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Recently, large, high-quality public datasets have led to the development of convolutional neural networks that can detect lymph node metastases of breast cancer at the level of expert pathologists. Many cancers, regardless of the site of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-14 Péter Bándi , Maschenka Balkenhol , Marcory van Dijk , Bram van Ginneken , Jeroen van der Laak , Geert Litjens

Enlarged lymph nodes (LNs) can provide important information for cancer diagnosis, staging, and measuring treatment reactions, making automated detection a highly sought goal. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm representation of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2014-08-15 Ari Seff , Le Lu , Kevin M. Cherry , Holger Roth , Jiamin Liu , Shijun Wang , Joanne Hoffman , Evrim B. Turkbey , Ronald M. Summers

Digitization of histopathology slides has led to several advances, from easy data sharing and collaborations to the development of digital diagnostic tools. Deep learning (DL) methods for classification and detection have shown great…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-25 Apostolia Tsirikoglou , Karin Stacke , Gabriel Eilertsen , Martin Lindvall , Jonas Unger

Accurate prediction of malignancy in renal tumors is crucial for informing clinical decisions and optimizing treatment strategies. However, existing imaging modalities lack the necessary accuracy to reliably predict malignancy before…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Zhengkang Fan , Chengkun Sun , Russell Terry , Jie Xu , Longin Jan Latecki

The evaluation of lymph node metastases plays a crucial role in achieving precise cancer staging, influencing subsequent decisions regarding treatment options. Lymph node detection poses challenges due to the presence of unclear boundaries…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-07 Sofija Engelson , Jan Ehrhardt , Timo Kepp , Joshua Niemeijer , Heinz Handels

Lymphoma diagnosis, particularly distinguishing between subtypes, is critical for effective treatment but remains challenging due to the subtle morphological differences in histopathological images. This study presents a novel hybrid deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-10 Salah A. Aly , Ali Bakhiet , Mazen Balat

Purpose: Lung nodules have very diverse shapes and sizes, which makes classifying them as benign/malignant a challenging problem. In this paper, we propose a novel method to predict the malignancy of nodules that have the capability to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-24 Mundher Al-Shabi , Boon Leong Lan , Wai Yee Chan , Kwan-Hoong Ng , Maxine Tan

Lymph node metastasis (LNM) is a crucial factor in determining the initial treatment for patients with lung cancer, yet accurate preoperative diagnosis of LNM remains challenging. Recently, large language models (LLMs) have garnered…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-16 Danqing Hu , Bing Liu , Xiaofeng Zhu , Nan Wu

In recent years, advances in the development of whole-slide images have laid a foundation for the utilization of digital images in pathology. With the assistance of computer images analysis that automatically identifies tissue or cell…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-02-09 Jun Wang , Qianying Liu , Haotian Xie , Zhaogang Yang , Hefeng Zhou

Accurate and early detection of breast cancer is essential for successful treatment. This paper introduces a novel deep-learning approach for improved breast cancer classification in histopathological images, a crucial step in diagnosis.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-19 Mahdie Ahmadi , Nader Karimi , Shadrokh Samavi

We introduce a new computer aided detection and diagnosis system for lung cancer screening with low-dose CT scans that produces meaningful probability assessments. Our system is based entirely on 3D convolutional neural networks and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Onur Ozdemir , Rebecca L. Russell , Andrew A. Berlin

This study addresses critical gaps in automated lymphoma segmentation from PET/CT images, focusing on issues often overlooked in existing literature. While deep learning has been applied for lymphoma lesion segmentation, few studies…

Prostate cancer is one of the main diseases affecting men worldwide. The Gleason scoring system is the primary diagnostic tool for prostate cancer. This is obtained via the visual analysis of cancerous patterns in prostate biopsies…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-24 Julio Silva-Rodríguez , Adrián Colomer , Valery Naranjo

Pathological lymph node delineation is crucial in cancer diagnosis, progression assessment, and treatment planning. The MICCAI 2023 Lymph Node Quantification Challenge published the first public dataset for pathological lymph node…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Stefan M. Fischer , Johannes Kiechle , Daniel M. Lang , Jan C. Peeken , Julia A. Schnabel

Breast cancer is a major concern for women's health globally, with axillary lymph node (ALN) metastasis identification being critical for prognosis evaluation and treatment guidance. This paper presents a deep learning (DL) classification…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-09 Glejdis Shkëmbi , Johanna P. Müller , Zhe Li , Katharina Breininger , Peter Schüffler , Bernhard Kainz

In recent years, deep learning has successfully been applied to automate a wide variety of tasks in diagnostic histopathology. However, fast and reliable localization of small-scale regions-of-interest (ROI) has remained a key challenge, as…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-06 Jon Braatz , Pranav Rajpurkar , Stephanie Zhang , Andrew Y. Ng , Jeanne Shen

Determining the spread of GTV$_{LN}$ is essential in defining the respective resection or irradiating regions for the downstream workflows of surgical resection and radiotherapy for many cancers. Different from the more common enlarged…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-01 Chun-Hung Chao , Zhuotun Zhu , Dazhou Guo , Ke Yan , Tsung-Ying Ho , Jinzheng Cai , Adam P. Harrison , Xianghua Ye , Jing Xiao , Alan Yuille , Min Sun , Le Lu , Dakai Jin

Background and objectives: Colorectal cancer histopathological grading depends on accurate segmentation of glandular structures. Current deep learning approaches rely on large scale pixel level annotations that are labor intensive and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Hikmat Khan , Wei Chen , Muhammad Khalid Khan Niazi

Pathologists find tedious to examine the status of the sentinel lymph node on a large number of pathological scans. The examination process of such lymph node which encompasses metastasized cancer cells is histopathologically organized.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-25 Amit Kumar Jaiswal , Ivan Panshin , Dimitrij Shulkin , Nagender Aneja , Samuel Abramov

Colorectal polyp segmentation is critical for early detection of colorectal cancer, yet weak and low contrast boundaries significantly limit automated accuracy. Existing deep models either blur fine edge details or rely on handcrafted…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-18 Zhe Yee Tan , Ashwaq Qasem