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Dynamic contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT) is an imaging technique that provides critical information on the relationship of vascular structure and dynamics in the context of underlying anatomy. A key challenge for image processing…

Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, making early detection and accurate treatment response monitoring critical priorities. We present BreastDCEDL, a curated, deep learning-ready dataset comprising…

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Alignment of contrast and non-contrast-enhanced imaging is essential for the quantification of changes in several biomedical applications. In particular, the extraction of cartilage shape from contrast-enhanced Computed Tomography (CT) of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-26 Jian-Qing Zheng , Ngee Han Lim , Bartlomiej W. Papiez

Dynamic Contrast Enhanced-Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) is widely used to complement ultrasound examinations and x-ray mammography during the early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. However, images generated by various MRI…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-18 Gourav Modanwal , Adithya Vellal , Maciej A. Mazurowski

Purpose: To develop a deep network architecture that would achieve fully automated radiologist-level segmentation of cancers at breast MRI. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective study, 38229 examinations (composed of 64063 individual…

MRI-linear accelerator (MRI-Linac) systems allow for daily tracking of MRI changes during radiotherapy (RT). Since one common MRI-Linac operates at 0.35T, there are efforts towards developing protocols at that field strength. In this study…

Accurate molecular subtype classification is essential for personalized breast cancer treatment, yet conventional immunohistochemical analysis relies on invasive biopsies and is prone to sampling bias. Although dynamic contrast-enhanced…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Sen Zeng , Hong Zhou , Zheng Zhu , Yang Liu

Automated breast tumor segmentation on the basis of dynamic contrast-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) has shown great promise in clinical practice, particularly for identifying the presence of breast disease. However,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-13 Lei Zhou , Yuzhong Zhang , Jiadong Zhang , Xuejun Qian , Chen Gong , Kun Sun , Zhongxiang Ding , Xing Wang , Zhenhui Li , Zaiyi Liu , Dinggang Shen

Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging aids in the detection and assessment of tumor aggressiveness by using a Gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA). However, GBCA is known to have potential toxic effects. This risk can be…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-06 Sadhana S , Sriprabha Ramanarayanan , Arunima Sarkar , Matcha Naga Gayathri , Keerthi Ram , Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly utilized for image-guided radiotherapy due to its outstanding soft-tissue contrast and lack of ionizing radiation. However, geometric distortions caused by gradient nonlinearity (GNL) limit…

This study aimed to propose a denoising method for dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (DCE-CT) perfusion studies using a three-dimensional deep image prior (DIP), and to investigate its usefulness in comparison with total…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-04-04 Kenya Murase

Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) is a medical imaging technique that plays a crucial role in the detailed visualization and identification of tissue perfusion in abnormal lesions and radiological suggestions…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-06 Divya Bharti , Sriprabha Ramanarayanan , Sadhana S , Kishore Kumar M , Keerthi Ram , Harsh Agarwal , Ramesh Venkatesan , Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam

State-of-the-art deep learning methods for image processing are evolving into increasingly complex meta-architectures with a growing number of modules. Among them, region-based fully convolutional networks (R-FCN) and deformable…

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The spread of deepfakes poses significant security concerns, demanding reliable detection methods. However, diverse generation techniques and class imbalance in datasets create challenges. We propose CAE-Net, a Convolution- and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Anindya Bhattacharjee , Kaidul Islam , Kafi Anan , Ashir Intesher , Abrar Assaeem Fuad , Utsab Saha , Hafiz Imtiaz

Purpose: Segmentation of the breast region in dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) is essential for the automatic measurement of breast density and the quantitative analysis of imaging findings. This study aims to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-04 Sam Narimani , Solveig Roth Hoff , Kathinka Dæhli Kurz , Kjell-Inge Gjesdal , Jurgen Geisler , Endre Grovik

Purpose: We propose a deep learning-based computer-aided detection (CADe) method to detect breast lesions in ultrafast DCE-MRI sequences. This method uses both the three-dimensional spatial information and temporal information obtained from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-12 Fazael Ayatollahi , Shahriar B. Shokouhi , Ritse M. Mann , Jonas Teuwen

Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor among women and the second cause of cancer-related death. Early diagnosis in clinical practice is crucial for timely treatment and prognosis. Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-13 Zixian Li , Yuming Zhong , Yi Wang

Dynamical contrast enhanced (DCE) imaging allows non invasive access to tissue micro-vascularization. It appears as a promising tool to build imaging biomark-ers for diagnostic, prognosis or anti-angiogenesis treatment monitoring of cancer.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-09 Fuchen Liu , Charles-André Cuénod , Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara , Stéphane Chemouny , Yves Rozenholc

A method for perfusion imaging with DCE-MRI is developed based on two popular paradigms: the low-rank + sparse model for optimisation-based reconstruction, and the deep unfolding. A learnable algorithm derived from a proximal algorithm is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Ondřej Mokrý , Jiří Vitouš , Pavel Rajmic , Radovan Jiřík

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) plays an important role in breast cancer screening, tumor assessment, and treatment planning and monitoring. The dynamic changes in contrast in different tissues help to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-21 Rui Wang , Yuexi Du , John Lewin , R. Todd Constable , Nicha C. Dvornek