A survey of prostate segmentation methodologies in ultrasound, magnetic resonance and computed tomography images

S Ghose, A Oliver, R Martí, X Lladó, JC Vilanova… - Computer methods and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Prostate segmentation is a challenging task, and the challenges significantly differ from one
imaging modality to another. Low contrast, speckle, micro-calcifications and imaging artifacts …

Segmentation of prostate ultrasound images: the state of the art and the future directions of segmentation algorithms

J Jiang, Y Guo, Z Bi, Z Huang, G Yu, J Wang - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2023 - Springer
Nowadays, prostate cancer has surpassed lung cancer as the most common type of cancer,
segmentation of prostate ultrasound images is a critical step in the detection and planning …

A deep learning approach for real time prostate segmentation in freehand ultrasound guided biopsy

EMA Anas, P Mousavi, P Abolmaesumi - Medical image analysis, 2018 - Elsevier
Targeted prostate biopsy, incorporating multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-
MRI) and its registration with ultrasound, is currently the state-of-the-art in prostate cancer …

Texture analysis methods for medical image characterisation

WH Nailon - Biomedical imaging, 2010 - books.google.com
Texture analysis refers to the branch of imaging science that is concerned with the
description of characteristic image properties by textural features. However, there is no …

3D prostate segmentation of ultrasound images combining longitudinal image registration and machine learning

X Yang, B Fei - Medical Imaging 2012: Image-Guided …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We developed a three-dimensional (3D) segmentation method for transrectal ultrasound
(TRUS) images, which is based on longitudinal image registration and machine learning …

Segmentation of prostate contours for automated diagnosis using ultrasound images: A survey

RP Singh, S Gupta, UR Acharya - Journal of computational science, 2017 - Elsevier
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer that affects elderly men. The conventional non-
imaging screening test for prostate cancer like prostate antigen (PSA) and digital rectal …

Content-based image retrieval techniques: a review

V Tyagi, V Tyagi - Content-Based Image Retrieval: Ideas, Influences, and …, 2017 - Springer
In recent years, a rapid increase in the size of digital image databases has been observed.
Everyday gigabytes of images are generated. Consequently, the search for the relevant …

A molecular image-directed, 3D ultrasound-guided biopsy system for the prostate

B Fei, DM Schuster, V Master, H Akbari… - Medical Imaging …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Systematic transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy is the standard method for a
definitive diagnosis of prostate cancer. However, this biopsy approach uses two …

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) …

Automated segmentation of prostate MR images using prior knowledge enhanced random walker

A Li, C Li, X Wang, S Eberl, DD Feng… - … Conference on Digital …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in males. Accurate
prostate segmentation from magnetic resonance (MR) images is critical to the diagnosis and …