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To estimate the corneal endothelial parameters from specular microscopy images depicting cornea guttata (Fuchs dystrophy), we propose a new deep learning methodology that includes a novel attention mechanism named feedback non-local…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-22 Juan P. Vigueras-Guillén , Jeroen van Rooij , Bart T. H. van Dooren , Hans G. Lemij , Esma Islamaj , Lucas J. van Vliet , Koenraad A. Vermeer

Very recently, the Neural Cellular Automata (NCA) has been proposed to simulate the morphogenesis process with deep networks. NCA learns to grow an image starting from a fixed single pixel. In this work, we show that the neural network (NN)…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Alejandro Hernandez Ruiz , Armand Vilalta , Francesc Moreno-Noguer

Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) enables painless visualization of the gastrointestinal tract, but its diagnostic potential is limited by incomplete mucosal coverage and poor transferability of existing navigation methods across patient…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Haoxuan Wu , Sishen Yuan , Haitao Gao , Zhen Li , Xiuli Zuo , Hongliang Ren

The progress in Computer Aided Diagnosis (CADx) of Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) is thwarted by the lack of data. The inadequacy in richly representative healthy and abnormal conditions results in isolated analyses of pathologies, that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-01 Anuja Vats , Marius Pedersen , Ahmed Mohammed , Øistein Hovde

Automatic segmentation of medical images is crucial in modern clinical workflows. The Segment Anything Model (SAM) has emerged as a versatile tool for image segmentation without specific domain training, but it requires human prompts and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Yunxiang Li , Bowen Jing , Zihan Li , Jing Wang , You Zhang

Automated in-vitro cell detection and counting have been a key theme for artificial and intelligent biological analysis such as biopsy, drug analysis and decease diagnosis. Along with the rapid development of microfluidics and lab-on-chip…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-08 Tiancheng Xia , Richard Jiang , YongQing Fu , Nanlin Jin

Digital pathology involves converting physical tissue slides into high-resolution Whole Slide Images (WSIs), which pathologists analyze for disease-affected tissues. However, large histology slides with numerous microscopic fields pose…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-19 Mobina Mansoori , Sajjad Shahabodini , Jamshid Abouei , Arash Mohammadi , Konstantinos N. Plataniotis

Computerized Tomography Angiography (CTA) based follow-up of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) treated with Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) is essential to evaluate the progress of the patient and detect complications. In this context,…

Accurate endoscope pose estimation and 3D tissue surface reconstruction significantly enhances monocular minimally invasive surgical procedures by enabling accurate navigation and improved spatial awareness. However, monocular endoscope…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Muzammil Khan , Enzo Kerkhof , Matteo Fusaglia , Koert Kuhlmann , Theo Ruers , Françoise J. Siepel

Deep learning can predict depth maps and capsule ego-motion from capsule endoscopy videos, aiding in 3D scene reconstruction and lesion localization. However, the collisions of the capsule endoscopies within the gastrointestinal tract cause…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Long Bai , Beilei Cui , Liangyu Wang , Yanheng Li , Shilong Yao , Sishen Yuan , Yanan Wu , Yang Zhang , Max Q. -H. Meng , Zhen Li , Weiping Ding , Hongliang Ren

Introduction: Technical burdens and time-intensive review processes limit the practical utility of video capsule endoscopy (VCE). Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to address these limitations, but the intersection of AI and VCE…

Colorectal polyps are important precursors to colon cancer, a major health problem. Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) is a safe and minimally invasive examination procedure, in which the images of the intestine are obtained via digital cameras…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-07-15 Alexander V. Mamonov , Isabel N. Figueiredo , Pedro N. Figueiredo , Yen-Hsi Richard Tsai

Gastroendoscopy has been a clinical standard for diagnosing and treating conditions that affect a part of a patient's digestive system, such as the stomach. Despite the fact that gastroendoscopy has a lot of advantages for patients, there…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-29 Aji Resindra Widya , Yusuke Monno , Masatoshi Okutomi , Sho Suzuki , Takuji Gotoda , Kenji Miki

Glaucoma is an irreversible ocular disease and is the second leading cause of visual disability worldwide. Slow vision loss and the asymptomatic nature of the disease make its diagnosis challenging. Early detection is crucial for preventing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Gyanendar Manohar , Ruairi O'Reilly

Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE) is a promising method for improving the medical examination of the small intestine in the gastrointestinal tract. A key challenge is their limited size, resulting in a short battery lifetime which conflicts…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-30 Oliver Bause , Jörg Gamerdinger , Julia Werner , Oliver Bringmann

We propose a new approach to 3D reconstruction from sequences of images acquired by monocular endoscopes. It is based on two key insights. First, endoluminal cavities are watertight, a property naturally enforced by modeling them in terms…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Víctor M. Batlle , José M. M. Montiel , Pascal Fua , Juan D. Tardós

Monocular relative and metric depth estimation has seen a tremendous boost in the last few years due to the sharp advancements in foundation models and in particular transformer based networks. As we start to see applications to the domain…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Nicolas Toussaint , Emanuele Colleoni , Ricardo Sanchez-Matilla , Joshua Sutcliffe , Vanessa Thompson , Muhammad Asad , Imanol Luengo , Danail Stoyanov

Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) is a crucial imaging technique for visualizing retinal vasculature and diagnosing eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. However, precise segmentation of OCTA vasculature…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-03 Shun Zou , Zhuo Zhang , Guangwei Gao

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death worldwide. Optical colonoscopy is the gold standard for detecting colorectal cancer; however, about 25 percent of polyps are missed during the procedure. A vision-based…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-20 Alwyn Mathew , Ludovic Magerand , Emanuele Trucco , Luigi Manfredi

Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) is used widely nowadays for visualizing the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Capsule endoscopy exams are prescribed usually as an additional monitoring mechanism and can help in identifying polyps, bleeding, etc.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-01-03 V. B. Surya Prasath