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 …

Automated localization and segmentation techniques for B-mode ultrasound images: A review

KM Meiburger, UR Acharya, F Molinari - Computers in biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
B-mode ultrasound imaging is used extensively in medicine. Hence, there is a need to have
efficient segmentation tools to aid in computer-aided diagnosis, image-guided interventions …

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 …

Deep learning guided partitioned shape model for anterior visual pathway segmentation

A Mansoor, JJ Cerrolaza, R Idrees… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Analysis of cranial nerve systems, such as the anterior visual pathway (AVP), from MRI
sequences is challenging due to their thin long architecture, structural variations along the …

Variant alleles of the Wnt antagonist FRZB are determinants of hip shape and modify the relationship between hip shape and osteoarthritis

JC Baker‐LePain, JA Lynch, N Parimi… - Arthritis & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To test whether single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the FRZB gene are
associated with hip shape, and to determine whether FRZB variant alleles affect the …

Radiomics and radiogenomics of prostate cancer

CP Smith, M Czarniecki, S Mehralivand… - Abdominal …, 2019 - Springer
Radiomics and radiogenomics are attractive research topics in prostate cancer. Radiomics
mainly focuses on extraction of quantitative information from medical imaging, whereas …

Automated prostate gland segmentation based on an unsupervised fuzzy C-means clustering technique using multispectral T1w and T2w MR imaging

L Rundo, C Militello, G Russo, A Garufi, S Vitabile… - Information, 2017 - mdpi.com
Prostate imaging analysis is difficult in diagnosis, therapy, and staging of prostate cancer. In
clinical practice, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is increasingly used thanks to its …

An edge-region force guided active shape approach for automatic lung field detection in chest radiographs

T Xu, M Mandal, R Long, I Cheng, A Basu - Computerized Medical Imaging …, 2012 - Elsevier
Automatic and accurate lung field segmentation is an essential step for developing an
automated computer-aided diagnosis system for chest radiographs. Although active shape …

Segmenting CT prostate images using population and patient‐specific statistics for radiotherapy

Q Feng, M Foskey, W Chen, D Shen - Medical physics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: In the segmentation of sequential treatment‐time CT prostate images acquired in
image‐guided radiotherapy, accurately capturing the intrapatient variation of the patient …

A supervised learning framework of statistical shape and probability priors for automatic prostate segmentation in ultrasound images

S Ghose, A Oliver, J Mitra, R Martí, X Lladó… - Medical image …, 2013 - Elsevier
Prostate segmentation aids in prostate volume estimation, multi-modal image registration,
and to create patient specific anatomical models for surgical planning and image guided …