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Delineating the brain tumor from magnetic resonance (MR) images is critical for the treatment of gliomas. However, automatic delineation is challenging due to the complex appearance and ambiguous outlines of tumors. Considering that…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-03 Chenyu Liu , Wangbin Ding , Lei Li , Zhen Zhang , Chenhao Pei , Liqin Huang , Xiahai Zhuang

We propose a fine-tuning algorithm for brain tumor segmentation that needs only a few data samples and helps networks not to forget the original tasks. Our approach is based on active learning and meta-learning. One of the difficulties in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-17 Seungyub Han , Yeongmo Kim , Seokhyeon Ha , Jungwoo Lee , Seunghong Choi

Multimodal brain tumor segmentation challenge (BraTS) brings together researchers to improve automated methods for 3D MRI brain tumor segmentation. Tumor segmentation is one of the fundamental vision tasks necessary for diagnosis and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-08 Andriy Myronenko , Ali Hatamizadeh

Most of the current state-of-the-art methods for tumor segmentation are based on machine learning models trained on manually segmented images. This type of training data is particularly costly, as manual delineation of tumors is not only…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-21 Pawel Mlynarski , Hervé Delingette , Antonio Criminisi , Nicholas Ayache

The detection of brain metastases (BM) in their early stages could have a positive impact on the outcome of cancer patients. We previously developed a framework for detecting small BM (with diameters of less than 15mm) in T1-weighted…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-22 Engin Dikici , Xuan V. Nguyen , Matthew Bigelow , John. L. Ryu , Luciano M. Prevedello

Brain tumor segmentation is a critical task for tumor volumetric analyses and AI algorithms. However, it is a time-consuming process and requires neuroradiology expertise. While there has been extensive research focused on optimizing brain…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-01 Partoo Vafaeikia , Matthias W. Wagner , Uri Tabori , Birgit B. Ertl-Wagner , Farzad Khalvati

The magnetic resonance (MR) analysis of brain tumors is widely used for diagnosis and examination of tumor subregions. The overlapping area among the intensity distribution of healthy, enhancing, non-enhancing, and edema regions makes the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-01 Mohammad Hamghalam , Baiying Lei , Tianfu Wang

Image segmentation some of the challenging issues on brain magnetic resonance image tumor segmentation caused by the weak correlation between magnetic resonance imaging intensity and anatomical meaning.With the objective of utilizing more…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-03-25 Narkhede Sachin G. , Vaishali Khairnar , Sujata Kadu

Brain tumor segmentation is a fundamental step in assessing a patient's cancer progression. However, manual segmentation demands significant expert time to identify tumors in 3D multimodal brain MRI scans accurately. This reliance on manual…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-07 Fadillah Maani , Anees Ur Rehman Hashmi , Numan Saeed , Mohammad Yaqub

Brain tumors are one of the deadliest forms of cancer with a mortality rate of over 80%. A quick and accurate diagnosis is crucial to increase the chance of survival. However, in medical analysis, the manual annotation and segmentation of a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-18 Zachary Schwehr , Sriman Achanta

Brain metastasis segmentation poses a significant challenge in medical imaging due to the complex presentation and variability in size and location of metastases. In this study, we first investigate the impact of different imaging…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-22 Yousef Sadegheih , Dorit Merhof

The segmentation of diseases is a popular topic explored by researchers in the field of machine learning. Brain tumors are extremely dangerous and require the utmost precision to segment for a successful surgery. Patients with tumors…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-05 Sanskriti Singh

In this paper, we present an automated approach for segmenting multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions from multi-modal brain magnetic resonance images. Our method is based on a deep end-to-end 2D convolutional neural network (CNN) for slice-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Shahab Aslani , Michael Dayan , Loredana Storelli , Massimo Filippi , Vittorio Murino , Maria A Rocca , Diego Sona

We explore encoding brain symmetry into a neural network for a brain tumor segmentation task. A healthy human brain is symmetric at a high level of abstraction, and the high-level asymmetric parts are more likely to be tumor regions. Paying…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-20 Hejia Zhang , Xia Zhu , Theodore L. Willke

Stereotactic radiosurgery is a minimally-invasive treatment option for a large number of patients with intracranial tumors. As part of the therapy treatment, accurate delineation of brain tumors is of great importance. However,…

Gliomas are the most common malignant primary brain tumors in adults and one of the deadliest types of cancer. There are many challenges in treatment and monitoring due to the genetic diversity and high intrinsic heterogeneity in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Maria Correia de Verdier , Rachit Saluja , Louis Gagnon , Dominic LaBella , Ujjwall Baid , Nourel Hoda Tahon , Martha Foltyn-Dumitru , Jikai Zhang , Maram Alafif , Saif Baig , Ken Chang , Gennaro D'Anna , Lisa Deptula , Diviya Gupta , Muhammad Ammar Haider , Ali Hussain , Michael Iv , Marinos Kontzialis , Paul Manning , Farzan Moodi , Teresa Nunes , Aaron Simon , Nico Sollmann , David Vu , Maruf Adewole , Jake Albrecht , Udunna Anazodo , Rongrong Chai , Verena Chung , Shahriar Faghani , Keyvan Farahani , Anahita Fathi Kazerooni , Eugenio Iglesias , Florian Kofler , Hongwei Li , Marius George Linguraru , Bjoern Menze , Ahmed W. Moawad , Yury Velichko , Benedikt Wiestler , Talissa Altes , Patil Basavasagar , Martin Bendszus , Gianluca Brugnara , Jaeyoung Cho , Yaseen Dhemesh , Brandon K. K. Fields , Filip Garrett , Jaime Gass , Lubomir Hadjiiski , Jona Hattangadi-Gluth , Christopher Hess , Jessica L. Houk , Edvin Isufi , Lester J. Layfield , George Mastorakos , John Mongan , Pierre Nedelec , Uyen Nguyen , Sebastian Oliva , Matthew W. Pease , Aditya Rastogi , Jason Sinclair , Robert X. Smith , Leo P. Sugrue , Jonathan Thacker , Igor Vidic , Javier Villanueva-Meyer , Nathan S. White , Mariam Aboian , Gian Marco Conte , Anders Dale , Mert R. Sabuncu , Tyler M. Seibert , Brent Weinberg , Aly Abayazeed , Raymond Huang , Sevcan Turk , Andreas M. Rauschecker , Nikdokht Farid , Philipp Vollmuth , Ayman Nada , Spyridon Bakas , Evan Calabrese , Jeffrey D. Rudie

Robust and generalizable segmentation of brain tumors on multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) remains difficult because tumor types differ widely. The BraTS 2025 Lighthouse Challenge benchmarks segmentation methods on diverse…

Introduction: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects millions of people across the globe. MS can critically affect different organs of the central nervous system such as the eyes, the spinal cord, and the brain.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-21 Atif Shah , Maged S. Al-Shaibani , Moataz Ahmad , Reem Bunyan

Cortical lesions (CLs) have emerged as valuable biomarkers in multiple sclerosis (MS), offering high diagnostic specificity and prognostic relevance. However, their routine clinical integration remains limited due to subtle magnetic…

Segmenting brain tumors in multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging enables performing quantitative analysis in support of clinical trials and personalized patient care. This analysis provides the potential to impact clinical…