RCM

Deep Representation Learning for Complex Medical Images

The performance of any task depends on the representation of the data. A good representation should capture the factors of variation relevant to the task at hand while discarding the nuisance variables. Since this is task-specific, the common way to …

Segmentation of Cellular Patterns in Confocal Images of Melanocytic Lesions in vivo via a Multiscale Encoder-Decoder Network (MED-Net)

In-vivo optical microscopy is advancing into routine clinical practice for non-invasively guiding diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other diseases, and thus beginning to reduce the need for traditional biopsy. However, reading and analysis of the …

Utilizing Machine Learning for Image Quality Assessment for Reflectance Confocal Microscopy

In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) enables clinicians to examine lesions’ morphological and cytological information in epidermal and dermal layers, while reducing the need for biopsies. As RCM is being adopted more widely, the workflow is …

Facilitating the Adoption of Reflectance Confocal Microscopy (RCM) in Clinical Cancer Care Practice with Machine Learning

A Multiresolution Convolutional Neural Network with Partial Label Training for Annotating Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Images of Skin

We describe a new multiresolution 'nested encoder-decoder' convolutional network architecture and use it to annotate morphological patterns in reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) images of human skin for aiding cancer diagnosis. Skin cancers are …

A Multiresolution Deep Learning Framework for Automated Annotation of Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Images

Morphological tissue patterns in RCM images are critical in diagnosis of melanocytic lesions. We present a multiresolution deep learning framework that can automatically annotate RCM images for these diagnostic patterns with high sensitivity and …

Delineation of Skin Strata in Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Images using Recurrent Convolutional Networks with Toeplitz Attention

Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is an effective, non-invasive pre-screening tool for skin cancer diagnosis, but it requires extensive training and experience to assess accurately. There are few quantitative tools available to standardize image …

Delineation of Skin Strata in Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Images With Recurrent Convolutional Networks

Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is an effective, non-invasive pre-screening tool for cancer diagnosis. However, acquiring and reading RCM images requires extensive training and experience, and novice clinicians exhibit high variance in …

Unsupervised delineation of stratum corneum using reflectance confocal microscopy and spectral clustering

Measuring the thickness of the stratum corneum (SC) in vivo is often required in pharmacological, dermatological, and cosmetological studies. Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) offers a non-invasive imaging-based approach. However, RCM-based …