arXiv Computer Vision

MUST-PET: MUltimodal Self-supervised learning across Tracers for whole-body PET/CT-based lesion segmentation

arXiv:2608. 19666v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep learning-based whole-body PET-CT lesion segmentation can support cancer staging, treatment planning, and response assessment, but generalization is limited by scarce annotations and domain shifts.

arXiv AI
Aug 21

MambaX-Net: Dual-Input Mamba-Enhanced Cross-Attention Network for Longitudinal Prostate MRI Segmentation

arXiv:2510. 17529v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Active Surveillance (AS) is a treatment option for managing low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer (PCa), aiming to avoid overtreatment while monitoring disease progression through serial MRI and clinical follow-up.

By Yovin Yahathugoda, Davide Prezzi, Patricia A. Gutierrez, Piyalitt Ittichaiwong, Vicky Goh, Sebastien Ourselin, Michela Antonelli
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 30

Merlin Plus: A Large-Scale, Multi-Cancer, Image-Mask-Report Dataset

Merlin Plus is a new, large-scale CT dataset that provides radiologist‑created tumor masks for nine different organs, adding 1,153 per‑voxel masks and longitudinal metadata to the existing Merlin collection. The dataset was built using a report‑based active‑learning framework, where radiology reports flag tumor cases, a segmentation model generates initial masks, and radiologists review and correct them, thereby reducing annotation effort while preserving high quality. The added longitudinal data enables temporal modeling of cancer progression, supporting scalable multi‑organ cancer detection, segmentation, and longitudinal analysis in CT.

By Pedro R. A. S. Bassi, Wenxuan Li, Szymon Plotka, Ruby Honjol, Jakub Przado, Xinze Zhou, Kang Wang, Yang Yang, Malte Jensen, Akshay S. Chaudhari, Curtis P. Langlotz, Alan L. Yuille, Zongwei Zhou
arXiv AI
Aug 19

Comprehensive framework for evaluation of deep neural networks in detection and quantification of lymphoma from PET/CT images: clinical insights, pitfalls, and observer agreement analyses

This study presents a clinically relevant framework for evaluating deep neural networks that segment lymphoma lesions in PET/CT images, addressing gaps such as out‑of‑distribution testing and comparison with expert annotators. Using 611 multi‑institutional cases, the authors assess four networks (ResUNet, SegResNet, DynUNet, SwinUNETR) with lesion‑specific metrics, detection criteria, and metabolic‑characteristic‑based thresholds, finding that models perform best on large, intense lesions. The work also demonstrates that network errors mirror those of physicians, highlighting shared challenges with small, faint lesions.

By Shadab Ahamed, Yixi Xu, Sara Kurkowska, Claire Gowdy, Joo H. O, Ingrid Bloise, Don Wilson, Patrick Martineau, Fran\c{c}ois B\'enard, Fereshteh Yousefirizi, Rahul Dodhia, Juan M. Lavista, William B. Weeks, Carlos F. Uribe, Arman Rahmim
arXiv AI
Sep 10

Deep Learning-Based Segmentation of Peritoneal Cancer Index Regions from CT Imaging

arXiv:2604.27697v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Peritoneal metastases (PM) are staged using the surgically determined Peritoneal Cancer Index (sPCI), which requires invasive laparoscopic as...

By Pieter C. Gort, Lotte J. S. Fleurkens-Ewals, Lenah D. Kampmeijer, Anna F. van Herwijnen, Marion W. Tops-Welten, Cris H. B. Claessens, Joost Nederend, Ignace H. J. T. De Hingh, Max J. Lahaye, Misha D. P. Luyer, Fons van der Sommen
arXiv AI
Jun 12

BrainDINO: A Brain MRI Foundation Model for Generalizable Clinical Representation Learning

arXiv:2604. 27277v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Brain MRI underpins a wide range of neuroscientific and clinical applications, yet most learning-based methods remain task-specific and require substantial labeled data.

By Yizhou Wu, Shansong Wang, Yuheng Li, Mojtaba Safari, Mingzhe Hu, Chih-Wei Chang, Harini Veeraraghavan, Xiaofeng Yang