International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
34(3)
Published: May 1, 2024
Abstract
Colorectal
cancer
is
a
prevalent
malignant
tumor
affecting
the
digestive
tract.
Although
colonoscopy
remains
most
effective
method
for
colon
examination,
it
may
occasionally
fail
to
detect
polyps.
In
an
effort
enhance
detection
rate
of
intestinal
polyps
during
colonoscopy,
we
propose
MAUNet,
polyp
segmentation
network
based
on
multi‐scale
feature
fusion
Attention
U‐shaped
structure.
Our
model
incorporates
advanced
components,
including
Receptive
Field
Block,
Reverse
and
Residual
Refinement
Module,
mirroring
analytical
process
performed
by
medical
imaging
professionals.
We
evaluated
performance
MAUNet
five
challenging
datasets
conducted
comparative
analysis
against
state‐of‐the‐art
models
using
six
evaluation
metrics.
The
experimental
results
demonstrate
that
achieves
varying
levels
improvement
across
datasets.
Particularly
Kvasir
dataset,
Mean
Dice
IOU
metrics
reached
91.6%
84.3%,
respectively,
confirming
model's
outstanding
in
segmentation.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Feb. 10, 2025
Gastrointestinal
polyps
are
observed
and
treated
under
endoscopy,
so
there
presents
significant
challenges
to
advance
endoscopy
imaging
segmentation
of
polyps.
Current
methodologies
often
falter
in
distinguishing
complex
polyp
structures
within
diverse
(mucosal)
tissue
environments.
In
this
paper,
we
propose
the
Frequency
Attention-Embedded
Network
(FAENet),
a
novel
approach
leveraging
frequency-based
attention
mechanisms
enhance
accuracy
significantly.
FAENet
ingeniously
segregates
processes
image
data
into
high
low-frequency
components,
enabling
precise
delineation
boundaries
internal
by
integrating
intra-component
cross-component
mechanisms.
This
method
not
only
preserves
essential
edge
details
but
also
refines
learned
representation
attentively,
ensuring
robust
across
varied
conditions.
Comprehensive
evaluations
on
two
public
datasets,
Kvasir-SEG
CVC-ClinicDB,
demonstrate
FAENet's
superiority
over
several
state-of-the-art
models
terms
Dice
coefficient,
Intersection
Union
(IoU),
sensitivity,
specificity.
The
results
affirm
that
advanced
significantly
improve
quality,
outperforming
traditional
contemporary
techniques.
success
indicates
its
potential
revolutionize
clinical
practices,
fostering
diagnosis
efficient
treatment
gastrointestinal
IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
28(5), P. 2830 - 2841
Published: Feb. 20, 2024
Deep
learning-based
methods
have
been
widely
used
in
medical
image
segmentation
recently.
However,
existing
works
are
usually
difficult
to
simultaneously
capture
global
long-range
information
from
images
and
topological
correlations
among
feature
maps.
Further,
often
suffer
blurred
target
edges.
Accordingly,
this
paper
proposes
a
novel
framework
named
label-decoupled
network
with
spatial-channel
graph
convolution
dual
attention
enhancement
mechanism
(LADENet
for
short).
It
constructs
learnable
adjacency
matrices
utilizes
convolutions
effectively
on
spatial
locations
dependencies
between
different
channels
an
image.
Then
strategy
based
distance
transformation
is
introduced
decouple
original
label
into
body
edge
supervising
the
branch
branch.
Again,
mechanism,
designing
block
branch,
built
promote
learning
ability
of
region
boundary
features.
Besides,
interactor
devised
fully
consider
interaction
branches
improve
performance.
Experiments
benchmark
datasets
reveal
superiority
LADENet
compared
state-of-the-art
approaches.
Deleted Journal,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 17, 2025
Gastrointestinal
(GI)
disease
examination
presents
significant
challenges
to
doctors
due
the
intricate
structure
of
human
digestive
system.
Colonoscopy
and
wireless
capsule
endoscopy
are
most
commonly
used
tools
for
GI
examination.
However,
large
amount
data
generated
by
these
technologies
requires
expertise
intervention
identification,
making
manual
analysis
a
very
time-consuming
task.
Thus,
development
computer-assisted
system
is
highly
desirable
assist
clinical
professionals
in
decisions
low-cost
effective
way.
In
this
paper,
we
introduce
novel
framework
called
InCoLoTransNet,
designed
polyp
segmentation.
The
study
based
on
transformer
convolution-involution
neural
network,
following
encoder-decoder
architecture.
We
employed
vision
encoder
section
focus
global
context,
while
decoder
involves
collaboration
resampling
features.
Involution
enhances
model's
ability
adaptively
capture
spatial
contextual
information,
convolution
focuses
local
leading
more
accurate
feature
extraction.
essential
features
captured
passed
through
two
skip
connection
pathways.
CBAM
module
refines
passes
them
block,
leveraging
attention
mechanisms
emphasize
relevant
information.
Meanwhile,
locality
self-attention
pass
involution
reinforcing
regions.
Experiments
were
conducted
five
public
datasets:
CVC-ClinicDB,
CVC-ColonDB,
Kvasir-SEG,
Etis-LaribPolypDB,
CVC-300.
results
obtained
InCoLoTransNet
optimal
when
compared
with
15
state-of-the-art
methods
segmentation,
achieving
highest
mean
dice
score
93%
CVC-ColonDB
90%
intersection
over
union,
outperforming
methods.
Additionally,
distinguishes
itself
terms
segmentation
generalization
performance.
It
achieved
high
scores
coefficient
union
unseen
datasets
as
follows:
85%
79%
91%
87%
CVC-300,
70%
respectively.
International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
35(2)
Published: Feb. 6, 2025
ABSTRACT
Current
colorectal
polyps
detection
methods
often
struggle
with
efficiency
and
boundary
precision,
especially
when
dealing
of
complex
shapes
sizes.
Traditional
techniques
may
fail
to
precisely
define
the
boundaries
these
polyps,
leading
suboptimal
rates.
Furthermore,
flat
small
blend
into
background
due
their
low
contrast
against
mucosal
wall,
making
them
even
more
challenging
detect.
To
address
challenges,
we
introduce
SCABNet,
a
novel
deep
learning
architecture
for
efficient
polyps.
SCABNet
employs
an
encoder‐decoder
structure
three
blocks:
Feature
Enhancement
Block
(FEB),
Channel
Prioritization
(CPB),
Spatial‐Gradient
Boundary
Attention
(SGBAB).
The
FEB
applies
dilation
spatial
attention
high‐level
features,
enhancing
discriminative
power
improving
model's
ability
capture
patterns.
CPB,
alternative
traditional
channel
blocks,
assigns
prioritization
weights
diverse
feature
channels.
SGBAB
replaces
conventional
mechanisms
solution
that
focuses
on
map.
It
Jacobian‐based
approach
construct
learned
convolutions
both
vertical
horizontal
components
This
allows
effectively
understand
changes
in
map
across
different
locations,
which
is
crucial
detecting
complex‐shaped
These
blocks
are
strategically
embedded
within
network's
skip
connections,
capabilities
without
imposing
excessive
computational
demands.
They
exploit
enhance
features
at
levels:
high,
mid,
low,
thereby
ensuring
wide
range
has
been
trained
Kvasir‐SEG
CVC‐ClinicDB
datasets
evaluated
multiple
datasets,
demonstrating
superior
results.
code
available
on:
https://github.com/KhaledELKarazle97/SCABNet
.
Bioengineering,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
12(3), P. 277 - 277
Published: March 11, 2025
Polyp
segmentation
is
crucial
for
early
colorectal
cancer
detection,
but
accurately
delineating
polyps
challenging
due
to
their
variations
in
size,
shape,
and
texture
low
contrast
with
surrounding
tissues.
Existing
methods
often
rely
solely
on
spatial-domain
processing,
which
struggles
separate
high-frequency
features
(edges,
textures)
from
low-frequency
ones
(global
structures),
leading
suboptimal
performance.
We
propose
the
Dynamic
Frequency-Decoupled
Refinement
Network
(DFDRNet),
a
novel
framework
that
integrates
frequency-domain
processing.
DFDRNet
introduces
Frequency
Adaptive
Decoupling
(FAD)
module,
dynamically
separates
high-
components,
(FAR)
refines
these
components
before
fusing
them
spatial
enhance
accuracy.
Embedded
within
U-shaped
encoder–decoder
framework,
achieves
state-of-the-art
performance
across
three
benchmark
datasets,
demonstrating
superior
robustness
efficiency.
Our
extensive
evaluations
ablation
studies
confirm
effectiveness
of
balancing
accuracy
computational