Retrraction note: Medical image semantic segmentation based on deep learning (Neural Computing and Applications, (2018), 29, 5, (1257-1265), 10.1007/s00521-017-3158-6)

The Editor-in-Chief and the publisher have retracted this article. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation's findings the Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article. The authors have not responded to correspondence from the publisher about this retraction.