Machine learning builds personalized pediatric abdominal phantoms.
problem Lack of individualized phantoms for radiation therapy studies.
method Combining imaging and machine learning to automatically build phantoms.
result Automatically constructed phantoms more accurately represent patient anatomy.
Ultrasound diagnosis is routinely used in obstetrics and gynecology for fetal biometry, and owing to its time-consuming process, there has been a great demand for automatic estimation. However, the automated analysis of ultrasound images is complicated because they are patient-specific, operator-dependent, and machine-…
The automatic analysis of ultrasound sequences can substantially improve the efficiency of clinical diagnosis. In this work we present our attempt to automate the challenging task of measuring the vascular diameter of the fetal abdominal aorta from ultrasound images. We propose a neural network architecture consisting …
Generative adversarial networks reconstruct MRI images without full data.
problem Lack of fully-sampled ground truth data for supervised MRI reconstruction.
method Generative adversarial networks for unsupervised MRI reconstruction.
result Reconstructed images show more anatomical structure than conventional methods.
In this paper, we present UNet++, a new, more powerful architecture for medical image segmentation. Our architecture is essentially a deeply-supervised encoder-decoder network where the encoder and decoder sub-networks are connected through a series of nested, dense skip pathways. The re-designed skip pathways aim at r…
The study recovers airflow from thoracic and abdominal movements using advanced signal processing.
problem Challenges in measuring airflow from thoracic and abdominal movements using small, inexpensive devices.
method Synchrosqueezing transform and locally stationary Gaussian process regression.
result Accurate prediction of airflow achieved in both normal sleep and anesthesia transition cases.
The multiple fundamental frequency detection problem and the source separation problem from a single-channel signal containing multiple oscillatory components and a nonstationary noise are both challenging tasks. To extract the fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) from a single-lead maternal abdominal ECG, we face both challe…
A ML-based method reconstructs 3D organ doses from 2D radiographs for pediatric abdominal radiotherapy.
problem Reconstructing detailed 3D dose distributions for childhood cancer survivors using limited 2D radiographs.
method Surrogate-free ML approach using 142 abdominal planning CTs, 300 artificial plans, and evolutionary algorithm.
result Accurate 3D dose reconstructions with MAEs ≤ 1.7 Gy for edge organs, validated on independent dataset.
Method generates anatomically-controllable medical images with segmentation guidance.
problem Challenging to enforce anatomical constraints in generated medical images.
method Segmentation-guided diffusion models with random mask ablation training.
result New state-of-the-art in faithfulness to input anatomical masks.
Study uses machine learning to detect early COVID-19 from CT images.
problem Early detection of COVID-19 from CT images.
method Machine learning methods applied to patches of CT images, feature extraction (GLCM, LDP, GLRLM, GLSZM, DWT), SVM classification.
result Best classification accuracy of 99.68% with 10-fold cross-validation and GLSZM feature extraction.
New CNN architecture improves pediatric image segmentation by homogenizing pose and size.
problem Challenges in segmenting pediatric images due to pose and size heterogeneity.
method Spatial Transformer Network (STN) for pose and scale invariance, combined with UNet for segmentation.
result Improved pediatric segmentation, especially renal tumor delineation, with accelerated processing.
There is a need for affordable, widely deployable maternal-fetal ECG monitors to improve maternal and fetal health during pregnancy and delivery. Based on the diffusion-based channel selection, here we present the mathematical formalism and clinical validation of an algorithm capable of accurate separation of maternal …
4-bit quantization reduces U-Net memory by 8x with minimal accuracy loss.
problem Reducing memory and computation time in deep learning models.
method Fixed-point quantization of U-Net architecture.
result 8x reduction in memory usage with minimal accuracy loss.
We develop a novel algorithm to predict the occurrence of major abdominal surgery within 5 years following Crohn's disease diagnosis using a panel of 29 baseline covariates from the Swedish population registers. We model pseudo-observations based on the Aalen-Johansen estimator of the cause-specific cumulative incidenc…
Wavesplit separates speech from mixtures using clustering.
problem Permutation problem in speech separation.
method End-to-end system infers speaker representations and estimates signals.
result Robust separation of long recordings, new benchmarks set.
New algorithms improve vascular flow simulations in aortic aneurysms.
problem Limited accuracy of MRI in hemodynamics, patient-specific flow boundary conditions, and CFD's computational demands.
method Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) and Deep Operator Networks (DeepONets) integrated with 3D Navier-Stokes equations.
result Improved computational efficiency and good agreement with CFD simulations.
Prediction markets are used in real life to predict outcomes of interest such as presidential elections. This paper presents a mathematical theory of artificial prediction markets for supervised learning of conditional probability estimators. The artificial prediction market is a novel method for fusing the prediction …
A new VAD method uses respiration patterns from video to detect speech.
problem Improving VAD performance in noisy audio recordings.
method Extract respiration patterns from video, use neural models to detect speech.
result Efficacy demonstrated through experiments on real acoustic environments.
Study characterizes bladder motion using dynamic MRI and statistical analysis.
problem Limited volume coverage in dynamic MRI sequences hinders 3D shape reconstruction.
method 3D dense velocity measurements, LDDMM framework, statistical characterization, mean curvature changes, surface deformation analysis.
result Stable shape descriptor for characterizing bladder surface dynamics.
CatSIM measures image similarity robustly to small changes.
problem Measuring similarity between images, especially with small perturbations.
method Uses structural similarity image quality paradigm, robust to small location changes.
result Structural similarity between images rated higher when not entirely overlapping.
Develops statistical guarantees for image-to-image regression models.
problem Current image-to-image regression models lack statistical guarantees for model mistakes and hallucinations.
method Uncertainty quantification techniques with rigorous statistical guarantees for image-to-image regression problems.
result Derives uncertainty intervals around each pixel with formal mathematical guarantees.
AugurOne trains single image generators without GANs using image warps.
problem Training end-to-end single image generators without GANs.
method Non-affine augmentations of single input images for training an upscaling neural network.
result End-to-end training yields state-of-the-art performance on conditional generation tasks.
Total variation denoising improves image quality adaptively.
problem Improving image quality from noisy data.
method Total variation regularization for image denoising.
result Denoised images converge to true images at a parametric rate.
Transmission imaging, as an important imaging technique widely used in astronomy, medical diagnosis, and biology science, has been shown in [49] quite different from reflection imaging used in our everyday life. Understanding the structures of images (the prior information) is important for designing, testing, and choo…
A new metric FRD improves comparing medical images.
problem Comparing medical images for distribution or domain differences.
method Developed a new metric FRD using standardized radiomic features.
result FRD outperforms other metrics in various medical imaging applications.
This study investigates how much knowledge from natural images can be transferred to pathology images.
problem Quantifying how much knowledge from natural images can be transferred to pathology images.
method Proposes a framework to quantify knowledge gain by a particular layer, conducts empirical investigation in pathology image centered transfer learning.
result Early layers of deep models can transfer knowledge to pathology image classification tasks.
Generates high-resolution images from low-resolution inputs.
problem Generating realistic images from low-resolution inputs.
method Latent Adversarial Generator (LAG) using perceptual loss.
result Samples of high-resolution images from low-resolution inputs.
Computational ghost imaging is an imaging technique in which an object is imaged from light collected using a single-pixel detector with no spatial resolution. Recently, ghost cytometry has been proposed for a high-speed cell-classification method that involves ghost imaging and machine learning in flow cytometry. Ghos…
Content based image retrieval, a technique which uses visual contents of image to search images from large scale image databases according to users' interests. This paper provides a comprehensive survey on recent technology used in the area of content based face image retrieval. Nowadays digital devices and photo shari…
PG-IM uses neural-symbolic programs to manipulate images.
problem Creating holistic image representations and manipulations.
method PG-IM detects patterns, induces symbolic programs, and manipulates images using a neural network.
result PG-IM learns from a single image and achieves superior performance.
Paper introduces LLISE for image structure learning using SSIM.
problem Image quality assessment using MSE or ℓ2 norm is not promising. method Locally Linear Image Structural Embedding (LLISE) using SSIM.
result LLISE captures image structure features and discriminates distortions.
Paper proposes method to generate images from text using GANs trained on uncaptioned images.
problem Limited captioned image datasets for text-to-image synthesis.
method Conditional GANs trained on uncaptioned images with an Image Captioning Module.
result Promising preliminary results compared to unconditional GANs.
Latent feature models are attractive for image modeling, since images generally contain multiple objects. However, many latent feature models ignore that objects can appear at different locations or require pre-segmentation of images. While the transformed Indian buffet process (tIBP) provides a method for modeling tra…
The paper analyzes relationships between various image models for restoration.
problem Unclear relationships among popular image models for restoration.
method Theoretical analysis and experimental study of image models.
result Improved denoising performance by combining multiple image models.
Deep models generate images with missing high-frequency details.
problem Malicious use of realistic deep-generated images.
method Analysis of Fourier spectrum discrepancies between real and generated images.
result Detection method achieves up to 99.2% accuracy in classifying real and generated images.
StrokeCoder uses Transformers to generate images from single examples.
problem Creating diverse images from a single example.
method Transformer Neural Network learns from a single path-based example to generate a set of images.
result The model can generate a large set of deviated images that still represent the original image's style and concept.
Improved self-supervised learning for document images.
problem Performance of self-supervised pre-training on document images is poor.
method Proposed context-aware alternatives and a novel multi-modal method.
result Novel method outperforms other self-supervised methods on document image classification.
This paper proposes synthetic augmentation for nuclei image segmentation in medical pathology.
problem Rare and time-consuming labeling of tumor nuclei images for semantic segmentation.
method Label-to-image translation to generate synthetic images.
result Synthetic augmentation improves segmentation accuracy.
Synthesizing images of the eye fundus is a challenging task that has been previously approached by formulating complex models of the anatomy of the eye. New images can then be generated by sampling a suitable parameter space. In this work, we propose a method that learns to synthesize eye fundus images directly from da…
OTRE uses OT to improve retinal images, outperforming existing methods.
problem Improving quality of non-mydriatic retinal images for accurate diagnoses.
method OT theory for image-to-image translation, regularization by enhancing.
result OTRE outperforms state-of-the-art methods on various retinal image tasks.
Method screens similar capsule endoscopic images, reducing doctor workload and improving accuracy.
problem Time-consuming and high error rate in manual inspection of large numbers of similar capsule endoscopic images.
method Structural similarity analysis of visually salient areas and hierarchical clustering.
result 76% reduction in similar images, 100% lesion recall, 18-minute average play time.
IAGAN method improves medical image reconstruction by incorporating adaptive GAN priors.
problem Reconstructing high-fidelity medical images from incomplete data.
method Image-adaptive GAN-based reconstruction method (IAGAN).
result IAGAN can recover fine structures relevant for medical diagnosis.
LcGAN generates synthetic CT images for hemorrhagic lesion segmentation.
problem Scarce training data for hemorrhagic lesion segmentation.
method Lesion conditional Generative Adversarial Network (LcGAN) for synthetic image generation.
result Segmentation improved by 12.8% with synthetic data augmentation.
SR-NAM maps low-res images to multiple high-res images realistically.
problem Mapping low-resolution images to multiple high-resolution images realistically.
method SR-NAM using Non-Adversarial Mapping (NAM) technique and a degradation model.
result Realistic degradation and down-sampling of high-resolution images.
Local differential privacy method protects image privacy in machine learning.
problem Protecting image privacy in machine learning models from data owners.
method Locally perturbs image representations before releasing them to the data user.
result Proposes DCAConv, an image feature extractor that maintains high data utility while preserving privacy.
Image denoising is always a challenging task in the field of computer vision and image processing. In this paper, we have proposed an encoder-decoder model with direct attention, which is capable of denoising and reconstruct highly corrupted images. Our model consists of an encoder and a decoder, where the encoder is a…
Deep learning attacks chaos-based image encryption.
problem Chaos-based image encryption vulnerability.
method Project encrypted images to low-dimensional space, use deconvolutional generator to regenerate images.
result Proposes a key-independent, end-to-end trained method to attack chaos-based encryption.
Adapts deep learning models trained on simulated images for use with real images.
problem Difficulty in training deep neural networks on large amounts of experimental data.
method Adversarial domain adaptation method to mitigate domain shift between simulated and experimental image data.
result Adversarial domain adaptation successfully mitigates domain shift and improves numerical observer performance.