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Thyroid nodule segmentation in ultrasound images is crucial for accurate diagnosis and treatment planning. However, existing methods face challenges in segmentation accuracy, interpretability, and generalization, which hinder their…

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Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy, and its incidence is rising globally. While ultrasound is the preferred imaging modality for detecting thyroid nodules, its diagnostic accuracy is often limited by challenges such as…

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Thyroid cancer is a common endocrine carcinoma that occurs in the thyroid gland. Much effort has been invested in improving its diagnosis, and thyroidectomy remains the primary treatment method. A successful operation without unnecessary…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-31 Nan Miles Xi , Lin Wang , Chuanjia Yang

The objective of this study was to develop an automated pipeline that enhances thyroid disease classification using thyroid scintigraphy images, aiming to decrease assessment time and increase diagnostic accuracy. Anterior thyroid…

Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) is becoming a prominent approach to assist clinicians spanning across multiple fields. These automated systems take advantage of various computer vision (CV) procedures, as well as artificial intelligence (AI)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-26 Danilo Avola , Luigi Cinque , Alessio Fagioli , Sebastiano Filetti , Giorgio Grani , Emanuele Rodolà

Lung cancer ranks as one of the leading causes of cancer diagnosis and is the foremost cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The early detection of lung nodules plays a pivotal role in improving outcomes for patients, as it enables…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Jiasen Zhang , Mingrui Yang , Weihong Guo , Brian A. Xavier , Michael Bolen , Xiaojuan Li

For a long time, bone marrow cell morphology examination has been an essential tool for diagnosing blood diseases. However, it is still mainly dependent on the subjective diagnosis of experienced doctors, and there is no objective…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Dehao Huang , Jintao Cheng , Rui Fan , Zhihao Su , Qiongxiong Ma , Jie Li

Thyroid cancer is common worldwide, with a rapid increase in prevalence across North America in recent years. While most patients present with palpable nodules through physical examination, a large number of small and medium-sized nodules…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-11 Fatemeh Abdolali , Atefeh Shahroudnejad , Abhilash Rakkunedeth Hareendranathan , Jacob L Jaremko , Michelle Noga , Kumaradevan Punithakumar

In this study, we develop a new CAD system for accurate thyroid cancer classification with emphasis on feature extraction. Prior studies have shown that thyroid texture is important for segregating the thyroid ultrasound images into…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Saurabh Saini , Kapil Ahuja , Marc C. Steinbach , Thomas Wick

The expanding applications, utilized by more users, enhance hardware performance and further develop cloud systems for big data processing. This leads to numerous unexplored deep learning applications, especially in advanced computer vision…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-05-07 P. Veysi , M. Adeli , N. Peirov Naziri

In this paper, we propose a novel method for highly efficient follicular segmentation of thyroid cytopathological WSIs. Firstly, we propose a hybrid segmentation architecture, which integrates a classifier into Deeplab V3 by adding a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-15 Siyan Tao , Yao Guo , Chuang Zhu , Huang Chen , Yue Zhang , Jie Yang , Jun Liu

Automatic lymph node segmentation is the cornerstone for advances in computer vision tasks for early detection and staging of cancer. Traditional segmentation methods are constrained by manual delineation and variability in operator…

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Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer, with 25% of the diagnosed patients surviving for only one year and 6% of them for five. Computed tomography (CT) screening trials have played a key role in improving early detection…

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Ultrasound (US) is the primary imaging technique for the diagnosis of thyroid cancer. However, accurate identification of nodule malignancy is a challenging task that can elude less-experienced clinicians. Recently, many computer-aided…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-12 Van T. Manh , Jianqiao Zhou , Xiaohong Jia , Zehui Lin , Wenwen Xu , Zihan Mei , Yijie Dong , Xin Yang , Ruobing Huang , Dong Ni

With the advent of digital pathology and microscopic systems that can scan and save whole slide histological images automatically, there is a growing trend to use computerized methods to analyze acquired images. Among different…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-10 Amirreza Mahbod , Georg Dorffner , Isabella Ellinger , Ramona Woitek , Sepideh Hatamikia

This paper introduces a comprehensive approach for segmenting regions of interest (ROI) in diverse medical imaging datasets, encompassing ultrasound, CT scans, and X-ray images. The proposed method harnesses the capabilities of the YOLOv8…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-23 Sumit Pandey , Kuan-Fu Chen , Erik B. Dam

Efficient detection and classification of blood cells are vital for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment of blood disorders. This study utilizes a YOLOv10 model trained on Roboflow data with images resized to 640x640 pixels across…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-19 Shilpa Choudhary , Sandeep Kumar , Pammi Sri Siddhaarth , Guntu Charitasri

Instance segmentation of nuclei and glands in the histology images is an important step in computational pathology workflow for cancer diagnosis, treatment planning and survival analysis. With the advent of modern hardware, the recent…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-27 Esha Sadia Nasir , Arshi Perviaz , Muhammad Moazam Fraz

In this paper, we propose a new image instance segmentation method that segments individual glands (instances) in colon histology images. This is a task called instance segmentation that has recently become increasingly important. The…

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Developing an AI-assisted gland segmentation method from histology images is critical for automatic cancer diagnosis and prognosis; however, the high cost of pixel-level annotations hinders its applications to broader diseases. Existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Yi Li , Yiduo Yu , Yiwen Zou , Tianqi Xiang , Xiaomeng Li