U-net and its variants for medical image segmentation: A review of theory and applications

N Siddique, S Paheding, CP Elkin… - IEEE access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
U-net is an image segmentation technique developed primarily for image segmentation
tasks. These traits provide U-net with a high utility within the medical imaging community …

A fuzzy convolutional neural network for enhancing multi-focus image fusion

K Bhalla, D Koundal, B Sharma, YC Hu… - Journal of Visual …, 2022 - Elsevier
The images captured by the cameras contain distortions, misclassified pixels, uncertainties
and poor contrast. Therefore, the multi-focus image fusion (MFIF) integrates various input …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic segmentation of white matter hyperintensities from brain magnetic resonance images in the era of deep learning and big data–a systematic review

R Balakrishnan, MCV Hernández, AJ Farrall - … Medical Imaging and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background White matter hyperintensities (WMH), of presumed vascular origin, are visible
and quantifiable neuroradiological markers of brain parenchymal change. These changes …

MRI-based radiomics in breast cancer: feature robustness with respect to inter-observer segmentation variability

RWY Granzier, NMH Verbakel, A Ibrahim… - scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Radiomics is an emerging field using the extraction of quantitative features from medical
images for tissue characterization. While MRI-based radiomics is still at an early stage, it …

Comparative analysis of active contour and convolutional neural network in rapid left-ventricle volume quantification using echocardiographic imaging

X Zhu, Y Wei, Y Lu, M Zhao, K Yang, S Wu… - Computer Methods and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In cardiology, ultrasound is often used to diagnose heart disease associated with myocardial
infarction. This study aims to develop robust segmentation techniques for segmenting the left …

Skip connection U-Net for white matter hyperintensities segmentation from MRI

J Wu, Y Zhang, K Wang, X Tang - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
White matter hyperintensity (WMH) is associated with various aging and neurodegenerative
diseases. In this paper, we proposed and validated a fully automatic system which integrates …

Deep Bayesian networks for uncertainty estimation and adversarial resistance of white matter hyperintensity segmentation

P Mojiri Forooshani, M Biparva, EE Ntiri, J Ramirez… - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are frequently observed on structural neuroimaging of
elderly populations and are associated with cognitive decline and increased risk of …

Segmentation of coronary calcified plaque in intravascular OCT images using a two-step deep learning approach

J Lee, Y Gharaibeh, C Kolluru, VN Zimin… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We developed a fully automated, two-step deep learning approach for characterizing
coronary calcified plaque in intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) images …

An ore image segmentation method based on RDU-Net model

D Xiao, X Liu, BT Le, Z Ji, X Sun - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The ore fragment size on the conveyor belt of concentrators is not only the main index to
verify the crushing process, but also affects the production efficiency, operation cost and …

A neutrosophic-entropy based clustering algorithm (NEBCA) with HSV color system: A special application in segmentation of Parkinson's disease (PD) MR images

P Singh - Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and objectives: Brain MR images consist of three major regions: gray matter,
white matter and cerebrospinal fluid. Medical experts make decisions on different serious …