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We propose approaches based on deep learning to localize objects in images when only a small training dataset is available and the images have low quality. That applies to many problems in medical image processing, and in particular to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Aaron Pries , Peter J. Schreier , Artur Lamm , Stefan Pede , Jürgen Schmidt

Medical imaging plays a crucial role in modern healthcare by providing non-invasive visualisation of internal structures and abnormalities, enabling early disease detection, accurate diagnosis, and treatment planning. This study aims to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-25 Walid Ehab , Yongmin Li

One of the common and promising deep learning approaches used for medical image segmentation is transformers, as they can capture long-range dependencies among the pixels by utilizing self-attention. Despite being successful in medical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Md Motiur Rahman , Shiva Shokouhmand , Smriti Bhatt , Miad Faezipour

Accurate skin lesion segmentation from dermoscopic images is of great importance for skin cancer diagnosis. However, automatic segmentation of melanoma remains a challenging task because it is difficult to incorporate useful texture…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-16 Rongtao Xu , Changwei Wang , Jiguang Zhang , Shibiao Xu , Weiliang Meng , Xiaopeng Zhang

Owing to success in the data-rich domain of natural images, Transformers have recently become popular in medical image segmentation. However, the pairing of Transformers with convolutional blocks in varying architectural permutations leaves…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Saikat Roy , Gregor Koehler , Michael Baumgartner , Constantin Ulrich , Jens Petersen , Fabian Isensee , Klaus Maier-Hein

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

Lesion segmentation of ultrasound medical images based on deep learning techniques is a widely used method for diagnosing diseases. Although there is a large amount of ultrasound image data in medical centers and other places, labeled…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Yifu Zhang , Hongru Li , Tao Yang , Rui Tao , Zhengyuan Liu , Shimeng Shi , Jiansong Zhang , Ning Ma , Wujin Feng , Zhanhu Zhang , Xinyu Zhang

Biomedical image segmentation is a critical task in medical diagnosis and treatment planning, enabling precise delineation of anatomical structures and pathological regions. Despite significant advancements, challenges persist due to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Joao Batista Florindo , Amanda Pontes de Oliveira Ornelas

Objective: Transformers, born to remedy the inadequate receptive fields of CNNs, have drawn explosive attention recently. However, the daunting computational complexity of global representation learning, together with rigid window…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Xian Lin , Li Yu , Kwang-Ting Cheng , Zengqiang Yan

Anatomical consistency in biomarker segmentation is crucial for many medical image analysis tasks. A promising paradigm for achieving anatomically consistent segmentation via deep networks is incorporating pixel connectivity, a basic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-04 Ziyun Yang , Sina Farsiu

In this paper, we propose a novel medical image segmentation using iterative deep learning framework. We have combined an iterative learning approach and an encoder-decoder network to improve segmentation results, which enables to precisely…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-14 Jung Uk Kim , Hak Gu Kim , Yong Man Ro

In the segmentation of fine-scale structures from natural and biomedical images, per-pixel accuracy is not the only metric of concern. Topological correctness, such as vessel connectivity and membrane closure, is crucial for downstream…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-19 Xiaoling Hu , Yusu Wang , Li Fuxin , Dimitris Samaras , Chao Chen

Deformable image registration plays an essential role in various medical image tasks. Existing deep learning-based deformable registration frameworks primarily utilize convolutional neural networks (CNNs) or Transformers to learn features…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Jiong Wu , Kuang Gong

Lesion segmentation in medical imaging has been an important topic in clinical research. Researchers have proposed various detection and segmentation algorithms to address this task. Recently, deep learning-based approaches have…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-16 Dong Yang , Andriy Myronenko , Xiaosong Wang , Ziyue Xu , Holger R. Roth , Daguang Xu

Medical image segmentation faces persistent challenges due to severe class imbalance and the frequency-specific distribution of anatomical structures. Most conventional CNN-based methods operate in the spatial domain and struggle to capture…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-26 Ruiqi Xing

Deep learning has achieved remarkable success in medical image segmentation, often reaching expert-level accuracy in delineating tumors and tissues. However, most existing approaches remain task-specific, showing strong performance on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Fares Bougourzi , Fadi Dornaika , Abdenour Hadid

A major challenge in the segmentation of medical images is the large inter- and intra-observer variability in annotations provided by multiple experts. To address this challenge, we propose a novel method for multi-expert prediction using…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-16 Tomer Amit , Shmuel Shichrur , Tal Shaharabany , Lior Wolf

3D image segmentation is a recent and crucial step in many medical analysis and recognition schemes. In fact, it represents a relevant research subject and a fundamental challenge due to its importance and influence. This paper provides a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-22 Omar Boudraa

Denosing diffusion model, as a generative model, has received a lot of attention in the field of image generation recently, thanks to its powerful generation capability. However, diffusion models have not yet received sufficient research in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-12 ZiHan Cao , ShiQi Cao , Xiao Wu , JunMing Hou , Ran Ran , Liang-Jian Deng

Medical image segmentation is a critical task that plays a vital role in diagnosis, treatment planning, and disease monitoring. Accurate segmentation of anatomical structures and abnormalities from medical images can aid in the early…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-14 Reza Azad , Amirhossein Kazerouni , Alaa Sulaiman , Afshin Bozorgpour , Ehsan Khodapanah Aghdam , Abin Jose , Dorit Merhof