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Segmentation of prostate ultrasound images: the state of the art and the future directions of segmentation algorithms

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Nowadays, prostate cancer has surpassed lung cancer as the most common type of cancer, segmentation of prostate ultrasound images is a critical step in the detection and planning treatment of prostate cancer. However, both ultrasound imaging characteristics and the physiology of the prostate make it difficult to determine the prostate boundaries in ultrasound images. In this paper, we provide a systematic review of advances in the field of ultrasound prostate image segmentation. In particular, three categories of algorithms are reviewed and compared, including edge-based segmentation, region-based segmentation, and those based on specific theoretical models. To understand the state of the art of different segmentations of the prostate ultrasound images, we conduct a literature analysis and a series of comparisons between different algorithms. The features and limitations of each category of segmentation algorithms are further discussed. Finally, we identified promising research directions in advancing the segmentation algorithms for the processing of ultrasound prostate images.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (Grant No. LH2021E081), the Fundamental Research Foundation for Universities of Heilongjiang Province (Grant No. LGYC2018JQ016), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Special Funded Project (Grant No. 2018T110313), and Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Science Foundation Special Funded Project (Grant No. LBH-TZ1705).

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Jiang, J., Guo, Y., Bi, Z. et al. Segmentation of prostate ultrasound images: the state of the art and the future directions of segmentation algorithms. Artif Intell Rev 56, 615–651 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-022-10179-4

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