scholarly journals AResU-Net: Attention Residual U-Net for Brain Tumor Segmentation

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianxin Zhang ◽  
Xiaogang Lv ◽  
Hengbo Zhang ◽  
Bin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Automatic Segmentation ◽  
Attention Mechanism ◽  
Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Brain Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Local Responses ◽  
Segmentation Methods ◽  
Comparable Performance ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽  
The Brain

Automatic segmentation of brain tumors from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a challenging task due to the uneven, irregular and unstructured size and shape of tumors. Recently, brain tumor segmentation methods based on the symmetric U-Net architecture have achieved favorable performance. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of enhancing local responses for feature extraction and restoration has also been shown in recent works, which may encourage the better performance of the brain tumor segmentation problem. Inspired by this, we try to introduce the attention mechanism into the existing U-Net architecture to explore the effects of local important responses on this task. More specifically, we propose an end-to-end 2D brain tumor segmentation network, i.e., attention residual U-Net (AResU-Net), which simultaneously embeds attention mechanism and residual units into U-Net for the further performance improvement of brain tumor segmentation. AResU-Net adds a series of attention units among corresponding down-sampling and up-sampling processes, and it adaptively rescales features to effectively enhance local responses of down-sampling residual features utilized for the feature recovery of the following up-sampling process. We extensively evaluate AResU-Net on two MRI brain tumor segmentation benchmarks of BraTS 2017 and BraTS 2018 datasets. Experiment results illustrate that the proposed AResU-Net outperforms its baselines and achieves comparable performance with typical brain tumor segmentation methods.

scholarly journals Brain Tumor Segmentation in MRI Images using Convolution Neural Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 2051-2054
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Automatic Segmentation ◽  
Important Task ◽  
Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Brain Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
Exact Position ◽  
The Brain

Medical image processing is an important task in current scenario as more and more humans are diagnosed with various medical issues. Brain tumor (BT) is one of the problems that is increasing at a rapid rate and its early detection is important in increasing the survival rate of humans. Detection of tumor from Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) of brain is very difficult when done manually and also time consuming. Further the tumors assume different shapes and may be present in any portion of the brain. Hence identification of the tumor poses an important task in the lives of human and it is necessary to identify its exact position in the brain and the affected regions. The proposed algorithm makes use of deep learning concepts for automatic segmentation of the tumor from the MRI brain images. The algorithm is implemented using MATLAB and an accuracy of 99.1% is achieved.

scholarly journals Development of brain tumor segmentation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using U-Net deep learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (9(112)) ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
Wasan M. Jwaid ◽  
Zainab Shaker Matar Al-Husseini ◽  
Ahmad H. Sabry
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Brain Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Brain Images ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽  
The Brain

Brain tumors are the growth of abnormal cells or a mass in a brain. Numerous kinds of brain tumors were discovered, which need accurate and early detection techniques. Currently, most diagnosis and detection methods rely on the decision of neuro-specialists and radiologists to evaluate brain images, which may be time-consuming and cause human errors. This paper proposes a robust U-Net deep learning Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model that can classify if the subject has a tumor or not based on Brain Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with acceptable accuracy for medical-grade application. The study built and trained the 3D U-Net CNN including encoding/decoding relationship architecture to perform the brain tumor segmentation because it requires fewer training images and provides more precise segmentation. The algorithm consists of three parts; the first part, the downsampling part, the bottleneck part, and the optimum part. The resultant semantic maps are inserted into the decoder fraction to obtain the full-resolution probability maps. The developed U-Net architecture has been applied on the MRI scan brain tumor segmentation dataset in MICCAI BraTS 2017. The results using Matlab-based toolbox indicate that the proposed architecture has been successfully evaluated and experienced for MRI datasets of brain tumor segmentation including 336 images as training data and 125 images for validation. This work demonstrated comparative performance and successful feasibility of implementing U-Net CNN architecture in an automated framework of brain tumor segmentations in Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MR Slices. The developed U-Net CNN model succeeded in performing the brain tumor segmentation task to classify the input brain images into a tumor or not based on the MRI dataset.

An Efficient MRI Brain Tumor Segmentation by the Fusion of Active Contour Model and Self-Organizing-Map

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Sandhya ◽  
Giri Babu Kande ◽  
Savithri T. Satya
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Active Contour ◽  
Active Contour Model ◽  
Parameter Tuning ◽  
Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Mr Images ◽  
Brain Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Segmentation Methods ◽  
The Brain

Accurate detection of tumors in brain MR images is very important for the medical image analysis and interpretation. Tumors which are detected and treated in the early stage gives better long-term survival than those detected lately. This paper proposes a combined method of Self-Organizing –Map (SOM) and Active Contour Model (ACM) for the effective segmentation of the brain tumor from MR images. ACMs are energy-based image segmentation methods and they treat the segmentation as an optimization problem. The optimization function is formulated in terms of appropriate parameters and is designed such that the minimum value of its correspondence to a contour which is a near approximation of the real object boundary. The traditional ACMs depend on pixel intensity as well as very susceptible to parameter tuning and it turns out to be a challenge for these ACMs to deal the image objects of distinct intensities. Conversely, Neural Networks (NNs) are very effective in dealing inhomogeneities but usually results in noise due to the misclassification of pixels. Additionally, NNs deal the segmentation problems without objective function. Hence we proposed a framework for the brain tumor segmentation which integrates SOM with ACM and is termed as SOMACM. This works by exactly integrating the global information derived from the weights or prototypes of the trained SOM neurons to aid choosing whether to shrink or enlarge the present contour during the optimization process and is performed in an iterative way. The proposed method can deal with the images of complex intensity distributions, even in the presence of noise. Exploratory outcomes demonstrate the high accuracy in the segmentation results of SOMACM on different tumor images, compared to the ACM as well as the general SOM segmentation methods. Furthermore, the proposed framework is not highly sensitive to parameter tuning.

scholarly journals Fully Connected Pyramid Pooling Network (FCPPN) – A Method For Brain Tumor Segmentation

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 7036-7041
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Automatic Segmentation ◽  
Semantic Segmentation ◽  
Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Performance Measurements ◽  
Brain Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Hybrid Combination ◽  
Fully Automatic ◽  
Fully Connected ◽  
The Brain

The procedure of separating the tumor from ordinary cerebrum images is called as brain tumor Segmentation . In segmenting the tumor it allows us to visualize the size and position of tumor within the brain.In Manual segmentation there is less accuracy so there is a need for fully automatic segmentation. A fully automatic segmentation called Semantic segmentation is a technique that classifies all the pixels of an image into meaningful classes of objects. Semantic Segmentation is mainly used in the area of medical imaging. It is mainly used for the doctors to identify the tumor in a clear and exact way. In this paper, we propose a new way of semantic segmentation technique to separate the tumor from the brain . The methods like Segnet, FCN, PSPNET are used for fully automatic segmentation and are used to predicate all types of Tumor. These methods are used to predicate the tumor.Our paper proposes a new architecture called FCPPNET which is a hybrid combination of FCN and PSPNET. Our proposed strategy is assessed utilizing Performance measurements, for example, the Dice coefficient, Accuracy, Sensitivity, and the outcomes appear to be more productive than the current strategies.

scholarly journals Segmentation of MRI Brain Tumor Image using Optimization based Deep Convolutional Neural networks (DCNN)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 380-390
Author(s):  
Pradipta Kumar Mishra ◽  
Suresh Chandra Satapathy ◽  
Minakhi Rout
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Gray Wolf ◽  
Deep Convolutional Neural Networks ◽  
Brain Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Brain Image ◽  
Mri Brain ◽  
Whale Optimization ◽  
The Brain

Abstract Segmentation of brain image should be done accurately as it can help to predict deadly brain tumor disease so that it can be possible to control the malicious segments of brain image if known beforehand. The accuracy of the brain tumor analysis can be enhanced through the brain tumor segmentation procedure. Earlier DCNN models do not consider the weights as of learning instances which may decrease accuracy levels of the segmentation procedure. Considering the above point, we have suggested a framework for optimizing the network parameters such as weight and bias vector of DCNN models using swarm intelligent based algorithms like Genetic Algorithm (GA), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Gray Wolf Optimization (GWO) and Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA). The simulation results reveals that the WOA optimized DCNN segmentation model is outperformed than other three optimization based DCNN models i.e., GA-DCNN, PSO-DCNN, GWO-DCNN.

scholarly journals Aggregation-and-Attention Network for brain tumor segmentation

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Wei Lin ◽  
Yu Hong ◽  
Jinfu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Semantic Information ◽  
Spatial Relationship ◽  
Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Brain Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Attention Network ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Assisted Diagnosis ◽  
The Brain

Abstract Background Glioma is a malignant brain tumor; its location is complex and is difficult to remove surgically. To diagnosis the brain tumor, doctors can precisely diagnose and localize the disease using medical images. However, the computer-assisted diagnosis for the brain tumor diagnosis is still the problem because the rough segmentation of the brain tumor makes the internal grade of the tumor incorrect. Methods In this paper, we proposed an Aggregation-and-Attention Network for brain tumor segmentation. The proposed network takes the U-Net as the backbone, aggregates multi-scale semantic information, and focuses on crucial information to perform brain tumor segmentation. To this end, we proposed an enhanced down-sampling module and Up-Sampling Layer to compensate for the information loss. The multi-scale connection module is to construct the multi-receptive semantic fusion between encoder and decoder. Furthermore, we designed a dual-attention fusion module that can extract and enhance the spatial relationship of magnetic resonance imaging and applied the strategy of deep supervision in different parts of the proposed network. Results Experimental results show that the performance of the proposed framework is the best on the BraTS2020 dataset, compared with the-state-of-art networks. The performance of the proposed framework surpasses all the comparison networks, and its average accuracies of the four indexes are 0.860, 0.885, 0.932, and 1.2325, respectively. Conclusions The framework and modules of the proposed framework are scientific and practical, which can extract and aggregate useful semantic information and enhance the ability of glioma segmentation.

scholarly journals Recurrent Multi-Fiber Network for 3D MRI Brain Tumor Segmentation

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 320
Author(s):  
Yue Zhao ◽  
Xiaoqiang Ren ◽  
Kun Hou ◽  
Wentao Li
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Network Architecture ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Disease Diagnosis ◽  
Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Brain Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Fiber Network ◽  
3D Network ◽  
The Brain

Automated brain tumor segmentation based on 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is critical to disease diagnosis. Moreover, robust and accurate achieving automatic extraction of brain tumor is a big challenge because of the inherent heterogeneity of the tumor structure. In this paper, we present an efficient semantic segmentation 3D recurrent multi-fiber network (RMFNet), which is based on encoder–decoder architecture to segment the brain tumor accurately. 3D RMFNet is applied in our paper to solve the problem of brain tumor segmentation, including a 3D recurrent unit and 3D multi-fiber unit. First of all, we propose that recurrent units segment brain tumors by connecting recurrent units and convolutional layers. This quality enhances the model’s ability to integrate contextual information and is of great significance to enhance the contextual information. Then, a 3D multi-fiber unit is added to the overall network to solve the high computational cost caused by the use of a 3D network architecture to capture local features. 3D RMFNet combines both advantages from a 3D recurrent unit and 3D multi-fiber unit. Extensive experiments on the Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) 2018 challenge dataset show that our RMFNet remarkably outperforms state-of-the-art methods, and achieves average Dice scores of 89.62%, 83.65% and 78.72% for the whole tumor, tumor core and enhancing tumor, respectively. The experimental results prove our architecture to be an efficient tool for brain tumor segmentation accurately.

scholarly journals A Survey and Analysis on Automated Glioma Brain Tumor Segmentation and Overall Patient Survival Prediction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupal Agravat ◽  
Mehul Raval
Keyword(s):  
Overall Survival ◽  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Automatic Segmentation ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Survival Prediction ◽  
Neural Network Models ◽  
Brain Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Overall Survival Prediction

<div>Glioma is the most deadly brain tumor with high mortality. Treatment planning by human experts depends on the proper diagnosis of physical symptoms along with Magnetic Resonance(MR) image analysis. Highly variability of a brain tumor in terms of size, shape, location, and a high volume of MR images makes the analysis time-consuming. Automatic segmentation methods achieve a reduction in time with excellent reproducible results.</div><div>The article aims to survey the advancement of automated methods for Glioma brain tumor segmentation. It is also essential to make an objective evaluation of various models based on the benchmark. Therefore, the 2012 - 2019 BraTS challenges database evaluates state-of-the-art methods. The complexity of tasks under the challenge has grown from segmentation (Task1) to overall survival prediction (Task 2) to uncertainty prediction for classification (Task 3). The paper covers the complete gamut of brain tumor segmentation using handcrafted features to deep neural network models for Task 1. The aim is to showcase a complete change of trends in automated brain tumor models. The paper also covers end to end joint models involving brain tumor segmentation and overall survival prediction. All the methods are probed, and parameters that affect performance are tabulated and analyzed.</div>

Automated Early Detection of Astrocytomas Tumor Based on Optimized Adaptive Cluster with Super Pixel Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (06n08) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. Deepak ◽  
R. Sarath
Keyword(s):  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Medical Image ◽  
Automatic Segmentation ◽  
Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Grey Wolf ◽  
Dice Coefficient ◽  
Grey Wolf Optimization ◽  
Brain Tumor Segmentation ◽  
Better Than

In the medical image-processing field brain tumor segmentation is aquintessential task. Thereby early diagnosis gives us a chance of increasing survival rate. It will be way much complex and time consuming when comes to processing large amount of MRI images manually, so for that we need an automatic way of brain tumor image segmentation process. This paper aims to gives a comparative study of brain tumor segmentation, which are MRI-based. So recent methods of automatic segmentation along with advanced techniques gives us an improved result and can solve issue better than any other methods. Therefore, this paper brings comparative analysis of three models such as Deformable model of Fuzzy C-Mean clustering (DMFCM), Adaptive Cluster with Super Pixel Segmentation (ACSP) and Grey Wolf Optimization based ACSP (GWO_ACSP) and these are tested on CANCER IMAGE ACHRCHIEVE which is a preparation information base containing High Grade and Low-Grade astrocytoma tumors. Here boundaries including Accuracy, Dice coefficient, Jaccard score and MCC are assessed and along these lines produce the outcomes. From this examination the test consequences of Grey Wolf Optimization based ACSP (GWO_ACSP) gives better answer for mind tumor division issue.

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