H-ProMed: Ultrasound image segmentation based on the evolutionary neural network and an improved principal curve

T Peng, J Zhao, Y Gu, C Wang, Y Wu, X Cheng, J Cai - Pattern Recognition, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of this work is to develop a method for accurate and robust prostate
segmentation in transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) images. These images are difficult to …

Multi-stage fully convolutional network for precise prostate segmentation in ultrasound images

Y Feng, CC Atabansi, J Nie, H Liu, H Zhou… - Biocybernetics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed non-cutaneous malignant tumors
and the sixth major cause of cancer-related death generally found in men globally …

A Review of Image Processing Methods in Prostate Ultrasound

H Wang, H Wu, Z Wang, P Yue, D Ni, PA Heng… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Prostate cancer (PCa) poses a significant threat to men's health, with early diagnosis being
crucial for improving prognosis and reducing mortality rates. Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) …

Boundary delineation in transrectal ultrasound images for region of interest of prostate

T Peng, Y Dong, G Di, J Zhao, T Li, G Ren… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Accurate and robust prostate segmentation in transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) images is of
great interest for ultrasound-guided brachytherapy for prostate cancer. However, the current …

AI-based Automatic Segmentation of Prostate on Multi-modality Images: A Review

R Jin, D Li, D Xiang, L Zhang, H Zhou, F Shi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Prostate cancer represents a major threat to health. Early detection is vital in reducing the
mortality rate among prostate cancer patients. One approach involves using multi-modality …

Organ boundary delineation for automated diagnosis from multi-center using ultrasound images

T Peng, Y Wu, J Zhao, C Wang, QJ Wu, J Cai - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
Delineation of prostate boundary is a critical procedure in multi-modal prostate registration
and patient-specific anatomical modeling for surgical planning and image-guided biopsy of …

Deep Augmented Metric Learning Network for Prostate Cancer Classification in Ultrasound Images

X Lu, Y Guo, S Zhang, CC Wang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Prostate cancer screening often relies on cost-intensive MRIs and invasive needle biopsies.
Transrectal ultrasound imaging, as a more affordable and non-invasive alternative, faces the …

Explainability-guided mathematical model-based segmentation of transrectal ultrasound images for prostate brachytherapy

T Peng, Y Wu, J Zhao, B Zhang… - … on Bioinformatics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate segmentation of the prostate is important to image-guided prostate biopsy and
brachytherapy treatment planning. However, the incompleteness of prostate boundary …

Contour Detection from Ultrasound Kidney Images with A Coarse-to-Fine Approach

T Peng, Y Gu, Y Xu, C Wang… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound kidney image segmentation presents significant challenges due to missing or
ambiguous boundaries. In this study, we introduce a coarse-to-refinement approach …

Ultrasound Prostate Segmentation Using Adaptive Selection Principal Curve and Smooth Mathematical Model

T Peng, Y Wu, J Zhao, C Wang, J Wang, J Cai - Journal of Digital Imaging, 2023 - Springer
Accurate prostate segmentation in ultrasound images is crucial for the clinical diagnosis of
prostate cancer and for performing image-guided prostate surgery. However, it is …