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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a potent diagnostic tool, but suffers from long examination times. To accelerate the process, modern MRI machines typically utilize multiple coils that acquire sub-sampled data in parallel. Data-driven…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-24 Moritz Erlacher , Martin Zach

Improving the resolution of magnetic resonance (MR) image data is critical to computer-aided diagnosis and brain function analysis. Higher resolution helps to capture more detailed content, but typically induces to lower signal-to-noise…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-13 Chaowei Fang , Dingwen Zhang , Liang Wang , Yulun Zhang , Lechao Cheng , Junwei Han

We propose a method for estimating the bone mineral density (BMD) from a plain x-ray image. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative computed tomography (QCT) provide high accuracy in diagnosing osteoporosis; however, these…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-08 Yi Gu , Yoshito Otake , Keisuke Uemura , Mazen Soufi , Masaki Takao , Nobuhiko Sugano , Yoshinobu Sato

High-resolution whole-brain in vivo MR imaging at mesoscale resolutions remains challenging due to long scan durations, motion artifacts, and limited signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). This study proposes Rotating-view super-resolution…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-26 Jun Lyu , Lipeng Ning , William Consagra , Qiang Liu , Richard J. Rushmore , Berkin Bilgic , Yogesh Rathi

One challenge that has long held the attention of scientists is that of clearly seeing objects hidden by turbid media, as smoke, fog or biological tissue, which has major implications in fields such as remote sensing or early diagnosis of…

Optics · Physics 2014-11-12 V. Durán , F. Soldevila , E. Irles , P. Clemente , E. Tajahuerce , P. Andrés , J. Lancis

Imaging through optical multimode fibers (MMFs) has the potential to enable hair-thin endoscopes that reduce the invasiveness of imaging deep inside tissues and organs. Current approaches predominantly require active wavefront shaping and…

Optics · Physics 2021-12-13 Szu-Yu Lee , Vicente J. Parot , Brett E. Bouma , Martin Villiger

Quantitative computed tomography (QCT) is a standard method to determine bone mineral density (BMD) in the spine. Traditionally single 8 - 10 mm thick slices have been analyzed only. Current spiral CT scanners provide true 3D acquisition…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-05-24 Andre Mastmeyer , Klaus Engelke , Christina Fuchs , Willi Kalender

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is highly susceptible to motion artifacts due to the extended acquisition times required for k-space sampling. These artifacts can compromise diagnostic utility, particularly for dynamic imaging. We propose…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-04 Frederic Wang , Jonathan I. Tamir

X-ray imaging is the most popular medical imaging technology. While x-ray radiography is rather cost-effective, tissue structures are superimposed along the x-ray paths. On the other hand, computed tomography (CT) reconstructs internal…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-12-01 Chuang Niu , Ge Wang

Deep learning has emerged as a powerful artificial intelligence tool to interpret medical images for a growing variety of applications. However, the paucity of medical imaging data with high-quality annotations that is necessary for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-02 Faisal Mahmood , Richard Chen , Sandra Sudarsky , Daphne Yu , Nicholas J. Durr

This paper proposes a high-precision semantic segmentation method based on an improved TransUNet architecture to address the challenges of complex lesion structures, blurred boundaries, and significant scale variations in skin lesion…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-21 Xin Wang , Xiaopei Zhang , Xingang Wang

Medical ultrasound provides images which are the spatial map of the tissue echogenicity. Unfortunately, an ultrasound image is a low-quality version of the expected Tissue Reflectivity Function (TRF) mainly due to the non-ideal Point Spread…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-28 Sobhan Goudarzi , Hassan Rivaz

The ability to resolve detail in the object that is being imaged, named by resolution, is the core parameter of an imaging system. Super-resolution is a class of techniques that can enhance the resolution of an imaging system and even…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-13 Yaonan Jin , Daogao Liu , Zhao Song

In recent years, deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have shown record-shattering performance in a variety of computer vision problems, such as visual object recognition, detection and segmentation. These methods have also been…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-30 Jose Bernal , Kaisar Kushibar , Daniel S. Asfaw , Sergi Valverde , Arnau Oliver , Robert Martí , Xavier Lladó

Focusing on the complicated pathological features, such as blurred boundaries, severe scale differences between symptoms, background noise interference, etc., in the task of retinal edema lesions joint segmentation from OCT images and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-03 Meng Wang , Kai Yu , Chun-Mei Feng , Ke Zou , Yanyu Xu , Qingquan Meng , Rick Siow Mong Goh , Yong Liu , Huazhu Fu

Fast and accurate reconstruction of magnetic resonance (MR) images from under-sampled data is important in many clinical applications. In recent years, deep learning-based methods have been shown to produce superior performance on MR image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-12 Pengfei Guo , Puyang Wang , Jinyuan Zhou , Shanshan Jiang , Vishal M. Patel

Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET-MRI) systems can obtain functional and anatomical scans. PET suffers from a low signal-to-noise ratio. Meanwhile, the k-space data acquisition process in MRI is…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-12 Taofeng Xie , Zhuo-Xu Cui , Chen Luo , Huayu Wang , Congcong Liu , Yuanzhi Zhang , Xuemei Wang , Yanjie Zhu , Guoqing Chen , Dong Liang , Qiyu Jin , Yihang Zhou , Haifeng Wang

Optical sensing technologies are emerging technologies used in cancer surgeries to ensure the complete removal of cancerous tissue. While point-wise assessment has many potential applications, incorporating automated large area scanning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Bochen Yang , Kaizhong Deng , Christopher J Peters , George Mylonas , Daniel S. Elson

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a widely recognized technique for diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases, offering critical functional insights. However, its high costs and radiation exposure hinder its widespread use. In contrast,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Yitong Li , Igor Yakushev , Dennis M. Hedderich , Christian Wachinger

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the cornerstone technique for diagnostic medicine, biology, and neuroscience. This imaging method is highly innovative, noninvasive and its impact continues to grow. It can be used for measuring changes…