Intelligent Computing Methods for Medical Image Analysis and Computer Vision

A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E1: Mathematics and Computer Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 454

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Interests: artificial intelligence medical image analysis; autonomous surgical robot

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Dear Colleagues,

Recent advances in artificial intelligence and computer vision have significantly transformed the field of medical image analysis, enabling more accurate diagnosis, surgical planning, and intelligent medical interventions. With the rapid development of deep learning, multimodal data fusion, and intelligent perception algorithms, computational methods are increasingly capable of extracting clinically meaningful information from complex medical imaging data such as CT, MRI, ultrasound, and endoscopic images. These technologies play a critical role in areas including disease detection, image segmentation, surgical navigation, and robotic-assisted interventions.

This Special Issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research on intelligent computing methods that advance medical image analysis and computer vision in healthcare applications. We particularly encourage contributions that develop novel algorithms, models, and systems for medical image understanding, multimodal image fusion, uncertainty modeling, and real-time perception in clinical environments. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, deep learning for medical imaging, computer vision techniques for surgical robotics, multimodal medical data analysis, intelligent image-guided intervention systems, and AI-driven diagnostic support tools.

By presenting recent methodological innovations and clinical applications, this Special Issue seeks to foster interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers in artificial intelligence, robotics, computer vision, and medical sciences, ultimately promoting the development of next-generation intelligent healthcare technologies.

Dr. Guoli Song
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Keywords

  • medical image analysis
  • computer vision in healthcare
  • deep learning for medical imaging
  • multimodal medical data fusion
  • AI-assisted diagnosis and intervention

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Daisy-Net: Dual-Attention and Inter-Scale-Aware Yield Network for Lung Nodule Object Detection
by Zhijian Zhu, Yiwen Zhao, Xingang Zhao, Yuhan Ying, Haoran Gu, Guoli Song and Qinghui Wang
Mathematics 2026, 14(8), 1350; https://doi.org/10.3390/math14081350 - 17 Apr 2026
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Lung nodule detection remains a critical challenge in clinical diagnostics due to the small size, weak contrast, and high background interference of nodules in CT scans. To address these issues, a novel deep neural network architecture, termed Daisy-Net, is proposed. This model incorporates [...] Read more.
Lung nodule detection remains a critical challenge in clinical diagnostics due to the small size, weak contrast, and high background interference of nodules in CT scans. To address these issues, a novel deep neural network architecture, termed Daisy-Net, is proposed. This model incorporates dual attention mechanisms and inter-scale feature perception, consisting of two primary components: the Parallelized Patch and Spatial Context Aware (PPSCA) module and the Omni-domain Multistage Fusion (OMF) module. The PPSCA module enhances the extraction of fine-grained textures and boundary information through multi-branch patch perception and spatial attention. The OMF module employs omni-domain feature fusion and progressive stage-wise supervision to improve robustness and discrimination under complex conditions. The lung nodule detection task is formulated as a two-dimensional segmentation problem and evaluated on the LUNA16 dataset. In the post-binarization comparative evaluation, Daisy-Net achieves the best overall performance among all compared methods, with an Intersection over Union (IoU) of 81.41, a Dice coefficient of 89.75, a precision of 95.34, a sensitivity of 84.78, and a specificity of 99.9974. These findings indicate the model’s strong capability in detecting small pulmonary nodules accurately and reliably. Full article
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