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This paper delves into the challenges and advancements in the field of medical image segmentation, particularly focusing on breast cancer diagnosis. The authors propose a novel Transformer-based segmentation model that addresses the…

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Object segmentation and structure localization are important steps in automated image analysis pipelines for microscopy images. We present a convolution neural network (CNN) based deep learning architecture for segmentation of objects in…

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Accurate medical image segmentation is critical for disease quantification and treatment evaluation. While traditional Unet architectures and their transformer-integrated variants excel in automated segmentation tasks. However, they lack…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-09 Guanqun Sun , Yizhi Pan , Weikun Kong , Zichang Xu , Jianhua Ma , Teeradaj Racharak , Le-Minh Nguyen , Junyi Xin

In this study, we introduce MGA-Net, a novel mask-guided attention neural network, which extends the U-net model for precision neonatal brain imaging. MGA-Net is designed to extract the brain from other structures and reconstruct…

The integration of Convolutional Neural Network (ConvNet) and Transformer has emerged as a strong candidate for image registration, leveraging the strengths of both models and a large parameter space. However, this hybrid model, treating…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Yufeng Zhou , Wenming Cao

Deep learning has shown great potential for automated medical image segmentation to improve the precision and speed of disease diagnostics. However, the task presents significant difficulties due to variations in the scale, shape, texture,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-06 Shahzaib Iqbal , Tariq M. Khan , Syed S. Naqvi , Asim Naveed , Erik Meijering

Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have achieved state-of-the-art performance for automatic medical image segmentation. However, they have not demonstrated sufficiently accurate and robust results for clinical use. In addition, they are…

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Segmentation plays a crucial role in diagnosis. Studying the retinal vasculatures from fundus images help identify early signs of many crucial illnesses such as diabetic retinopathy. Due to the varying shape, size, and patterns of retinal…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-07 Shreshth Saini , Geetika Agrawal

The Segment Anything Model (SAM) has recently gained popularity in the field of image segmentation due to its impressive capabilities in various segmentation tasks and its prompt-based interface. However, recent studies and individual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-01 Junde Wu , Wei Ji , Yuanpei Liu , Huazhu Fu , Min Xu , Yanwu Xu , Yueming Jin

Skin lesion segmentation is a critical task in computer-aided diagnosis systems for dermatological diseases. Accurate segmentation of skin lesions from medical images is essential for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment planning. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Viet-Thanh Nguyen , Van-Truong Pham , Thi-Thao Tran

Fully convolutional neural networks like U-Net have been the state-of-the-art methods in medical image segmentation. Practically, a network is highly specialized and trained separately for each segmentation task. Instead of a collection of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-16 Chao Huang , Hu Han , Qingsong Yao , Shankuan Zhu , S. Kevin Zhou

Medical image segmentation has traditionally relied on convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and Transformer-based models. CNNs, however, are constrained by limited receptive fields, while Transformers face scalability challenges due to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Hancan Zhu , Jinhao Chen , Guanghua He

Medical image segmentation can provide detailed information for clinical analysis which can be useful for scenarios where the detailed location of a finding is important. Knowing the location of disease can play a vital role in treatment…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-23 Abhishek Srivastava , Sukalpa Chanda , Debesh Jha , Michael A. Riegler , Pål Halvorsen , Dag Johansen , Umapada Pal

Accurate organ and lesion segmentation is a critical prerequisite for computer-aided diagnosis. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), constrained by their local receptive fields, often struggle to capture complex global anatomical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Haodong Chen , Xianfei Han , Qwen

Deep neural networks face several challenges in hyperspectral image classification, including high-dimensional data, sparse distribution of ground objects, and spectral redundancy, which often lead to classification overfitting and limited…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Guandong Li , Mengxia Ye

Segmentation of white matter lesions and deep grey matter structures is an important task in the quantification of magnetic resonance imaging in multiple sclerosis. In this paper we explore segmentation solutions based on convolutional…

Convolutional neural networks are widely used in various segmentation tasks in medical images. However, they are challenged to learn global features adaptively due to the inherent locality of convolutional operations. In contrast, MLP…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-25 Jin Yang , Xiaobing Yu , Peijie Qiu

Multi-modal 3D medical image segmentation aims to accurately identify tumor regions across different modalities, facing challenges from variations in image intensity and tumor morphology. Traditional convolutional neural network (CNN)-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Zexin Ji , Beiji Zou , Xiaoyan Kui , Hua Li , Pierre Vera , Su Ruan

Magnetic resonance imaging is a fundamental tool to reach a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and monitoring its progression. Although several attempts have been made to segment multiple sclerosis lesions using artificial intelligence, fully…

Medical image segmentation assists in computer-aided diagnosis, surgeries, and treatment. Digitize tissue slide images are used to analyze and segment glands, nuclei, and other biomarkers which are further used in computer-aided medical…

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