Proposes a new method for medical image segmentation.
problem Medical image segmentation challenges.
method Decompose-and-Integrate Learning.
result Improves segmentation performance on multiple datasets.
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Reducing the Hausdorff Distance in Medical Image Segmentation with Convolutional Neural Networkseess.IV
Paper reduces Hausdorff Distance in medical image segmentation.
problem Reduction of Hausdorff Distance in medical image segmentation.
method Three novel loss functions for training CNNs to estimate and reduce HD.
result Approximately 18-45% reduction in HD without degrading other performance metrics.
Proposes VILMAP for finding motifs and segmenting words in time series.
problem Finding motifs and segmenting words in time series data.
method Self-Organizing Maps with variable input length.
result VILMAP identifies motifs of varying lengths and avoids catastrophic forgetting.
NuClick uses clicks inside nuclei to improve nuclear segmentation.
problem Lack of efficient tools for nuclear segmentation due to labor-intensive annotation.
method Convolutional neural network framework that uses single point clicks for nuclei segmentation.
result NuClick generates superior segmentation results and facilitates more annotations.
The automatic digitizing of paper maps is a significant and challenging task for both academia and industry. As an important procedure of map digitizing, the semantic segmentation section mainly relies on manual visual interpretation with low efficiency. In this study, we select urban planning maps as a representative …
Proposes a method to improve weakly supervised image segmentation using deep geodesic priors.
problem Limited availability of high-quality annotations for image segmentation, especially in medical data.
method Integrates a deep geodesic prior extracted from an auto-encoder to reduce the adverse effects of weak labels in segmentation accuracy.
result The proposed method significantly improves segmentation accuracy, boosting performance by 4.4% in dice score for clean labels and up to 6.3% for noisy labels (L2).
VarDeepPCA: A Sampling-Free Variational DNN Plugin for OOD Segmentation with Uncertainty Estimation
problem Deep neural networks (DNNs) fail to generalize to out-of-distribution (OOD) medical images due to variations in scanners and acquisition protocols.
method VarDeepPCA is a lightweight variational DNN framework that learns a distribution of valid anatomical geometries using small in-distribution datasets.
result VarDeepPCA restores segmentation maps produced by existing methods on OOD data to improve anatomical plausibility and reduce errors.
VarDeepPCA refines medical image segmentation from small datasets, improving anatomical plausibility and reducing errors.
problem Medical image segmentation fails on out-of-distribution data due to variations in scanners and protocols.
method VarDeepPCA learns valid anatomical geometries using only small in-distribution datasets, providing uncertainty estimates.
result VarDeepPCA restores segmentation maps to OOD data, improving anatomical plausibility and reducing errors.
ZegOT uses optimal transport to zero-shot segment images with text prompts.
problem Zero-shot semantic segmentation with limited image-text alignment knowledge.
method ZegOT uses optimal transport to match multiple text prompts with frozen image embeddings.
result ZegOT achieves state-of-the-art performance in zero-shot semantic segmentation.
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…
We propose a semantic segmentation model that exploits rotation and reflection symmetries. We demonstrate significant gains in sample efficiency due to increased weight sharing, as well as improvements in robustness to symmetry transformations. The group equivariant CNN framework is extended for segmentation by introdu…
Spatially-aware metrics improve uncertainty evaluation in segmentation.
problem Uncertainty evaluation metrics treat voxels independently, ignoring spatial context.
method Proposed three spatially aware metrics incorporating structural and boundary information.
result Improved alignment with clinically important factors and better discrimination between uncertainty patterns.
The limit of energies of a sequence of harmonic maps as their annular domains approach the boundary of moduli space depends upon the boundary point approached. The infinite energy case is associated with limits of images containing ruled surfaces. The finite energy case yields a limit of images, under a suitable topolo…
Time series clustering is the process of grouping time series with respect to their similarity or characteristics. Previous approaches usually combine a specific distance measure for time series and a standard clustering method. However, these approaches do not take the similarity of the different subsequences of each …
ACNN improves medical image segmentation with full resolution and higher IoUs.
problem Reduced spatial resolution in current DCNNs hinders medical image segmentation.
method Proposes ACNN using atrous convolution, cascaded atrous II-blocks, residual learning, and Instance Normalization.
result ACNN achieves higher IoUs than U-Net and Deeplabv3+ with fewer parameters.
Paper improves robustness of semantic segmentation models.
problem Improving robustness of semantic segmentation models for safer interactions.
method Analyzes and corrects softmax function mappings to improve model robustness.
result Improves robustness with minimal performance impact and code changes.
A deep learning framework separates overlapping nuclei in histology images.
problem Challenges in nuclear segmentation due to overlapping nuclei.
method Proposal-free spatially-aware deep learning framework with multi-scale spatial information.
result State-of-the-art performance in nuclear segmentation on a multi-organ data set.
A new method models uncertainty in medical image segmentation.
problem Inherent ambiguity in anatomical structure and pathology segmentation.
method Hierarchical probabilistic model with variational autoencoder.
result Generates more realistic and diverse segmentation samples.
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.
Method maps gaze fixations to hazards for safer construction.
problem Unrecognized hazards pose safety risks to construction workers.
method Instance segmentation using transfer learning.
result Mapped gaze data improves understanding of hazard recognition.
Sub-Riemannian Snakes on the Projective Line Bundle with Applications to Segmentation of SEM Imagesmath.DG
A new snake model improves segmentation of SEM images.
problem Efficiently segmenting overlapping electronic structures in SEM images.
method Geodesic tracking on projective line bundle with a geometric criterion for switching between fast spatial snakes and minimizing geodesics.
result Improved robust and automatic segmentation of overlapping electronic structures in SEM images.
Novel framework monitors cardiac image segmentation models in real-time.
problem Ensuring continuous high model performance and segmentation results in clinics.
method Formulated as anomaly detection, the framework derives surrogate quality measures for segmentation.
result Demonstrated accurate, fast, and scalable quality control monitoring.
Unsupervised speech recognition without labeled data using novel cost function and MAP refinement.
problem Training speech recognition systems without labeled data.
method Alternates between phoneme classifier learning and boundary refinement using Segmental Empirical Output Distribution Matching and MAP approach.
result Achieves phone error rate (PER) of 41.6% on TIMIT dataset.
More than one billion people live in slums around the world. In some developing countries, slum residents make up for more than half of the population and lack reliable sanitation services, clean water, electricity, other basic services. Thus, slum rehabilitation and improvement is an important global challenge, and a …
Generative Synthetic Augmentation using Label-to-Image Translation for Nuclei Image Segmentationcs.LG
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.
We obtain a criterion for approximability by embeddings of piecewise linear maps of a circle to the plane, analogous to the one proved by Minc for maps of a segment to the plane. Theorem. Let S be a triangulation of a circle with s vertices. Let f be a simplicial map of the graph S to the plane. The map f is approximab…
Paper presents a brain tumor segmentation method using NGMM and 3D FVF.
problem Automatic brain tumor segmentation from MRIs is challenging.
method Normalized Gaussian Bayesian classifier and 3D Fluid Vector Flow algorithm.
result The method successfully segments brain tumors from MRI images.
Evaluation of Multi-Slice Inputs to Convolutional Neural Networks for Medical Image Segmentationeess.IV
Study evaluates using multiple slices as input for CNNs in medical image segmentation.
problem Improving segmentation performance in medical images with limited computational resources.
method Compared pseudo-3D and 2D approaches using different CNN architectures and datasets.
result Multi-slice inputs did not significantly improve segmentation performance over 2D or 3D CNNs.
Bayesian HMM for protein alignment state estimation.
problem Estimating the MAP state sequence for a Bayesian HMM.
method Training data with Dirichlet priors, iterative algorithms for MAP path estimation.
result Bayesian setup outperforms frequentist estimation in protein alignment.
3D ConvNets improved with Project & Excite for medical imaging segmentation.
problem Improving segmentation performance in 3D medical imaging.
method Proposed Project & Excite (PE) modules for 3D F-CNNs, extending 2D recalibration methods.
result Project & Excite modules boost segmentation performance up to 0.3 in Dice Score.
The paper proposes a novel Kernelized image segmentation scheme for noisy images that utilizes the concept of Smallest Univalue Segment Assimilating Nucleus (SUSAN) and incorporates spatial constraints by computing circular colour map induced weights. Fuzzy damping coefficients are obtained for each nucleus or center p…
Improves instance segmentation accuracy by integrating low-level features.
problem Low-level features enhance instance localization accuracy.
method Integrates low-level features into all layers of a feature pyramid network.
result Consistent improvement in precision on COCO Dataset.
Generative model creates realistic scenes from pixel-wise labels.
problem Creating photo-realistic scenes from pixel-wise labels.
method Semantic bottleneck GAN model combining conditional and unconditional generation networks.
result Model outperforms state-of-the-art models in unsupervised image synthesis.
Unsupervised fire and smoke segmentation from IR videos.
problem Early detection of fire from infrared videos.
method Spatial, temporal, and motion information fusion using optical flow, divergence, and intensity values.
result Markov Random Field outperforms other clustering algorithms in fire and smoke segmentation.
DVNet efficiently segments large neurovascular datasets using skip connections.
problem Challenges in segmenting large neurovascular datasets from high-throughput microscopy data.
method A fully-convolutional, deep, and densely-connected encoder-decoder network with skip connections.
result DVNet achieves superior performance in semantic segmentation of neurovascular datasets.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been proposed as a complimentary method to measure bone quality and assess fracture risk. However, manual segmentation of MR images of bone is time-consuming, limiting the use of MRI measurements in the clinical practice. The purpose of this paper is to present an automatic proximal…
TUNet improves protein classification in cell images.
problem Classifying specific proteins in human cells using microscopy images.
method TUNet model incorporating segmentation maps for improved classification.
result TUNet achieves competitive performance in protein classification.
We propose a novel two-phase approach to functional network estimation of multi-subject functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data, which applies model-based image segmentation to determine a group-representative connectivity map. In our approach, we first improve clustering-based Independent Component Analysis …
Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are one of the most widely used statistical methods for analyzing sequence data. However, the reporting of output from HMMs has largely been restricted to the presentation of the most-probable (MAP) hidden state sequence, found via the Viterbi algorithm, or the sequence of most probable marg…
We present a method that "meta" classifies whether seg-ments predicted by a semantic segmentation neural networkintersect with the ground truth. For this purpose, we employ measures of dispersion for predicted pixel-wise class probability distributions, like classification entropy, that yield heat maps of the input sce…
Graph neural network predicts optimal coarse-grained mapping operators.
problem Optimal coarse-grained mapping operators selection for molecular dynamics simulations.
method Graph Neural Network (DSGPM) trained on expert-annotated data.
result DSGPM outperforms state-of-the-art methods in graph segmentation.
Enhances uncertainty estimation in medical image segmentation.
problem Frequency-related noise in medical imaging leads to biased uncertainty estimates.
method Extends MC-Dropout to the frequency domain for better uncertainty estimation.
result MC-Frequency Dropout improves calibration and uncertainty in semantic segmentation.
Improved Morse Index Stability for Sequences of Harmonic Maps from Degenerating Riemann Surfacesmath.DG
Stability of Morse index for harmonic maps on degenerating surfaces analyzed.
problem Analyzing stability of Morse index for harmonic maps on degenerating Riemann surfaces.
method Analysis of second variation of energy, identification of conditions for upper semicontinuity, explicit contribution of geodesics.
result Sharper control of spectrum of Jacobi operator, explicit contribution of geodesic segments to Morse index.
Improved road segmentation on low-res LIDAR data for autonomous vehicles.
problem Low-resolution LIDAR data affects road segmentation accuracy in autonomous vehicles.
method Subsampled LIDAR data transformation into feature maps, use local normal vector with spherical coordinates.
result Improves road segmentation accuracy on low-resolution LIDAR data.
Mobile phones can record individual's daily behavioral data as a time-series. In this paper, we present an effective time-series segmentation technique that extracts optimal time segments of individual's similar behavioral characteristics utilizing their mobile phone data. One of the determinants of an individual's beh…
Enhanced deep learning model improves tumor segmentation in ultrasound images.
problem Challenges in integrating patient-specific medical priors into deep learning models.
method Integrates visual saliency into a U-Net architecture with attention blocks.
result Achieved a Dice similarity coefficient of 90.5 percent on a dataset of 510 images.
New method tackles instance segmentation on 3D point clouds with improved metrics.
problem Evaluation metrics are affected by small regions containing few instances.
method Proposes a new method with O(Np) space complexity that learns embeddings for clusters of instances.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance using both existing and proposed metrics.
The paper explores methods to explain brain tumor segmentation models and extract visualizations.
problem Improving interpretability of deep learning models for brain tumor segmentation.
method Exploring techniques to explain brain tumor segmentation models and extract visualizations.
result Brain tumor segmentation networks learn human-understandable disentangled concepts and use a top-down approach.