Automated detection of third molars and mandibular nerve by deep learning

S Vinayahalingam, T Xi, S Bergé, T Maal, G De Jong - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The approximity of the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) to the roots of lower third molars (M3) is a
risk factor for the occurrence of nerve damage and subsequent sensory disturbances of the …

Joint tumor segmentation in PET-CT images using co-clustering and fusion based on belief functions

C Lian, S Ruan, T Denœux, H Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Precise delineation of target tumor is a key factor to ensure the effectiveness of radiation
therapy. While hybrid positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) has …

Location-Aware Encoding for Lesion Detection in Ga-DOTATATE Positron Emission Tomography Images

F Xing, M Silosky, D Ghosh… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Lesion detection with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is critical for
tumor staging, treatment planning, and advancing novel therapies to improve patient …

A novel DEACM integrating affinity propagation for performance evaluation and energy optimization modeling: Application to complex petrochemical industries

Y Han, C Long, Z Geng, Q Zhu, Y Zhong - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) has been widely used in performance and
energy efficiency evaluation. However, in the traditional DEA, the effective of each decision …

Spatial evidential clustering with adaptive distance metric for tumor segmentation in FDG-PET images

C Lian, S Ruan, T Denoeux, H Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While the accurate delineation of tumor volumes in FDG-positron emission tomography
(PET) is a vital task for diverse objectives in clinical oncology, noise and blur due to the …

Joint solution for PET image segmentation, denoising, and partial volume correction

Z Xu, M Gao, GZ Papadakis, B Luna, S Jain… - Medical image …, 2018 - Elsevier
Segmentation, denoising, and partial volume correction (PVC) are three major processes in
the quantification of uptake regions in post-reconstruction PET images. These problems are …

Variability and repeatability of quantitative uptake metrics in 18F-FDG PET/CT of non–small cell lung cancer: Impact of segmentation method, uptake interval, and …

M Zhuang, DV García, GM Kramer… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
There is increased interest in various new quantitative uptake metrics beyond SUV in
oncologic PET/CT studies. The purpose of this study was to investigate the variability and …

Clinical feasibility study of gold nanoparticles as theragnostic agents for precision radiotherapy

JA López-Valverde, E Jiménez-Ortega, A Leal - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Gold nanoparticles (AuNP) may be useful in precision radiotherapy and
disease monitoring as theragnostic agents. In diagnostics, they can be detected by …

Tuberculosis bacteria analysis in acid fast stained images of sputum smear

Y Kurmi, V Chaurasia, A Goel, D Joshi… - Signal, Image and Video …, 2021 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) basically originates due to bacteria, influences the developing nations
and disrupts their economy severely. TB like diseases are with a high mortality rate …

Quantitative Analysis of Heterogeneous [18F]FDG Static (SUV) vs. Patlak (Ki) Whole-body PET Imaging Using Different Segmentation Methods: a Simulation Study

M Zhuang, NA Karakatsanis, RAJO Dierckx… - Molecular Imaging and …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Whole-body (WB) dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) enables imaging
of highly quantitative physiological uptake parameters beyond the standardized uptake …