[HTML][HTML] Human treelike tubular structure segmentation: A comprehensive review and future perspectives

H Li, Z Tang, Y Nan, G Yang - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Various structures in human physiology follow a treelike morphology, which often expresses
complexity at very fine scales. Examples of such structures are intrathoracic airways, retinal …

A survey on artificial intelligence in pulmonary imaging

PK Saha, SA Nadeem… - … Reviews: Data Mining …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decade, deep learning (DL) has contributed to a paradigm shift in computer
vision and image recognition creating widespread opportunities of using artificial …

Semi-supervised segmentation of radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis from lung CT scans with multi-scale guided dense attention

G Wang, S Zhai, G Lasio, B Zhang, B Yi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Computed Tomography (CT) plays an important role in monitoring radiation-induced
Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF), where accurate segmentation of the PF lesions is highly desired for …

Multi-site, multi-domain airway tree modeling

M Zhang, Y Wu, H Zhang, Y Qin, H Zheng, W Tang… - Medical image …, 2023 - Elsevier
Open international challenges are becoming the de facto standard for assessing computer
vision and image analysis algorithms. In recent years, new methods have extended the …

Fuzzy attention neural network to tackle discontinuity in airway segmentation

Y Nan, J Del Ser, Z Tang, P Tang, X **ng… - … on Neural Networks …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Airway segmentation is crucial for the examination, diagnosis, and prognosis of lung
diseases, while its manual delineation is unduly burdensome. To alleviate this time …

Bcnet: Bronchus classification via structure guided representation learning

W Huang, H Gong, H Zhang, Y Wang… - … on Medical Imaging, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
CT-based bronchial tree analysis is a key step for the diagnosis of lung and airway
diseases. However, the topology of bronchial trees varies across individuals, which presents …

[HTML][HTML] Hunting imaging biomarkers in pulmonary fibrosis: Benchmarks of the AIIB23 challenge

Y Nan, X **ng, S Wang, Z Tang, FN Felder… - Medical Image …, 2024 - Elsevier
Airway-related quantitative imaging biomarkers are crucial for examination, diagnosis, and
prognosis in pulmonary diseases. However, the manual delineation of airway structures …

Two-stage contextual transformer-based convolutional neural network for airway extraction from CT images

Y Wu, S Zhao, S Qi, J Feng, H Pang, R Chang… - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate airway segmentation from computed tomography (CT) images is critical for
planning navigation bronchoscopy and realizing a quantitative assessment of airway-related …

Automatic airway segmentation from computed tomography using robust and efficient 3-D convolutional neural networks

A Garcia-Uceda, R Selvan, Z Saghir, HAWM Tiddens… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
This paper presents a fully automatic and end-to-end optimised airway segmentation
method for thoracic computed tomography, based on the U-Net architecture. We use a …

Artificial intelligence in COPD CT images: identification, staging, and quantitation

Y Wu, S **a, Z Liang, R Chen, S Qi - Respiratory Research, 2024 - Springer
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stands as a significant global health
challenge, with its intricate pathophysiological manifestations often demanding advanced …