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Interactive segmentation has recently attracted attention for specialized tasks where expert input is required to further enhance the segmentation performance. In this work, we propose a novel interactive segmentation framework, where user…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-19 Ragavie Pirabaharan , Naimul Khan

In the last few years, deep learning classifiers have shown promising results in image-based medical diagnosis. However, interpreting the outputs of these models remains a challenge. In cancer diagnosis, interpretability can be achieved by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Kangning Liu , Yiqiu Shen , Nan Wu , Jakub Chłędowski , Carlos Fernandez-Granda , Krzysztof J. Geras

Accurate characterisation of visual attributes such as spiculation, lobulation, and calcification of lung nodules is critical in cancer management. The characterisation of these attributes is often subjective, which may lead to high inter-…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-13 Xiaohang Fu , Lei Bi , Ashnil Kumar , Michael Fulham , Jinman Kim

Nodule malignancy assessment is a complex, time-consuming and error-prone task. Current clinical practice requires measuring changes in size and density of the nodule at different time-points. State of the art solutions rely on 3D…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-27 Xavier Rafael-Palou , Anton Aubanell , Ilaria Bonavita , Mario Ceresa , Gemma Piella , Vicent Ribas , Miguel A. González Ballester

Early detection of lung cancer is crucial for effective treatment and relies on accurate volumetric assessment of pulmonary nodules in CT scans. Traditional methods, such as consolidation-to-tumor ratio (CTR) and spherical approximation,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-29 Yihan Zhou , Haocheng Huang , Yue Yu , Jianhui Shang

Deep learning-based nuclei segmentation and classification in pathology images typically rely on large-scale pixel-level manual annotations, which are costly and difficult to obtain across diverse tissues and staining conditions. To address…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Kazuya Nishimura , Ryoma Bise , Haruka Hirose , Yasuhiro Kojima

Accurately segmenting different organs from medical images is a critical prerequisite for computer-assisted diagnosis and intervention planning. This study proposes a deep learning-based approach for segmenting various organs from CT and…

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Lung cancer screening (LCS) using annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) scanning has been proven to significantly reduce lung cancer mortality by detecting cancerous…

Accurate lung lesion segmentation from Computed Tomography (CT) images is crucial to the analysis and diagnosis of lung diseases such as COVID-19 and lung cancer. However, the smallness and variety of lung nodules and the lack of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-15 Changwei Wang , Rongtao Xu , Shibiao Xu , Weiliang Meng , Jun Xiao , Xiaopeng Zhang

Accurate detection of pulmonary nodules with high sensitivity and specificity is essential for automatic lung cancer diagnosis from CT scans. Although many deep learning-based algorithms make great progress for improving the accuracy of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-30 Jingya Liu , Liangliang Cao , Oguz Akin , Yingli Tian

Accurate segmentation of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) lesions in longitudinal MRI scans is crucial for monitoring disease progression and treatment efficacy. Although changes across time are taken into account when assessing images in clinical…

Automatic diagnosing lung cancer from Computed Tomography (CT) scans involves two steps: detect all suspicious lesions (pulmonary nodules) and evaluate the whole-lung/pulmonary malignancy. Currently, there are many studies about the first…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-04 Fangzhou Liao , Ming Liang , Zhe Li , Xiaolin Hu , Sen Song

Existing interactive segmentation methods leverage automatic segmentation and user interactions for label refinement, significantly reducing the annotation workload compared to manual annotation. However, these methods lack quick…

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Spine segmentation, based on ultrasound volume projection imaging (VPI), plays a vital role for intelligent scoliosis diagnosis in clinical applications. However, this task faces several significant challenges. Firstly, the global…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Hao Xie , Zixun Huang , Yushen Zuo , Yakun Ju , Frank H. F. Leung , N. F. Law , Kin-Man Lam , Yong-Ping Zheng , Sai Ho Ling

Pulmonary nodules are an early sign of lung cancer, and detecting them early is vital for improving patient survival rates. Most current methods use only single Computed Tomography (CT) images to assess nodule malignancy. However, doctors…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-29 Yin Shen , Zhaojie Fang , Ke Zhuang , Guanyu Zhou , Xiao Yu , Yucheng Zhao , Yuan Tian , Ruiquan Ge , Changmiao Wang , Xiaopeng Fan , Ahmed Elazab

Purpose: Lung nodule segmentation, i.e., the algorithmic delineation of the lung nodule surface, is a fundamental component of computational nodule analysis pipelines. We propose a new method for segmentation that is a machine learning…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-20 Matthew C Hancock , Jerry F Magnan

Automated digital histopathology image segmentation is an important task to help pathologists diagnose tumors and cancer subtypes. For pathological diagnosis of cancer subtypes, pathologists usually change the magnification of whole-slide…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-15 Hiroki Tokunaga , Yuki Teramoto , Akihiko Yoshizawa , Ryoma Bise

This paper studies Clinical Intelligent Decision Support Systems (CIDSSs) for lung cancer segmentation, which are based on deep neural nets. A new interactive CIDSS is proposed and compared with previous approaches. Addition-ally, the…

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