A survey on nature-inspired medical image analysis: a step further in biomedical data integration

L Rundo, C Militello, S Vitabile, G Russo… - Fundamenta …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Natural phenomena and mechanisms have always intrigued humans, inspiring the design of
effective solutions for real-world problems. Indeed, fascinating processes occur in nature …

Gross tumor volume segmentation for head and neck cancer radiotherapy using deep dense multi-modality network

Z Guo, N Guo, K Gong, Q Li - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In radiation therapy, the accurate delineation of gross tumor volume (GTV) is crucial for
treatment planning. However, it is challenging for head and neck cancer (HNC) due to the …

Matradiomics: A novel and complete radiomics framework, from image visualization to predictive model

G Pasini, F Bini, G Russo, A Comelli, F Marinozzi… - Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Radiomics aims to support clinical decisions through its workflow, which is divided into:(i)
target identification and segmentation,(ii) feature extraction,(iii) feature selection, and (iv) …

Fully automated delineation of gross tumor volume for head and neck cancer on PET‐CT using deep learning: A dual‐center study

B Huang, Z Chen, PM Wu, Y Ye… - Contrast media & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. In this study, we proposed an automated deep learning (DL) method for head and
neck cancer (HNC) gross tumor volume (GTV) contouring on positron emission tomography …

Machine learning for head and neck cancer: a safe bet?—a clinically oriented systematic review for the radiation oncologist

S Volpe, M Pepa, M Zaffaroni, F Bellerba… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background and Purpose Machine learning (ML) is emerging as a feasible approach to
optimize patients' care path in Radiation Oncology. Applications include autosegmentation …

Fully automated gross tumor volume delineation from PET in head and neck cancer using deep learning algorithms

I Shiri, H Arabi, A Sanaat, E Jenabi… - Clinical Nuclear …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Purpose The availability of automated, accurate, and robust gross tumor volume (GTV)
segmentation algorithms is critical for the management of head and neck cancer (HNC) …

A comparison of methods for fully automatic segmentation of tumors and involved nodes in PET/CT of head and neck cancers

AR Groendahl, IS Knudtsen, BN Huynh… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Target volume delineation is a vital but time-consuming and challenging part of
radiotherapy, where the goal is to deliver sufficient dose to the target while reducing risks of …

Quantitative pharmacokinetic parameter Ktrans map assists in regional segmentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic …

J Huang, S Yang, L Zou, Y Chen, L Yang, B Yao… - … Signal Processing and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate segmentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) lesion areas from dynamic
contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) facilitates subsequent …

Fully-automated segmentation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma on dual-sequence MRI using convolutional neural networks

Y Ye, Z Cai, B Huang, Y He, P Zeng, G Zou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this study, we proposed an automated method based on convolutional neural network
(CNN) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) segmentation on dual-sequence magnetic …

Evaluation of commonly used algorithms for thyroid ultrasound images segmentation and improvement using machine learning approaches

P Poudel, A Illanes, D Sheet… - Journal of healthcare …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The thyroid is one of the largest endocrine glands in the human body, which is involved in
several body mechanisms like controlling protein synthesis and the body′ s sensitivity to …