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Mammography, an X-ray-based imaging technique, remains central to the early detection of breast cancer. Recent advances in artificial intelligence have enabled increasingly sophisticated computer-aided diagnostic methods, evolving from…

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Mammography remains the most prevalent imaging tool for early breast cancer screening. The language used to describe abnormalities in mammographic reports is based on the breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS). Assigning a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-12 Said Boumaraf , Xiabi Liu , Chokri Ferkous , Xiaohong Ma

A biopsy is the only diagnostic procedure for accurate histological confirmation of breast cancer. When sonographic placement is not feasible, a Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI)-guided biopsy is often preferred. The lack of real-time imaging…

Accurate breast lesion risk estimation can significantly reduce unnecessary biopsies and help doctors decide optimal treatment plans. Most existing computer-aided systems rely solely on mammogram features to classify breast lesions. While…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-24 Hung Q. Vo , Pengyu Yuan , Tiancheng He , Stephen T. C. Wong , Hien V. Nguyen

Medical imaging is an essential tool in many areas of medical applications, used for both diagnosis and treatment. However, reading medical images and making diagnosis or treatment recommendations require specially trained medical…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-03-13 Wentao Zhu

Deep learning based Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems have been developed to treat breast ultrasound. Most of them focus on a single ultrasound imaging modality, either using representative static images or the dynamic video of a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Yunwen Huang , Hongyu Hu , Ying Zhu , Yi Xu

The lack of large and diverse training data on Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) in breast cancer detection has been one of the concerns that impedes the adoption of the system. Recently, pre-training with large-scale image text datasets via…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-24 Shantanu Ghosh , Clare B. Poynton , Shyam Visweswaran , Kayhan Batmanghelich

Screening mammograms are a routine imaging exam performed to detect breast cancer in its early stages to reduce morbidity and mortality attributed to this disease. In order to maximize the efficacy of breast cancer screening programs,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-30 Vikash Gupta , Clayton Taylor , Sarah Bonnet , Luciano M. Prevedello , Jeffrey Hawley , Richard D White , Mona G Flores , Barbaros Selnur Erdal

The improved diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound breast examinations remains an important goal. In this study, we propose a biophysical feature based machine learning method for breast cancer detection to improve the performance beyond a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-15 Jihye Baek , Avice M. O'Connell , Kevin J. Parker

Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. Tracking the evolution of nevi and detecting new lesions across the body is essential for the early detection of melanoma. Despite prior work on longitudinal tracking of skin lesions in 3D…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Wei-Lun Huang , Minghao Xue , Zhiyou Liu , Davood Tashayyod , Jun Kang , Amir Gandjbakhche , Misha Kazhdan , Mehran Armand

Longitudinal lesion analysis is crucial for oncological care, yet automated tools often struggle with temporal consistency. While universal lesion segmentation models have advanced, they are typically designed for single time points. This…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-28 Niels Rocholl , Ewoud Smit , Mathias Prokop , Alessa Hering

With an aging and growing population, the number of women requiring either screening or symptomatic mammograms is increasing. To reduce the number of mammograms that need to be read by a radiologist while keeping the diagnostic accuracy the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-08 Trent Kyono , Fiona J. Gilbert , Mihaela van der Schaar

Accurate segmentation of small lesions in Breast Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) is critical for early cancer detection, especially in high-risk patients. While recent deep learning methods have advanced lesion segmentation, they…

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Biomechanical and clinical gait research observes muscles and tendons in limbs to study their functions and behaviour. Therefore, movements of distinct anatomical landmarks, such as muscle-tendon junctions, are frequently measured. We…

Previous studies on computer aided detection/diagnosis (CAD) in 4D breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) regard lesion detection, segmentation and characterization as separate tasks, and typically require users to manually select 2D MRI…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-08 Hang Min , Darryl McClymont , Shekhar S. Chandra , Stuart Crozier , Andrew P. Bradley

A precise assessment of the risk of breast lesions can greatly lower it and assist physicians in choosing the best course of action. To categorise breast lesions, the majority of current computer-aided systems only use characteristics from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-25 Muhaisin Tiyumba Nantogmah , Abdul-Barik Alhassan , Salamudeen Alhassan

We present a fast and reliable algorithm that gives precise location of breast tumours for a partial mastectomy. Our algorithm is fully implemented in the Surface Evolver, which is a general-purpose simulator of physical experiments. By…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-02 Marcelo Zanchetta do Nascimento , Valério Ramos Batista

Automated tracking of surgical tool keypoints in robotic surgery videos is an essential task for various downstream use cases such as skill assessment, expertise assessment, and the delineation of safety zones. In recent years, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Bhargav Ghanekar , Lianne R. Johnson , Jacob L. Laughlin , Marcia K. O'Malley , Ashok Veeraraghavan

Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to visualize anatomical motion is becoming increasingly important when treating cancer patients with radiotherapy. Hybrid MRI-linear accelerator (MRI-linac) systems allow real-time motion management…

Mammography is a vital screening technique for early revealing and identification of breast cancer in order to assist to decrease mortality rate. Practical applications of mammograms are not limited to breast cancer revealing,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-08 Aparna Bhale , Manish Joshi