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Accurate polyp segmentation is of great importance for colorectal cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, due to the high cost of producing accurate mask annotations, existing polyp segmentation methods suffer from severe data shortage and…

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common and lethal disease. Globally, CRC is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in males and the second in females. For colorectal cancer, the best screening test available is the colonoscopy. During a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-27 Dechun Wang , Ning Zhang , Xinzi Sun , Pengfei Zhang , Chenxi Zhang , Yu Cao , Benyuan Liu

Polyps in the colon are widely known cancer precursors identified by colonoscopy. Whilst most polyps are benign, the polyp's number, size and surface structure are linked to the risk of colon cancer. Several methods have been developed to…

Colorectal cancer contributes significantly to cancer-related mortality. Timely identification and elimination of polyps through colonoscopy screening is crucial in order to decrease mortality rates. Accurately detecting polyps in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-08 Owen Singh , Sandeep Singh Sengar

Early identification and removal of polyps can reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer. However, the diverse morphologies, complex backgrounds and often concealed nature of polyps make polyp segmentation in colonoscopy images highly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Yanguang Sun , Hengmin Zhang , Jianjun Qian , Jian Yang , Lei Luo

Learning robust representations of polyp tracklets is key to enabling multiple AI-assisted colonoscopy applications, from polyp characterization to automated reporting and retrieval. Supervised contrastive learning is an effective approach…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Luca Parolari , Pietro Gori , Lamberto Ballan , Carlo Biffi , Loic Le Folgoc

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common causes of cancer and cancer-related mortality worldwide. Performing colon cancer screening in a timely fashion is the key to early detection. Colonoscopy is the primary modality used to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-22 Nikhil Kumar Tomar , Annie Shergill , Brandon Rieders , Ulas Bagci , Debesh Jha

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and a leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Colorectal polyps that grow on the intima of the colon or rectum is an important precursor for CRC. Currently,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-30 Xinzi Sun , Pengfei Zhang , Dechun Wang , Yu Cao , Benyuan Liu

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant global health concern, and early detection through screening plays a critical role in reducing mortality. While deep learning models have shown promise in improving polyp detection, classification,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Jia Yu , Yan Zhu , Peiyao Fu , Tianyi Chen , Junbo Huang , Quanlin Li , Pinghong Zhou , Zhihua Wang , Fei Wu , Shuo Wang , Xian Yang

Colonoscopy is still the main method of detection and segmentation of colonic polyps, and recent advancements in deep learning networks such as U-Net, ResUNet, Swin-UNet, and PraNet have made outstanding performance in polyp segmentation.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-14 Madan Baduwal

Accurate segmentation of polyps and skin lesions is essential for diagnosing colorectal and skin cancers. While various segmentation methods for polyps and skin lesions using fully supervised deep learning techniques have been developed,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Encheng Su , Hu Cao , Alois Knoll

This paper presents a novel supervised convolutional neural network architecture, "DUCK-Net", capable of effectively learning and generalizing from small amounts of medical images to perform accurate segmentation tasks. Our model utilizes…

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Polyps represent an early sign of the development of Colorectal Cancer. The standard procedure for their detection consists of colonoscopic examination of the gastrointestinal tract. However, the wide range of polyp shapes and visual…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-06 Adrian Galdran , Gustavo Carneiro , Miguel A. González Ballester

Early and accurate segmentation of colorectal polyps is critical for reducing colorectal cancer mortality, which has been extensively explored by academia and industry. However, current deep learning-based polyp segmentation models either…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Ziyi Wang , Yuanmei Zhang , Dorna Esrafilzadeh , Ali R. Jalili , Suncheng Xiang

Colorectal polyps are abnormal tissues growing on the intima of the colon or rectum with a high risk of developing into colorectal cancer, the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Early detection and removal of colon polyps via…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Xinzi Sun , Dechun Wang , Chenxi Zhang , Pengfei Zhang , Zinan Xiong , Yu Cao , Benyuan Liu , Xiaowei Liu , Shuijiao Chen

Automatic detection of polyps is challenging because different polyps vary greatly, while the changes between polyps and their analogues are small. The state-of-the-art methods are based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs). However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-26 Jianwei Xu , Ran Zhao , Yizhou Yu , Qingwei Zhang , Xianzhang Bian , Jun Wang , Zhizheng Ge , Dahong Qian

An efficient deep learning model that can be implemented in real-time for polyp detection is crucial to reducing polyp miss-rate during screening procedures. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are vulnerable to small changes in the input…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Hemin Ali Qadir , Younghak Shin , Jacob Bergsland , Ilangko Balasingham

Colonoscopy is a routine outpatient procedure used to examine the colon and rectum for any abnormalities including polyps, diverticula and narrowing of colon structures. A significant amount of the clinician's time is spent in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-09-28 Aniruddha Tamhane , Tse'ela Mida , Erez Posner , Moshe Bouhnik

Colorectal cancer (CRC), a lethal disease, begins with the growth of abnormal mucosal cell proliferation called polyps in the inner wall of the colon. When left undetected, polyps can become malignant tumors. Colonoscopy is the standard…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Siddharth Gupta , Jitin Singla

Polyp has long been considered as one of the major etiologies to colorectal cancer which is a fatal disease around the world, thus early detection and recognition of polyps plays a crucial role in clinical routines. Accurate diagnoses of…

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