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While remarkable advances have been made in Computed Tomography (CT), most of the existing efforts focus on imaging enhancement while reducing radiation dose. How to harmonize CT image data captured using different scanners is vital in…

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Three-dimensional (3D) photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) is a powerful noninvasive biomedical imaging modality that provides volumetric data for structural and functional assessment \textit{in vivo}. To maximize angular coverage and…

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Data augmentation can effectively resolve a scarcity of images when training machine-learning algorithms. It can make them more robust to unseen images. We present a lesion conditional Generative Adversarial Network LcGAN to generate…

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We present an automated methodology to optimize laminated composite structures. Our approach, inspired by bi-level optimization scheme, avoids its prime deficiencies and is based on developed computationally inexpensive stacking sequences…

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We investigate adaptive design based on a single sparse pilot scan for generating effective scanning strategies for computed tomography reconstruction. We propose a novel approach using the linearised deep image prior. It allows…

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Relative location prediction in computed tomography (CT) scan images is a challenging problem. In this paper, a regression model based on one-dimensional convolutional neural networks is proposed to determine the relative location of a CT…

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Deep learning models for medical imaging often exhibit overconfidence, creating safety risks in ambiguous diagnostic scenarios. While Conformal Prediction (CP) provides distribution-free statistical guarantees, standard methods such as…

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X-ray computed tomography (CT) is one of widely used diagnostic tools for medical and dental tomographic imaging of the human body. However, the standard filtered backprojection reconstruction method requires the complete knowledge of the…

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