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The development of robust deep learning models for breast ultrasound (BUS) image analysis is significantly constrained by the scarcity of expert-annotated data. To address this limitation, we propose a clinically controllable generative…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-11 Haoyu Pan , Hongxin Lin , Zetian Feng , Chuxuan Lin , Junyang Mo , Chu Zhang , Zijian Wu , Yi Wang , Qingqing Zheng

Purpose: Bayesian calibration is theoretically superior to standard direct-search algorithm because it can reveal the full joint posterior distribution of the calibrated parameters. However, to date, Bayesian calibration has not been used…

Methodology · Statistics 2020-10-27 Hawre Jalal , Fernando Alarid-Escudero

The Deep learning (DL) models for diagnosing breast cancer from mammographic images often operate as "black boxes", making it difficult for healthcare professionals to trust and understand their decision-making processes. The study presents…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Maryam Ahmed , Tooba Bibi , Rizwan Ahmed Khan , Sidra Nasir

In this study, the main objective is to develop an algorithm capable of identifying and delineating tumor regions in breast ultrasound (BUS) and mammographic images. The technique employs two advanced deep learning architectures, namely…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-14 Mohsen Ahmadi , Masoumeh Farhadi Nia , Sara Asgarian , Kasra Danesh , Elyas Irankhah , Ahmad Gholizadeh Lonbar , Abbas Sharifi

Data augmentation is one of the most effective techniques to improve the generalization performance of deep neural networks. Yet, despite often facing limited data availability in medical image analysis, it is frequently underutilized. This…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-18 Adam Tupper , Christian Gagné

Ultrasound (US) is one of the most commonly used imaging modalities in both diagnosis and surgical interventions due to its low-cost, safety, and non-invasive characteristic. US image segmentation is currently a unique challenge because of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-22 Bahareh Behboodi , Mina Amiri , Rupert Brooks , Hassan Rivaz

Semi-supervised learning (SSL) has emerged as a promising paradigm for breast ultrasound (BUS) image segmentation, but it often suffers from unstable pseudo labels under extremely limited annotations, leading to inaccurate supervision and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Ruili Li , Jiayi Ding , Ruiyu Li , Yilun Jin , Shiwen Ge , Yuwen Zeng , Xiaoyong Zhang , Eichi Takaya , Jan Vrba , Noriyasu Homma

Breast ultrasound (BUS) image segmentation plays a crucial role in a computer-aided diagnosis system, which is regarded as a useful tool to help increase the accuracy of breast cancer diagnosis. Recently, many deep learning methods have…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-24 Zhenyuan Ning , Ke Wang , Shengzhou Zhong , Qianjin Feng , Yu Zhang

Background: Using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for computational medical image analysis has shown promising results. However, colored images are often not readily available for AI analysis because of different coloring thresholds…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-30 Lie Cai , Andre Pfob

Breast ultrasound (US) is an effective imaging modality for breast cancer detec-tion and diagnosis. The structural characteristics of breast lesion play an im-portant role in Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD). In this paper, a novel…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-16 Erlei Zhang , Zi Yang , Stephen Seiler , Mingli Chen , Weiguo Lu , Xuejun Gu

Ultrasound (US) imaging is better suited for intraoperative settings because it is real-time and more portable than other imaging techniques, such as mammography. However, US images are characterized by lower spatial resolution noise-like…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-11 Sahar Almahfouz Nasser , Ashutosh Sharma , Anmol Saraf , Amruta Mahendra Parulekar , Purvi Haria , Amit Sethi

Objective. Limited access to breast cancer diagnosis globally leads to delayed treatment. Ultrasound, an effective yet underutilized method, requires specialized training for sonographers, which hinders its widespread use. Approach. Volume…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-21 Donya Khaledyan , Thomas J. Marini , Avice OConnell , Steven Meng , Jonah Kan , Galen Brennan , Yu Zhao , Timothy M. Baran , Kevin J. Parker

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in women. As the primary output of breast screening, breast ultrasound (US) video contains exclusive dynamic information for cancer diagnosis. However, training models for video…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Zehui Lin , Ruobing Huang , Dong Ni , Jiayi Wu , Baoming Luo

In medical imaging, inter-observer variability among radiologists often introduces label uncertainty, particularly in modalities where visual interpretation is subjective. Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a prime example-it frequently presents a…

Precise anomaly detection in medical images is critical for clinical decision-making. While recent unsupervised or semi-supervised anomaly detection methods trained on large-scale normal data show promising results, they lack fine-grained…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Yue Zhou , Yuan Bi , Wenjuan Tong , Wei Wang , Nassir Navab , Zhongliang Jiang

In brain tumor surgery, the quality and safety of the procedure can be impacted by intra-operative tissue deformation, called brain shift. Brain shift can move the surgical targets and other vital structures such as blood vessels, thus…

BabelBrain is an open-source standalone graphic-user-interface application designed for studies of neuromodulation using transcranial focused ultrasound. It calculates the transmitted acoustic field in the brain tissue, taking into account…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Samuel Pichardo

Deep learning has demonstrated remarkable success in medical image segmentation and computer-aided diagnosis. In particular, numerous advanced methods have achieved state-of-the-art performance in brain tumor segmentation from MRI scans.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Xiaoyu Shi , Rahul Kumar Jain , Yinhao Li , Ruibo Hou , Jingliang Cheng , Jie Bai , Guohua Zhao , Lanfen Lin , Rui Xu , Yen-wei Chen

Automatic breast lesion detection and classification is an important task in computer-aided diagnosis, in which breast ultrasound (BUS) imaging is a common and frequently used screening tool. Recently, a number of deep learning-based…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-13 Zong Fan , Ping Gong , Shanshan Tang , Christine U. Lee , Xiaohui Zhang , Pengfei Song , Shigao Chen , Hua Li