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Conventional breast cancer imaging techniques are nowadays based on the use of ionising radiations or ultrasound waves for the inspection of breast areas. Nevertheless, these conventional techniques present some drawbacks related to patient…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-07 Michele Ambrosanio , Stefano Franceschini , Vito Pascazio , Fabio Baselice

Prostate cancer is a leading cause of mortality in men, yet interpretation of T2-weighted prostate MRI remains challenging due to subtle and heterogeneous lesions. We developed an interpretable framework for automatic cancer detection using…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Vahid Monfared , Mohammad Hadi Gharib , Ali Sabri , Maryam Shahali , Farid Rashidi , Amit Mehta , Reza Rawassizadeh

Purposes: This study aimed to develop a computed tomography (CT)-based multi-organ segmentation model for delineating organs-at-risk (OARs) in pediatric upper abdominal tumors and evaluate its robustness across multiple datasets. Materials…

Quantitative assessment of treatment response in Advanced Prostate Cancer (APC) with bone metastases remains an unmet clinical need. Whole-Body Diffusion-Weighted MRI (WB-DWI) provides two response biomarkers: Total Diffusion Volume (TDV)…

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) offers unparalleled soft-tissue contrast but is fundamentally limited by long acquisition times. While deep learning-based accelerated MRI can dramatically shorten scan times, the reconstruction from…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-22 Paul Fischer , Jan Nikolas Morshuis , Thomas Küstner , Christian Baumgartner

Recent studies on T1-assisted MRI reconstruction for under-sampled images of other modalities have demonstrated the potential of further accelerating MRI acquisition of other modalities. Most of the state-of-the-art approaches have achieved…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-15 Junwei Yang , Xiao-Xin Li , Feihong Liu , Dong Nie , Pietro Lio , Haikun Qi , Dinggang Shen

Mammography is the most widely used gold standard for screening breast cancer, where, mass detection is considered as the prominent step. Detecting mass in the breast is, however, an arduous problem as they usually have large variations…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-11 Md. Kamrul Hasan , Tajwar Abrar Aleef

We present a deep convolutional neural network for breast cancer screening exam classification, trained and evaluated on over 200,000 exams (over 1,000,000 images). Our network achieves an AUC of 0.895 in predicting whether there is a…

To facilitate early detection of breast cancer, there is a need to develop short-term risk prediction schemes that can prescribe personalized/individualized screening mammography regimens for women. In this study, we propose a new deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-05 Hong Hui Yeoh , Fredrik Strand , Raphaël Phan , Kartini Rahmat , Maxine Tan

Regular mammography screening is essential for early breast cancer detection. Deep learning-based risk prediction methods have sparked interest to adjust screening intervals for high-risk groups. While early methods focused only on current…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-25 Solveig Thrun , Stine Hansen , Zijun Sun , Nele Blum , Suaiba A. Salahuddin , Kristoffer Wickstrøm , Elisabeth Wetzer , Robert Jenssen , Maik Stille , Michael Kampffmeyer

Purpose: To investigate feasibility of accelerating prostate diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) by reducing the number of acquired averages and denoising the resulting image using a proposed guided denoising convolutional neural network…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-02 Elena A. Kaye , Emily A. Aherne , Cihan Duzgol , Ida Häggström , Erich Kobler , Yousef Mazaheri , Maggie M Fung , Zhigang Zhang , Ricardo Otazo , Herbert A. Vargas , Oguz Akin

Current imaging-based prostate cancer diagnosis requires both MR T2-weighted (T2w) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequences, with additional sequences for potentially greater accuracy improvement. However, measuring diffusion patterns…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-13 Weixi Yi , Yipei Wang , Natasha Thorley , Alexander Ng , Shonit Punwani , Veeru Kasivisvanathan , Dean C. Barratt , Shaheer Ullah Saeed , Yipeng Hu

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) is a widely used medical imaging modality for breast cancer screening and diagnosis, offering higher spatial resolution and greater detail through its 3D-like breast volume imaging capability. However, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-21 Yuexi Du , Regina J. Hooley , John Lewin , Nicha C. Dvornek

This work reveals undiscovered challenges in the performance and generalizability of deep learning models. We (1) identify spurious shortcuts and evaluation issues that can inflate performance and (2) propose training and analysis methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-30 Trevor Tsue , Brent Mombourquette , Ahmed Taha , Thomas Paul Matthews , Yen Nhi Truong Vu , Jason Su

Purpose: Cell size is a fundamental characteristic of all tissues, and changes in cell size in cancer reflect tumor status and response to treatments, such as apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. Unfortunately, cell size can only be obtained by…

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is instrumental in clinical diagnosis, offering diverse contrasts that provide comprehensive diagnostic information. However, acquiring multiple MRI contrasts is often constrained by high costs, long…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Sanuwani Dayarathna , Kh Tohidul Islam , Bohan Zhuang , Guang Yang , Jianfei Cai , Meng Law , Zhaolin Chen

This work presents a novel breast cancer imaging approach that uses compressive sensing in a hybrid Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) / Nearfield Radar Imaging (NRI) system configuration. The non-homogeneous tissue distribution of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-22 Richard Obermeier , Jose Angel Martinez Lorenzo

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive diagnostic and radiotherapy (RT) planning tool, offering detailed insights into the anatomy of the human body. The extensive scan time is stressful for patients, who must remain motionless…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-23 Shahinur Alam , Jinsoo Uh , Alexander Dresner , Chia-ho Hua , Khaled Khairy

Purpose: Risk-stratified breast cancer screening might improve early detection and efficiency without comprising quality. However, modern mammography-based risk models do not ensure adaptation across vendor-domains and rely on cancer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-01-11 Andreas D. Lauritzen , My Catarina von Euler-Chelpin , Elsebeth Lynge , Ilse Vejborg , Mads Nielsen , Nico Karssemeijer , Martin Lillholm

This paper proposes a robust longitudinal registration method for Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography in monitoring neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Because breast texture intensity changes with the treatment, a non-rigid registration procedure…