G-SET-DCL: a guided sequential episodic training with dual contrastive learning approach for colon segmentation.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

PURPOSE: This article introduces a novel deep learning approach to substantially improve the accuracy of colon segmentation even with limited data annotation, which enhances the overall effectiveness of the CT colonography pipeline in clinical settings.

Authors

  • Samir Farag Harb
    Computer Vision and Image Processing Lab., UofL, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA. samir.farag@louisville.edu.
  • Asem Ali
    Computer Vision and Image Processing Laboratory (CVIP Lab), University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA.
  • Mohamed Yousuf
    Computer Vision and Image Processing Lab., UofL, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA.
  • Salwa Elshazly
    Kentucky Imaging Technologies, LLC., Louisville, KY, USA.
  • Aly Farag
    Computer Vision and Image Processing Lab., UofL, Louisville, KY, 40292, USA.