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Background: Breast density, as derived from mammographic images and defined by the American College of Radiology's Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS), is one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer. Breast ultrasound…

Melanoma detection is vital for early diagnosis and effective treatment. While deep learning models on dermoscopic images have shown promise, they require specialized equipment, limiting their use in broader clinical settings. This study…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Volodymyr Sydorskyi , Igor Krashenyi , Oleksii Yakubenko

To address the issues of limited samples, time-consuming feature design, and low accuracy in detection and classification of breast cancer pathological images, a breast cancer image classification model algorithm combining deep learning and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-12 Weimin Wang , Yufeng Li , Xu Yan , Mingxuan Xiao , Min Gao

Purpose: To determine whether deep learning models can distinguish between breast cancer molecular subtypes based on dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). Materials and methods: In this institutional review…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-12-01 Zhe Zhu , Ehab Albadawy , Ashirbani Saha , Jun Zhang , Michael R. Harowicz , Maciej A. Mazurowski

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the world and the most prevalent cause of death among women worldwide. Nevertheless, it is also one of the most treatable malignancies if detected early. In this paper, a deep convolutional neural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-23 Hussin Ragb , Redha Ali , Elforjani Jera , Nagi Buaossa

Deep learning has introduced several learning-based methods to recognize breast tumours and presents high applicability in breast cancer diagnostics. It has presented itself as a practical installment in Computer-Aided Diagnostic (CAD)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-15 Timothy Kwong , Samaneh Mazaheri

Objective: This paper proposes a deep learning model for breast cancer detection from reconstructed images of microwave imaging scan data and aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of breast tumor detection, which could have a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Gayathri Girish , Ponnathota Spandana , Badrish Vasu

Accurate segmentation of breast tumors in magnetic resonance images (MRI) is essential for breast cancer diagnosis, yet existing methods face challenges in capturing irregular tumor shapes and effectively integrating local and global…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-22 Yue Zhang , Jiahua Dong , Chengtao Peng , Qiuli Wang , Dan Song , Guiduo Duan

Some recent studies have described deep convolutional neural networks to diagnose breast cancer in mammograms with similar or even superior performance to that of human experts. One of the best techniques does two transfer learnings: the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-04 Daniel G. P. Petrini , Carlos Shimizu , Rosimeire A. Roela , Gabriel V. Valente , Maria A. A. K. Folgueira , Hae Yong Kim

Tumors can manifest in various forms and in different areas of the human body. Brain tumors are specifically hard to diagnose and treat because of the complexity of the organ in which they develop. Detecting them in time can lower the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-18 Antonio Curci , Andrea Esposito

Screening mammograms is the gold standard for detecting breast cancer early. While a good amount of work has been performed on mammography image classification, especially with deep neural networks, there has not been much exploration into…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-08-14 Anika Tabassum , Naimul Khan

Rising breast cancer (BC) occurrence and mortality are major global concerns for women. Deep learning (DL) has demonstrated superior diagnostic performance in BC classification compared to human expert readers. However, the predominant use…

To facilitate early detection of breast cancer, there is a need to develop short-term risk prediction schemes that can prescribe personalized/individualized screening mammography regimens for women. In this study, we propose a new deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-05 Hong Hui Yeoh , Fredrik Strand , Raphaël Phan , Kartini Rahmat , Maxine Tan

Although the combined treatment of surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and emerging target therapy has significantly improved the outcomes of patients with head and neck cancer, distant metastasis remains the leading cause of treatment…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-12-02 Nuo Tong , Changhao Liu , Zizhao Tang , Feifan Sun , Yingping Li , Shuiping Gou , Mei Shi

Accurate and scalable cancer diagnosis remains a critical challenge in modern pathology, particularly for malignancies such as breast, prostate, bone, and cervical, which exhibit complex histological variability. In this study, we propose a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-18 Faisal Ahmed

Mammography is the most effective and available tool for breast cancer screening. However, the low positive predictive value of breast biopsy resulting from mammogram interpretation leads to approximately 70% unnecessary biopsies with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2013-06-04 Sahar A. Mokhtar , Alaa. M. Elsayad

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, making the development of rapid, minimally invasive, label-free and scalable diagnostic strategies a major challenge in modern oncology. In this context, spectroscopic liquid biopsy…

Accurate breast MRI lesion detection is critical for early cancer diagnosis, especially in high-risk populations. We present a classification pipeline that adapts a pretrained foundation model, the Medical Slice Transformer (MST), for…

Multimodal positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) is used routinely in the assessment of cancer. PET-CT combines the high sensitivity for tumor detection with PET and anatomical information from CT. Tumor segmentation is…

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

This paper describes the field research, design and comparative deployment of a multimodal medical imaging user interface for breast screening. The main contributions described here are threefold: 1) The design of an advanced visual…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-06-02 Francisco Maria Calisto , Nuno Jardim Nunes , Jacinto Carlos Nascimento