthesis depend on pairwise aligned MR and CT training images of the same patient. However, misalignment between…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-04 Jelmer M. Wolterink , Anna M. Dinkla , Mark H. F. Savenije , Peter R. Seevinck , Cornelis A. T. van den Berg , Ivana Isgum

Medical image synthesis is a challenging task due to the scarcity of paired data. Several methods have applied CycleGAN to leverage unpaired data, but they often generate inaccurate mappings that shift the anatomy. This problem is further…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-02 Minh Hieu Phan , Zhibin Liao , Johan W. Verjans , Minh-Son To

We propose a novel approach to translate unpaired contrast computed tomography (CT) scans to non-contrast CT scans and the other way around. Solving this task has two important applications: (i) to automatically generate contrast CT scans…

Anatomical structures such as blood vessels in contrast-enhanced CT (ceCT) images can be challenging to segment due to the variability in contrast medium diffusion. The combined use of ceCT and contrast-free (CT) CT images can improve the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-05 Giammarco La Barbera , Haithem Boussaid , Francesco Maso , Sabine Sarnacki , Laurence Rouet , Pietro Gori , Isabelle Bloch

In many clinical settings, the use of both Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance (MRI) is necessary to pursue a thorough understanding of the patient's anatomy and to plan a suitable therapeutical strategy; this is often the case…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-16 Leonardo Crespi , Samuele Camnasio , Damiano Dei , Nicola Lambri , Pietro Mancosu , Marta Scorsetti , Daniele Loiacono

In the field of radiotherapy, accurate imaging and image registration are of utmost importance for precise treatment planning. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) offers detailed imaging without being invasive and excels in soft-tissue…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-29 Saba Nikbakhsh , Lachin Naghashyar , Morteza Valizadeh , Mehdi Chehel Amirani

Acquiring images of the same anatomy with multiple different contrasts increases the diversity of diagnostic information available in an MR exam. Yet, scan time limitations may prohibit acquisition of certain contrasts, and images for some…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Salman Ul Hassan Dar , Mahmut Yurt , Levent Karacan , Aykut Erdem , Erkut Erdem , Tolga Çukur

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a vital modality for gaining precise anatomical information, and it plays a significant role in medical imaging for diagnosis and therapy planning. Image synthesis problems have seen a revolution in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-16 Drici Mourad , Kazeem Oluwakemi Oseni

This paper newly introduces multi-modality loss function for GAN-based super-resolution that can maintain image structure and intensity on unpaired training dataset of clinical CT and micro CT volumes. Precise non-invasive diagnosis of lung…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-08 Tong Zheng , Hirohisa Oda , Takayasu Moriya , Shota Nakamura , Masahiro Oda , Masaki Mori , Horitsugu Takabatake , Hiroshi Natori , Kensaku Mori

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an invaluable tool for clinical and research applications. Yet, variations in scanners and acquisition parameters cause inconsistencies in image contrast, hindering data comparability and reproducibility…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-09 Daniel Scholz , Ayhan Can Erdur , Robbie Holland , Viktoria Ehm , Jan C. Peeken , Benedikt Wiestler , Daniel Rueckert

Brain imaging plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of various neurological disorders, providing valuable insights into the structure and function of the brain. Techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-23 Fatima Haimour , Rizik Al-Sayyed , Waleed Mahafza , Omar S. Al-Kadi

Synthesizing MR imaging sequences is highly relevant in clinical practice, as single sequences are often missing or are of poor quality (e.g. due to motion). Naturally, the idea arises that a target modality would benefit from multi-modal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-29 Hongwei Li , Johannes C. Paetzold , Anjany Sekuboyina , Florian Kofler , Jianguo Zhang , Jan S. Kirschke , Benedikt Wiestler , Bjoern Menze

MR imaging will play a very important role in radiotherapy treatment planning for segmentation of tumor volumes and organs. However, the use of MR-based radiotherapy is limited because of the high cost and the increased use of metal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Cheng-Bin Jin , Hakil Kim , Wonmo Jung , Seongsu Joo , Ensik Park , Ahn Young Saem , In Ho Han , Jae Il Lee , Xuenan Cui

Synthetic CT image generation from MRI scan is necessary to create radiotherapy plans without the need of co-registered MRI and CT scans. The chosen baseline adversarial model with cycle consistency permits unpaired image-to-image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-16 Denis Prokopenko , Joël Valentin Stadelmann , Heinrich Schulz , Steffen Renisch , Dmitry V. Dylov
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