Survey on deep learning for radiotherapy

P Meyer, V Noblet, C Mazzara, A Lallement - Computers in biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
More than 50% of cancer patients are treated with radiotherapy, either exclusively or in
combination with other methods. The planning and delivery of radiotherapy treatment is a …

An improved emperor penguin optimization based multilevel thresholding for color image segmentation

Z Xing - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a multi-threshold image segmentation method based on improved
emperor penguin optimization (EPO). The calculation complexity of multi-thresholds …

Quantum marine predators algorithm for addressing multilevel image segmentation

M Abd Elaziz, D Mohammadi, D Oliva… - Applied Soft Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a modified marine predators algorithm based on quantum theory to
handle the multilevel image segmentation problem. The main aims of using quantum theory …

3D bounding box detection in volumetric medical image data: A systematic literature review

D Kern, A Mastmeyer - 2021 IEEE 8th International Conference …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses current methods and trends for 3D bounding box detection in
volumetric medical image data. For this purpose, an overview of relevant papers from recent …

Automatic needle segmentation and localization in MRI with 3-D convolutional neural networks: application to MRI-targeted prostate biopsy

A Mehrtash, M Ghafoorian, G Pernelle… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Image guidance improves tissue sampling during biopsy by allowing the physician to
visualize the tip and trajectory of the biopsy needle relative to the target in MRI, CT …

Automatic multi‐catheter detection using deeply supervised convolutional neural network in MRI‐guided HDR prostate brachytherapy

X Dai, Y Lei, Y Zhang, RLJ Qiu, T Wang… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose High‐dose‐rate (HDR) brachytherapy is an established technique to be used as
monotherapy option or focal boost in conjunction with external beam radiation therapy …

Comparison of 2D vs. 3D U-Net Organ Segmentation in abdominal 3D CT images

N Zettler, A Mastmeyer - arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.04062, 2021 - arxiv.org
A two-step concept for 3D segmentation on 5 abdominal organs inside volumetric CT
images is presented. First each relevant organ's volume of interest is extracted as bounding …

Fully automatic catheter segmentation in MRI with 3D convolutional neural networks: application to MRI-guided gynecologic brachytherapy

P Zaffino, G Pernelle, A Mastmeyer… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
External-beam radiotherapy followed by high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy is the standard-
of-care for treating gynecologic cancers. The enhanced soft-tissue contrast provided by …

M-Net: A novel U-Net with multi-stream feature fusion and multi-scale dilated convolutions for bile ducts and hepatolith segmentation

X Fu, N Cai, K Huang, H Wang, P Wang, C Liu… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatically segmenting bile ducts and hepatolith in abdominal CT scans is helpful to
assist hepatobiliary surgeons for minimally invasive surgery. High-deformation …

Fully automated segmentation of prostatic urethra for MR‐guided radiation therapy

D Xu, TM Ma, R Savjani, J Pham, M Cao… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Accurate delineation of the urethra is a prerequisite for urethral dose reduction in
prostate radiotherapy. However, even in magnetic resonance‐guided radiation therapy …