Role of machine learning-based CT body composition in risk prediction and prognostication: current state and future directions

T Elhakim, K Trinh, A Mansur, C Bridge, D Daye - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
CT body composition analysis has been shown to play an important role in predicting health
and has the potential to improve patient outcomes if implemented clinically. Recent …

Large-scale image region documentation for fully automated image biomarker algorithm development and evaluation

AP Reeves, Y Xie, S Liu - Journal of Medical Imaging, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
With the advent of fully automated image analysis and modern machine learning methods,
there is a need for very large image datasets having documented segmentations for both …

[HTML][HTML] Prior information guided auto-contouring of breast gland for deformable image registration in postoperative breast cancer radiotherapy

X Xie, Y Song, F Ye, H Yan, S Wang… - Quantitative Imaging in …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Contouring of breast gland in planning CT is important to postoperative
radiotherapy of patients after breast conserving surgery (BCS). However, the contouring task …

[PDF][PDF] An introduction and survey of computer-aided detection/diagnosis (CAD)

H Fujita, X Zhang, S Kido, T Hara, X Zhou… - Proc. IEEE Int. Conf …, 2010 - fjt.info.gifu-u.ac.jp
This paper brielyfly outlines the basic concepts of computer-aided detection/diagnosis
(CAD), including some fundamental techniques used in CAD system. Commercial CAD …

Automated assessment of breast tissue density in non-contrast 3D CT images without image segmentation based on a deep CNN

X Zhou, T Kano, H Koyasu, S Li, X Zhou… - Medical Imaging …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper describes a novel approach for the automatic assessment of breast density in
non-contrast three-dimensional computed tomography (3D CT) images. The proposed …

Consequences of dose heterogeneity on the biological efficiency of 103Pd permanent breast seed implants

H Afsharpour, B Reniers, G Landry… - Physics in Medicine …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Brachytherapy is associated with highly heterogeneous spatial dose distributions. This
heterogeneity is usually ignored when estimating the biological effective dose (BED). In …

Segmentation of the whole breast from low-dose chest CT images

S Liu, M Salvatore, DF Yankelevitz… - Medical Imaging …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The segmentation of whole breast serves as the first step towards automated breast lesion
detection. It is also necessary for automatically assessing the breast density, which is …

Automatic quantification of mammary glands on non-contrast X-ray CT by using a novel segmentation approach

X Zhou, T Kano, Y Cai, S Li, X Zhou… - Medical Imaging …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper describes a brand new automatic segmentation method for quantifying volume
and density of mammary gland regions on non-contrast CT images. The proposed method …

Detection and construction of chest wall on breast magnetic resonance images

CY Gwo, CH Wei, Y Li, PJ Huang - European Journal of Radiology, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to propose a method for detection and construction
of chest wall for breast magnetic resonance images. METHODS: A volume of breast MR …

3D reconstruction of long bones utilising magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

K Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage - 2011 - eprints.qut.edu.au
The design of pre-contoured fracture fixation implants (plates and nails) that correctly fit the
anatomy of a patient utilises 3D models of long bones with accurate geometric …