Literature Review of Deep Learning and Neuroimaging Techniques in Medical Imaging

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Literature review of paper 1.
In order to carry out effective diagnosis, detection of the disease in the earlier phases
followed by proper treatment of the diseases, the techniques of magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI), computed tomography (CT), mammography, ultrasound and positron emission
tomography (PET) have been used in the medical sector [1]. Medical images provided with
both physiological and biological data. Earlier these methods were conducted manually by
physicals or other medical personnel, however recent study findings have reported that in
recent times there has been an increase in the analysis by the intervention provided by
computational medical analysis [2]. Another study conducted by [3], has shown that deep
learning methods have been implemented in computational analysis for medical imaging in
order to avoid the hindrances that exists in step of converting engineering into a step of
learning. According to [4], the methods of deep learning can be addressed in situations where
the present samples of the study are quite large. Another study presented deep learning as a
new trend in the field of data analysis, which aims to improve the artificial neural networks.
The study also reflected that the methods of deep learning provides the data predictions in a
multi-layered method [2]. Researches have classified the properties of deep learning into two
major categories namely nonlinear processing units which is of multiple layer nature and
supervised or unsupervised learning of feature presentations. However the early deep learning
frameworks were built on the foundations of artificial neural networks (ANNs). Deep
learning was developed by implementation of a network of layer-wise pre-training deep auto-
encoder (AE). Neural networks are main components behind the deep learning development
[5]. The studies by [1], depicted the application of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for
the process of medical imaging. The study showed that from mammograms, the ROIs
containing either biopsy-proven masses or normal tissues could be extracted. Certain studies
also showed the application of CNN in the detection of lung nodule [6]. Although in medical

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applications, deep learning methods have achieved state-of-the-art performance but there are
still some aspects which could be improved. NiftyNet platform is one such improved tool of
implementing deep learning. A high-level deep learning pipeline is given by NiftyNet. It has
the components that are optimized for the purpose of medical imaging like data loading,
sampling and augmentation, networks, loss functions, evaluations, and a model zoo [7].
There are certain interfaces for medical image segmentation that are specific along with the
processes of regression, classification, image generation along with applications of learning
representation.
Literature review of paper 2
Cortical reorganization detection by methods of invasive investigations have been
established as unfeasible methods hence several non-invasive approaches of neuroimaging
were developed like positron-emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) [8]. Studies suggested that the neuroimaging studies were involved in the examination
of the cognitive reappraisal. Another study showed that in patients suffering from stroke,
neuroimaging is used to detect enhanced activity in a number of areas such as premotor
cortex, supplementary motor area, parietal and prefrontal cortex along with the striatum,
thalamus and cerebellum during paretic limb movements in both cases of affected and
unaffected hemi- sphere [6]. There has been several meta-analysis studies which stated that
the area of contralesional M1 and the premotor areas that are activated can be found using the
neuroimaging techniques of MRI. There have been studies on the presence of dense intra-
and interhemispheric cortico-cortical projections that exists between the PMC, SMA,
posterior parietal areas and M1 in the brain, can be traced using the above technique [9]. This
helps in facilitating the spinal cord neuron motor outputs. Studies by [10], reflected that