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This paper delves into the challenges and advancements in the field of medical image segmentation, particularly focusing on breast cancer diagnosis. The authors propose a novel Transformer-based segmentation model that addresses the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-20 Weijie He , Runyuan Bao , Yiru Cang , Jianjun Wei , Yang Zhang , Jiacheng Hu

Traditional deep learning approaches for breast cancer classification has predominantly concentrated on single-view analysis. In clinical practice, however, radiologists concurrently examine all views within a mammography exam, leveraging…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Sushmita Sarker , Prithul Sarker , George Bebis , Alireza Tavakkoli

In recent years, the integration of advanced imaging techniques and deep learning methods has significantly advanced computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems for breast cancer detection and classification. Transformers, which have shown great…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Mahtab Ranjbar , Mehdi Mohebbi , Mahdi Cherakhloo , Bijan Vosoughi. Vahdat

An important part of breast cancer staging is the assessment of the sentinel axillary node for early signs of tumor spreading. However, this assessment by pathologists is not always easy and retrospective surveys often requalify the status…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2024-04-30 Eric Bonnet

Purpose: The scarcity of high-quality curated labeled medical training data remains one of the major limitations in applying artificial intelligence (AI) systems to breast cancer diagnosis. Deep models for mammogram analysis and mass (or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Han Chen , Anne L. Martel

Objective: This paper proposes a deep learning model for breast cancer detection from reconstructed images of microwave imaging scan data and aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of breast tumor detection, which could have a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Gayathri Girish , Ponnathota Spandana , Badrish Vasu

The emergence of Vision Transformers (ViTs) has revolutionized computer vision, yet their effectiveness compared to traditional Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) in medical imaging remains under-explored. This study presents a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-30 Kunal Kawadkar

Breast cancer (BC) significantly contributes to cancer-related mortality in women, underscoring the criticality of early detection for optimal patient outcomes. A mammography is a key tool for identifying and diagnosing breast…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-31 Muhammad Yaqub , Feng Jinchao

While machine learning is currently transforming the field of histopathology, the domain lacks a comprehensive evaluation of state-of-the-art models based on essential but complementary quality requirements beyond a mere classification…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-11 Maximilian Springenberg , Annika Frommholz , Markus Wenzel , Eva Weicken , Jackie Ma , Nils Strodthoff

Recent advancements in medical image analysis have predominantly relied on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), achieving impressive performance in chest X-ray classification tasks, such as the 92% AUC reported by AutoThorax-Net and the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-19 Baljinnyam Dayan

Breast cancer is a prevalent form of cancer among women, with over 1.5 million women being diagnosed each year. Unfortunately, the survival rates for breast cancer patients in certain third-world countries, like South Africa, are alarmingly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-01 Brennon Maistry , Absalom E. Ezugwu

Accurate characterization of suspicious breast lesions in mammography is important for early diagnosis and treatment planning. While Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are effective at extracting local visual patterns, they are less…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Mohammed Asad , Mohit Bajpai , Sudhir Singh , Rahul Katarya

We propose DeepMiner, a framework to discover interpretable representations in deep neural networks and to build explanations for medical predictions. By probing convolutional neural networks (CNNs) trained to classify cancer in mammograms,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Jimmy Wu , Bolei Zhou , Diondra Peck , Scott Hsieh , Vandana Dialani , Lester Mackey , Genevieve Patterson

In the last two decades Computer Aided Diagnostics (CAD) systems were developed to help radiologists analyze screening mammograms. The benefits of current CAD technologies appear to be contradictory and they should be improved to be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-10 Dezső Ribli , Anna Horváth , Zsuzsa Unger , Péter Pollner , István Csabai

Digital mammography is essential to breast cancer detection, and deep learning offers promising tools for faster and more accurate mammogram analysis. In radiology and other high-stakes environments, uninterpretable ("black box") deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Julia Yang , Alina Jade Barnett , Jon Donnelly , Satvik Kishore , Jerry Fang , Fides Regina Schwartz , Chaofan Chen , Joseph Y. Lo , Cynthia Rudin

This study evaluates the effectiveness of deep learning models in classifying histopathological images for early and accurate detection of breast cancer. Eight advanced models, including ResNet-50, DenseNet-121, ResNeXt-50, Vision…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-09 Sania Eskandari , Ali Eslamian , Nusrat Munia , Amjad Alqarni , Qiang Cheng

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women globally. Mammography is essential for the early detection and diagnosis of breast lesions. Despite recent progress in foundation…

Breast cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women worldwide. Ultrasound imaging, widely used due to its safety and cost-effectiveness, plays a key role in early detection, especially in patients with dense breast…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-08 Mohammad Abbadi , Yassine Himeur , Shadi Atalla , Wathiq Mansoor

Deep learning has introduced several learning-based methods to recognize breast tumours and presents high applicability in breast cancer diagnostics. It has presented itself as a practical installment in Computer-Aided Diagnostic (CAD)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-15 Timothy Kwong , Samaneh Mazaheri

We introduce Med-CTX, a fully transformer based multimodal framework for explainable breast cancer ultrasound segmentation. We integrate clinical radiology reports to boost both performance and interpretability. Med-CTX achieves exact…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Enobong Adahada , Isabel Sassoon , Kate Hone , Yongmin Li