Deep learning has rapidly advanced in various fields within the past few years and has
recently gained particular attention in the radiology community. This article provides an …

Manual image segmentation is a time-consuming task routinely performed in radiotherapy to
identify each patient's targets and anatomical structures. The efficacy and safety of the …

Even though convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are driving progress in medical image
segmentation, standard models still have some drawbacks. First, the use of multi-scale …

Recently, dense connections have attracted substantial attention in computer vision
because they facilitate gradient flow and implicit deep supervision during training …

More than 50% of cancer patients are treated with radiotherapy, either exclusively or in
combination with other methods. The planning and delivery of radiotherapy treatment is a …

Medical imaging is a rich source of invaluable information necessary for clinical judgements.
However, the analysis of those exams is not a trivial assignment. In recent times, the use of …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality for males and females.
Radiation therapy (RT) is one of the primary treatment modalities for lung cancer. While …

Machine learning approaches to problem-solving are growing rapidly within healthcare, and
radiation oncology is no exception. With the burgeoning interest in machine learning comes …

Background Semiquantitative assessment of MRI plays a central role in musculoskeletal
research; however, in the clinical setting MRI reports often tend to be subjective and …

Rationale and Objectives The automated segmentation of organs and tissues throughout the
body using computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging has been rapidly …