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Pathological alterations in the human vascular system underlie many chronic diseases, such as atherosclerosis and aneurysms. However, manually analyzing diagnostic images of the vascular system, such as computed tomographic angiograms…

Due to the wide applications of X-ray computed tomography (CT) in medical imaging activities, radiation exposure has become a major concern for public health. Sparse-view CT is a promising approach to reduce the radiation dose by…

In recent years, diverging-wave (DW) ultrasound imaging has become a very promising methodology for cardiovascular imaging due to its high temporal resolution. However, if they are limited in number, DW transmits provide lower image quality…

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) using only a few X-ray projection views enables faster scans with lower radiation dose, but the resulting severe under-sampling causes strong artifacts and poor spatial coverage. We address these…

The hybrid architecture of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and Transformer are very popular for medical image segmentation. However, it suffers from two challenges. First, although a CNNs branch can capture the local image features…

Automated blood vessel segmentation is vital for biomedical imaging, as vessel changes indicate many pathologies. Still, precise segmentation is difficult due to the complexity of vascular structures, anatomical variations across patients,…

Deep learning has shown great potential for automated medical image segmentation to improve the precision and speed of disease diagnostics. However, the task presents significant difficulties due to variations in the scale, shape, texture,…

To obtain high-quality positron emission tomography (PET) images while minimizing radiation exposure, various methods have been proposed for reconstructing standard-dose PET (SPET) images from low-dose PET (LPET) sinograms directly.…

Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a widely used and cost-effective diagnostic tool for coronary artery disease. However, the lengthy scanning time in this imaging procedure can…

Dual energy computed tomography (DECT) has become of particular interest in clinic recent years. The DECT scan comprises two images, corresponding to two photon attenuation coefficients maps of the objects. Meanwhile, the DECT images are…

Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is a critical 3D imaging technology in the medical field, while the high radiation exposure required for high-quality imaging raises significant concerns, particularly for vulnerable populations.…

Sparse-view CT reconstruction, aimed at reducing X-ray radiation risks, frequently suffers from image quality degradation, manifested as noise and artifacts. Existing post-processing and dual-domain techniques, although effective in…

Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion images (MPI) can be displayed both in traditional short-axis (SA) cardiac planes and polar maps for interpretation and quantification. It is essential to reorient the…

Sparse-view computed tomography (CT) has been adopted as an important technique for speeding up data acquisition and decreasing radiation dose. However, due to the lack of sufficient projection data, the reconstructed CT images often…

In the last decade, convolutional neural networks (ConvNets) have dominated and achieved state-of-the-art performances in a variety of medical imaging applications. However, the performances of ConvNets are still limited by lacking the…

Transformer-based neural networks have surpassed promising performance on many biomedical image segmentation tasks due to a better global information modeling from the self-attention mechanism. However, most methods are still designed for…

This paper explores convolutional generative networks as an alternative to iterative reconstruction algorithms in medical image reconstruction. The task of medical image reconstruction involves mapping of projection main data collected from…

Segmentation of 3D medical images is a critical task for accurate diagnosis and treatment planning. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have dominated the field, achieving significant success in 3D medical image segmentation. However, CNNs…

In this paper, we present a novel method for tomographic image reconstruction in SPECT imaging with a low number of projections. Deep convolutional neural networks (CNN) are employed in the new reconstruction method. Projection data from…

Reconstruction of few-view x-ray Computed Tomography (CT) data is a highly ill-posed problem. It is often used in applications that require low radiation dose in clinical CT, rapid industrial scanning, or fixed-gantry CT. Existing analytic…