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Purpose. Early squamous cell neoplasia (ESCN) in the oesophagus is a highly treatable condition. Lesions confined to the mucosal layer can be curatively treated endoscopically. We build a computer-assisted detection (CADe) system that can…

In the last decade, researchers and medical device companies have made major advances towards transforming passive capsule endoscopes into active medical robots. One of the major challenges is to endow capsule robots with accurate…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-09-25 Mehmet Turan , Yasin Almalioglu , Hunter Gilbert , Alp Eren Sari , Ufuk Soylu , Metin Sitti

In the last decade, many medical companies and research groups have tried to convert passive capsule endoscopes as an emerging and minimally invasive diagnostic technology into actively steerable endoscopic capsule robots which will provide…

Physicians use Capsule Endoscopy (CE) as a non-invasive and non-surgical procedure to examine the entire gastrointestinal (GI) tract for diseases and abnormalities. A single CE examination could last between 8 to 11 hours generating up to…

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Traditional diagnostic methods like colonoscopy are invasive yet critical tools necessary for accurately diagnosing colorectal cancer (CRC). Detection of CRC at early stages is crucial for increasing patient survival rates. However,…

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Accurate segmentation of gastrointestinal (GI) organs in magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) is critical for diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, anatomical variability, class imbalance, and low tissue contrast hinder…

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In order to improve model accuracy, generalization, and class imbalance issues, this work offers a strong methodology for classifying endoscopic images. We suggest a hybrid feature extraction method that combines convolutional neural…

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Effective retinal vessel segmentation requires a sophisticated integration of global contextual awareness and local vessel continuity. To address this challenge, we propose the Graph Capsule Convolution Network (GCC-UNet), which merges…

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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…

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Deep learning techniques hold promise to develop dense topography reconstruction and pose estimation methods for endoscopic videos. However, currently available datasets do not support effective quantitative benchmarking. In this paper, we…

Accurate segmentation of multiple organs and the differentiation of pathological tissues in medical imaging are crucial but challenging, especially for nuanced classifications and ambiguous organ boundaries. To tackle these challenges, we…

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Despite recent surge of interest in deploying colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) for early diagnosis of colorectal diseases, there remains a large gap between the current state of CCE in clinical practice, and the state of its counterpart…

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Urinary bladder cancer surveillance requires tracking tumor sites across repeated interventions, yet the deformable and hollow bladder lacks stable landmarks for orientation. While blood vessels visible during endoscopy offer a…

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Endoscopy plays a major role in identifying any underlying abnormalities within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. There are multiple GI tract diseases that are life-threatening, such as precancerous lesions and other intestinal cancers. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Harshala Gammulle , Yubo Chen , Sridha Sridharan , Travis Klein , Clinton Fookes

Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE) poses a challenging multi-label temporal classification problem, requiring simultaneous localization of 8 anatomical regions and detection of 9 pathological findings across tens of thousands of frames. We…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Jiye Won , Seangmin Lee , Soon Ki Jung

Capsule endoscopes, predominantly serving diagnostic functions, provide lucid internal imagery but are devoid of surgical or therapeutic capabilities. Consequently, despite lesion detection, physicians frequently resort to traditional…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-05-14 Sishen Yuan , Guang Li , Baijia Liang , Lailu Li , Qingzhuo Zheng , Shuang Song , Zhen Li , Hongliang Ren

Post-endoscopic gastrointestinal (GI) rebleeding frequently occurs within the first 72 hours after therapeutic hemostasis and remains a major cause of early morbidity and mortality. Existing non-invasive monitoring approaches primarily…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-27 Yunhao Bian , Dawei Wang , Mingyang Shen , Xinze Li , Jiayi Shi , Ziyao Zhou , Tiancheng Cao , Hen-Wei Huang

Deep learning has become a powerful tool for medical image analysis; however, conventional Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) often fail to capture the fine-grained and complex features critical for accurate diagnosis. To address this…

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Gastric endoscopic screening is an effective way to decide appropriate gastric cancer (GC) treatment at an early stage, reducing GC-associated mortality rate. Although artificial intelligence (AI) has brought a great promise to assist…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-16 Yujin Oh , Go Eun Bae , Kyung-Hee Kim , Min-Kyung Yeo , Jong Chul Ye

Ingestible wireless capsule endoscopy is an emerging minimally invasive diagnostic technology for inspection of the GI tract and diagnosis of a wide range of diseases and pathologies. Medical device companies and many research groups have…

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