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We present an image translation approach to generate augmented data for mitigating data imbalances in a dataset of histopathology images of colorectal polyps, adenomatous tumors that can lead to colorectal cancer if left untreated. By…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-15 Jerry Wei , Arief Suriawinata , Louis Vaickus , Bing Ren , Xiaoying Liu , Jason Wei , Saeed Hassanpour

Accurate segmentation of polyps in colonoscopy images is essential for early-stage diagnosis and management of colorectal cancer. Despite advancements in deep learning for polyp segmentation, enduring limitations persist. The edges of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Mengqi Lei , Xin Wang

Accurate polyp segmentation in colonoscopy is essential for early colorectal cancer detection, yet real-world clinical environments pose persistent challenges such as motion blur, specular reflections, and illumination instability. Most…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Zhuoyu Wu , Wenhui Ou , Lexi Zhang , Pei-Sze Tan , Dongjun Wu , Junhe Zhao , Wenqi Fang , Raphaël C. -W. Phan

In the recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) and its leading subtypes, machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) and their applications are spreading very fast in various aspects such as medicine. Today the most important challenge…

Colonoscopy analysis, particularly automatic polyp segmentation and detection, is essential for assisting clinical diagnosis and treatment. However, as medical image annotation is labour- and resource-intensive, the scarcity of annotated…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-06 Yuhao Du , Yuncheng Jiang , Shuangyi Tan , Xusheng Wu , Qi Dou , Zhen Li , Guanbin Li , Xiang Wan

One of the major obstacles in automatic polyp detection during colonoscopy is the lack of labeled polyp training images. In this paper, we propose a framework of conditional adversarial networks to increase the number of training samples by…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-28 Younghak Shin , Hemin Ali Qadir , Ilangko Balasingham

Colorectal cancer (CRC), which frequently originates from initially benign polyps, remains a significant contributor to global cancer-related mortality. Early and accurate detection of these polyps via colonoscopy is crucial for CRC…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-18 Ziyu Zhou , Wenyuan Shen , Chang Liu

Deep learning has shown excellent performance in analysing medical images. However, datasets are difficult to obtain due privacy issues, standardization problems, and lack of annotations. We address these problems by producing realistic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-24 Enric Moreu , Eric Arazo , Kevin McGuinness , Noel E. O'Connor

The detection and removal of precancerous polyps through colonoscopy is the primary technique for the prevention of colorectal cancer worldwide. However, the miss rate of colorectal polyp varies significantly among the endoscopists. It is…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-24 Nikhil Kumar Tomar , Abhishek Srivastava , Ulas Bagci , Debesh Jha

Detection and diagnosis of colon polyps are key to preventing colorectal cancer. Recent evidence suggests that AI-based computer-aided detection (CADe) and computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) systems can enhance endoscopists' performance and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-05 Carlo Biffi , Giulio Antonelli , Sebastian Bernhofer , Cesare Hassan , Daizen Hirata , Mineo Iwatate , Andreas Maieron , Pietro Salvagnini , Andrea Cherubini

Recently, large models (Segment Anything model) came on the scene to provide a new baseline for polyp segmentation tasks. This demonstrates that large models with a sufficient image level prior can achieve promising performance on a given…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Zhuoran Zheng , Chen Wu , Wei Wang , Yeying Jin , Xiuyi Jia

Inpainting lesions within different normal backgrounds is a potential method of addressing the generalization problem, which is crucial for polyp segmentation models. However, seamlessly introducing polyps into complex endoscopic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-22 Jiajian Ma , Fangqi Lu , Silin Huang , Song Wu , Zhen Li

Automatic analysis of colonoscopy images has been an active field of research motivated by the importance of early detection of precancerous polyps. However, detecting polyps during the live examination can be challenging due to various…

Accurate endoscopic image segmentation on the polyps is critical for early colorectal cancer detection. However, this task remains challenging due to low contrast with surrounding mucosa, specular highlights, and indistinct boundaries. To…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Juntong Fan , Shuyi Fan , Debesh Jha , Changsheng Fang , Tieyong Zeng , Hengyong Yu , Dayang Wang

Automatic detection of colonic polyps is still an unsolved problem due to the large variation of polyps in terms of shape, texture, size, and color, and the existence of various polyp-like mimics during colonoscopy. In this study, we apply…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-28 Younghak Shin , Hemin Ali Qadir , Lars Aabakken , Jacob Bergsland , Ilangko Balasingham

Determining the necessity of resecting malignant polyps during colonoscopy screen is crucial for patient outcomes, yet challenging due to the time-consuming and costly nature of histopathology examination. While deep learning-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-17 Ruijie Yang , Yan Zhu , Peiyao Fu , Yizhe Zhang , Zhihua Wang , Quanlin Li , Pinghong Zhou , Xian Yang , Shuo Wang

Polyp detection is crucial for colorectal cancer screening, yet existing models are limited by the scale and diversity of available data. While generative models show promise for data augmentation, current methods mainly focus on enhancing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Quan Zhou , Gan Luo , Qiang Hu , Qingyong Zhang , Jinhua Zhang , Yinjiao Tian , Qiang Li , Zhiwei Wang

Automated polyp segmentation is essential for early diagnosis of colorectal cancer, yet developing robust models remains challenging due to limited annotated data and significant performance degradation under domain shift. Although…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Haoran Xi , Chen Liu , Xiaolin Li

Colonoscopy is a common and practical method for detecting and treating polyps. Segmenting polyps from colonoscopy image is useful for diagnosis and surgery progress. Nevertheless, achieving excellent segmentation performance is still…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Quang Vinh Nguyen , Van Thong Huynh , Soo-Hyung Kim

Automated colonoscopy reporting holds great potential for enhancing quality control and improving cost-effectiveness of colonoscopy procedures. A major challenge lies in the automated identification, tracking, and re-association (ReID) of…

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