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We apply nnU-Net to the segmentation task of the BraTS 2020 challenge. The unmodified nnU-Net baseline configuration already achieves a respectable result. By incorporating BraTS-specific modifications regarding postprocessing, region-based…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-03 Fabian Isensee , Paul F. Jaeger , Peter M. Full , Philipp Vollmuth , Klaus H. Maier-Hein

Brain tumors remain a critical global health challenge, necessitating advancements in diagnostic techniques and treatment methodologies. A tumor or its recurrence often needs to be identified in imaging studies and differentiated from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-18 Shashidhar Reddy Javaji , Sovesh Mohapatra , Advait Gosai , Gottfried Schlaug

Automatic segmentation is essential for the brain tumor diagnosis, disease prognosis, and follow-up therapy of patients with gliomas. Still, accurate detection of gliomas and their sub-regions in multimodal MRI is very challenging due to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-20 Ramy A. Zeineldin , Mohamed E. Karar , Oliver Burgert , Franziska Mathis-Ullrich

In this paper, we present a novel approach for segmenting pediatric brain tumors using a deep learning architecture, inspired by expert radiologists' segmentation strategies. Our model delineates four distinct tumor labels and is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Max Bengtsson , Elif Keles , Gorkem Durak , Syed Anwar , Yuri S. Velichko , Marius G. Linguraru , Angela J. Waanders , Ulas Bagci

Brain tumor segmentation is a critical task for tumor volumetric analyses and AI algorithms. However, it is a time-consuming process and requires neuroradiology expertise. While there has been extensive research focused on optimizing brain…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-01 Partoo Vafaeikia , Matthias W. Wagner , Uri Tabori , Birgit B. Ertl-Wagner , Farzad Khalvati

Accurate segmentation of brain tumors is vital for diagnosis, surgical planning, and treatment monitoring. Deep learning has advanced on benchmarks, but two issues limit clinical use: no uncertainty estimates for errors and no segmentation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Andrew Zhou

We propose an optimized U-Net architecture for a brain tumor segmentation task in the BraTS21 challenge. To find the optimal model architecture and the learning schedule, we have run an extensive ablation study to test: deep supervision…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-28 Michał Futrega , Alexandre Milesi , Michal Marcinkiewicz , Pablo Ribalta

Quantitative analysis of brain tumors is critical for clinical decision making. While manual segmentation is tedious, time consuming and subjective, this task is at the same time very challenging to solve for automatic segmentation methods.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-01 Fabian Isensee , Philipp Kickingereder , Wolfgang Wick , Martin Bendszus , Klaus H. Maier-Hein

Background Brain tumours are the most common solid malignancies in children, encompassing diverse histological, molecular subtypes and imaging features and outcomes. Paediatric brain tumours (PBTs), including high- and low-grade gliomas…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-21 A. Piffer , J. A. Buchner , A. G. Gennari , P. Grehten , S. Sirin , E. Ross , I. Ezhov , M. Rosier , J. C. Peeken , M. Piraud , B. Menze , A. Guerreiro Stücklin , A. Jakab , F. Kofler

Brain tumor segmentation is a critical task in medical image analysis, aiding in the diagnosis and treatment planning of brain tumor patients. The importance of automated and accurate brain tumor segmentation cannot be overstated. It…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-24 Muhammad Ansab Butt , Absaar Ul Jabbar

Brain tumor segmentation plays an essential role in medical image analysis. In recent studies, deep convolution neural networks (DCNNs) are extremely powerful to tackle tumor segmentation tasks. We propose in this paper a novel training…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-29 Hieu T. Nguyen , Tung T. Le , Thang V. Nguyen , Nhan T. Nguyen

Tumor segmentation in whole-body PET/CT imaging is crucial for precise disease evaluation and treatment planning. However, it remains challenging due to variability in lesion size, contrast, and anatomical distribution. Relying on manual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Hussain Alasmawi

Introduction: The present study on the development and evaluation of an automated brain tumor segmentation technique based on deep learning using the 3D U-Net model. Objectives: The objective is to leverage state-of-the-art convolutional…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-10 Suman Sourabh , Murugappan Valliappan , Narayana Darapaneni , Anwesh R P

Early diagnosis and accurate segmentation of brain tumors are imperative for successful treatment. Unfortunately, manual segmentation is time consuming, costly and despite extensive human expertise often inaccurate. Here, we present an…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-07 Markus Frey , Matthias Nau

Identifying key pathological features in brain MRIs is crucial for the long-term survival of glioma patients. However, manual segmentation is time-consuming, requiring expert intervention and is susceptible to human error. Therefore,…

Automation of brain tumor segmentation in 3D magnetic resonance images (MRIs) is key to assess the diagnostic and treatment of the disease. In recent years, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have shown improved results in the task.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-01 Laura Mora Ballestar , Veronica Vilaplana

Glioblastomas are the most aggressive fast-growing primary brain cancer which originate in the glial cells of the brain. Accurate identification of the malignant brain tumor and its sub-regions is still one of the most challenging problems…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Ramy A. Zeineldin , Mohamed E. Karar , Franziska Mathis-Ullrich , Oliver Burgert

Deep learning has quickly become the weapon of choice for brain lesion segmentation. However, few existing algorithms pre-configure any biological context of their chosen segmentation tissues, and instead rely on the neural network's…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-12 Andrew Beers , Ken Chang , James Brown , Emmett Sartor , CP Mammen , Elizabeth Gerstner , Bruce Rosen , Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer

A major challenge in brain tumor treatment planning and quantitative evaluation is determination of the tumor extent. The noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique has emerged as a front-line diagnostic tool for brain tumors…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-06-06 Hao Dong , Guang Yang , Fangde Liu , Yuanhan Mo , Yike Guo

Medical image segmentation is a critical achievement in modern medical science, developed over decades of research. It allows for the exact delineation of anatomical and pathological features in two- or three-dimensional pictures by…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-06 Chukwuemeka Arua Kalu , Adaobi Chiazor Emegoakor , Fortune Okafor , Augustine Okoh Uchenna , Chijioke Kelvin Ukpai , Godsent Erere Onyeugbo