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Medical visualization is the use of computers to create 3D images from medical imaging data sets, almost all surgery and cancer treatment in the developed world relies on it.Volume visualization techniques includes iso-surface…

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Digital image plays a vital role in the early detection of cancers, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, lungs cancer, cervical cancer. Ultrasound imaging method is also suitable for early detection of the abnormality of fetus. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-21 Vidhi Rawat , Alok Jain , Vibhakar Shrimali

In recent years, the use of expressive surface visualizations in the representation of vascular structures has gained significant attention. These visualizations provide a comprehensive understanding of complex anatomical structures and are…

Purpose: Spinal instability is a widespread condition that causes pain, fatigue, and restricted mobility, profoundly affecting patients' quality of life. In clinical practice, the gold standard for diagnosis is dynamic X-ray imaging.…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-02-16 Feng Li , Yuan Bi , Tianyu Song , Zhongliang Jiang , Nassir Navab

Purpose: Intraoperative ultrasound scanning is a demanding visuotactile task. It requires operators to simultaneously localise the ultrasound perspective and manually perform slight adjustments to the pose of the probe, making sure not to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-09 Alistair Weld , Luke Dixon , Giulio Anichini , Michael Dyck , Alex Ranne , Sophie Camp , Stamatia Giannarou

Medical imaging has significantly revolutionized medical diagnostics and treatment planning, progressing from early X-ray usage to sophisticated methods like MRIs, CT scans, and ultrasounds. This paper investigates the use of deep learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Abdennour Boulesnane , Boutheina Mokhtari , Oumnia Rana Segueni , Slimane Segueni

Intraoperative ultrasound facilitates localisation of tumour boundaries during minimally invasive procedures. Autonomous ultrasound scanning systems have been recently proposed to improve scanning accuracy and reduce surgeons' cognitive…

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Ultrasound is widely used in clinical care, yet standard deep learning methods often struggle with full video analysis due to non-standardized acquisition and operator bias. We offer a new perspective on ultrasound video analysis through…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-30 Julia Wolleb , Florentin Bieder , Paul Friedrich , Hemant D. Tagare , Xenophon Papademetris

Anatomical segmentation of organs in ultrasound images is essential to many clinical applications, particularly for diagnosis and monitoring. Existing deep neural networks require a large amount of labeled data for training in order to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-01 Yordanka Velikova , Mohammad Farid Azampour , Walter Simson , Vanessa Gonzalez Duque , Nassir Navab

Ultrasound simulation based on ray tracing enables the synthesis of highly realistic images. It can provide an interactive environment for training sonographers as an educational tool. However, due to high computational demand, there is a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-22 Lin Zhang , Tiziano Portenier , Christoph Paulus , Orcun Goksel

Ultrasound imaging is a commonly used technology for visualising patient anatomy in real-time during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. High operator dependency and low reproducibility make ultrasound imaging and interpretation…

Ultrasound images are widespread in medical diagnosis for musculoskeletal, cardiac, and obstetrical imaging due to the efficiency and non-invasiveness of the acquisition methodology. However, the acquired images are degraded by acoustic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-14 Hojat Asgariandehkordi , Sobhan Goudarzi , Adrian Basarab , Hassan Rivaz

Despite its wide use in medicine, ultrasound imaging faces several challenges related to its poor signal-to-noise ratio and several sources of noise and artefacts. Enhancing ultrasound image quality involves balancing concurrent factors…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Yuxin Zhang , Clément Huneau , Jérôme Idier , Diana Mateus

Ultrasound imaging is widely used for real-time, noninvasive diagnosis, but speckle and related artifacts reduce image quality and can hinder interpretation. We present a diffusion-based ultrasound despeckling method built on the Image…

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Visualizing and navigating through large astronomy images from a remote location with current astronomy display tools can be a frustrating experience in terms of speed and ergonomics, especially on mobile devices. In this paper, we present…

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Despite renewed awareness of the importance of articulation, it remains a challenge for instructors to handle the pronunciation needs of language learners. There are relatively scarce pedagogical tools for pronunciation teaching and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-05-15 M. Hamed Mozaffari , Won-Sook Lee

Feature matching is an important technique to identify a single object in different images. It helps machines to construct recognition of a specific object from multiple perspectives. For years, feature matching has been commonly used in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-26 Hang Zhu , Zihao Wang

Ultrasound images are widespread in medical diagnosis for muscle-skeletal, cardiac, and obstetrical diseases, due to the efficiency and non-invasiveness of the acquisition methodology. However, ultrasound acquisition introduces noise in the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-24 Simone Cammarasana , Paolo Nicolardi , Giuseppe Patanè

Ultrasound is well-established as an imaging modality for diagnostic and interventional purposes. However, the image quality varies with operator skills as acquiring and interpreting ultrasound images requires extensive training due to the…

Ultrasound offers a radiation-free, cost-effective solution for real-time visualization of spinal landmarks, paraspinal soft tissues and neurovascular structures, making it valuable for intraoperative guidance during spinal procedures.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Miruna-Alexandra Gafencu , Yordanka Velikova , Nassir Navab , Mohammad Farid Azampour