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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

Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks as the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths and the third most prevalent malignant tumour worldwide. Early detection of CRC remains problematic due to its non-specific and often embarrassing symptoms,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Natalia Sikora , Robert L. Manschke , Alethea M. Tang , Peter Dunstan , Dean A. Harris , Su Yang

Colorectal cancer is among the most common malignancies and can develop from high-risk colon polyps. Colonoscopy is an effective screening tool to detect and remove polyps, especially in the case of precancerous lesions. However, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-02 Dinh Viet Sang , Tran Quang Chung , Phan Ngoc Lan , Dao Viet Hang , Dao Van Long , Nguyen Thi Thuy

Colorectal cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers in the world. In recent years computer-aided methods have aimed to enhance cancer screening and improve the quality and availability of colonoscopies by automatizing sub-tasks. One such…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-04 Anita Rau , Binod Bhattarai , Lourdes Agapito , Danail Stoyanov

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

Colorectal polyps are key indicators for early detection of colorectal cancer. However, traditional endoscopic imaging often struggles with accurate polyp localization and lacks comprehensive contextual awareness, which can limit the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Teja Krishna Cherukuri , Nagur Shareef Shaik , Sribhuvan Reddy Yellu , Jun-Won Chung , Dong Hye Ye

Colorectal and prostate cancers are the most common types of cancer in men worldwide. To diagnose colorectal and prostate cancer, a pathologist performs a histological analysis on needle biopsy samples. This manual process is time-consuming…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-31 Remy Peyret , Duaa alSaeed , Fouad Khelifi , Nadia Al-Ghreimil , Heyam Al-Baity , Ahmed Bouridane

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cause of cancer diagnosed in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer-related death among both genders. Notably, CRC is the leading cause of cancer in younger men less than 50…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-11 Nikhil Kumar Tomar , Debesh Jha , Koushik Biswas , Tyler M. Berzin , Rajesh Keswani , Michael Wallace , Ulas Bagci

Potentially precancerous polyps detected with CT colonography (CTC) need to be removed subsequently, using an optical colonoscope (OC). Due to large colonic deformations induced by the colonoscope, even very experienced colonoscopists find…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-01-16 Holger R. Roth , Thomas E. Hampshire , Emma Helbren , Mingxing Hu , Roser Vega , Steve Halligan , David J. Hawkes

Endoscopic diagnosis is an important means for gastric polyp detection. In this paper, a panoramic image of gastroscopy is developed, which can display the inner surface of the stomach intuitively and comprehensively. Moreover, the proposed…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-22 Chenfei Shi , Yan Xue , Chuan Jiang , Hui Tian , Bei Liu

High screening coverage during colonoscopy is crucial to effectively prevent colon cancer. Previous work has allowed alerting the doctor to unsurveyed regions by reconstructing the 3D colonoscopic surface from colonoscopy videos in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-19 Yubo Zhang , Shuxian Wang , Ruibin Ma , Sarah K. McGill , Julian G. Rosenman , Stephen M. Pizer

Precise and real-time detection of gastrointestinal polyps during endoscopic procedures is crucial for early diagnosis and prevention of colorectal cancer. This work presents EndoSight AI, a deep learning architecture developed and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Daniel Cavadia

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Excision of polyps during colonoscopy helps reduce mortality and morbidity for CRC. Powered by deep learning, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems can…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-26 Nikhil Kumar Tomar , Debesh Jha , Ulas Bagci

Dealing with the application of grading colorectal cancer images, this work proposes a 3 step pipeline for prediction of cancer levels from a histopathology image. The overall model performs better compared to other state of the art methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-10-05 Franziska Lippoldt

Deep learning in gastrointestinal endoscopy can assist to improve clinical performance and be helpful to assess lesions more accurately. To this extent, semantic segmentation methods that can perform automated real-time delineation of a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-23 Debesh Jha , Nikhil Kumar Tomar , Sharib Ali , Michael A. Riegler , Håvard D. Johansen , Dag Johansen , Thomas de Lange , Pål Halvorsen

Colonoscopy is the standard of care technique for detecting and removing polyps for the prevention of colorectal cancer. Nevertheless, gastroenterologists (GI) routinely miss approximately 25% of polyps during colonoscopies. These misses…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-14 Idan Kligvasser , George Leifman , Roman Goldenberg , Ehud Rivlin , Michael Elad

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

Automatic analysis of colonoscopy images has been an active field of research motivated by the importance of early detection of precancerous polyps. However, detecting polyps during the live examination can be challenging due to various…

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

Colonoscopy is considered the golden standard for cancer screening of the lower gastrointestinal (GI) tract, with screening programs all over the world considering lowering the recommended screening age. Nonetheless, conventional…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Vanni Consumi , Lukas Lindenroth , Jeref Merlin , Danail Stoyanov , Agostino Stilli