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To address these issues, our method introduces a novel coarse-to-fine optimization framework to overcome these challenges on ultrasound data, which comprises four main stages: (1) initial region of interest (ROI) localization using a deep learning model; (2) vertex sequence determination through a principal curve-based polyline search; (3) optimal initialization of the backpropagation neural network (NN) via an enhanced quantum evolutionary algorithm; (4) defining the ROI boundary with a mathematical model based on NN parameters.\n                    <jats:italic>Main Results.<\/jats:italic>\n                    Our method outperforms current algorithms in ultrasound PCa data, achieving mean Dice similarity coefficient (DSC), Jaccard similarity coefficient (OMG), and accuracy (ACC) of 83.6 \u00b1 3.1%, 71.8 \u00b1 2.5%, and 83.5 \u00b1 3.1%, respectively. 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