Deep learning has shown its great promise in various biomedical image segmentation tasks. Existing models are typically based on U-Net and rely on an encoder-decoder architecture with stacked local operators to aggregate long-range information gradually. However, only using the local operators limits the efficiency and…
Self-supervised method predicts clean signal and noise distribution from noisy images.
problem Blind denoising and noise estimation in biomedical images with limited clean data.
method Two neural networks jointly predict clean signal and noise distribution from noisy observations.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms on six biomedical image datasets.
Machine learning speeds up FLIM analysis in biomedical research.
problem Complex, slow, and computationally expensive FLIM analysis.
method Machine learning techniques for faster and smarter FLIM data extraction and interpretation.
result Higher accuracy in classifying and segmenting FLIM images compared to conventional methods.
In medicine, visualizing chromosomes is important for medical diagnostics, drug development, and biomedical research. Unfortunately, chromosomes often overlap and it is necessary to identify and distinguish between the overlapping chromosomes. A segmentation solution that is fast and automated will enable scaling of co…
Deep learning methods have shown extraordinary potential for analyzing very diverse biomedical data, but their dissemination beyond developers is hindered by important computational hurdles. We introduce ImJoy (https://imjoy.io/), a flexible and open-source browser-based platform designed to facilitate widespread reuse…
Proposes a novel method to identify complex effects in multi-view datasets.
problem Challenges in analyzing multi-view biomedical datasets with complex interactions.
method Generalized kernel machine approach considering marginal and joint effects of features from different views.
result Effective identification of higher-order composite effects in multi-view datasets.
Enhancement attacks can falsely improve machine learning model performance in biomedical research.
problem The trustworthiness of machine learning in biomedical research is threatened by enhancement attacks.
method Developed two techniques to enhance prediction performance with minimal changes to features.
result Falsely improved classifiers' accuracy from 50% to almost 100% while maintaining high feature similarities.
Develops spatial uncertainty guarantees for image segmentation models.
problem Ensuring reliable segmentation predictions for biomedical images.
method Adapting conformal inference to imaging, using transformed logit scores and calibration datasets.
result Confidence sets provide spatial uncertainty guarantees with desired probability.
New method uses artificial data to improve biomedical text tagging.
problem Lack of labeled data for biomedical tasks.
method Fine-tuning a pre-trained encoder with additional artificial labeled instances.
result Achieved state-of-the-art performance in PICO annotation.
SODA optimizes data augmentation allocation for deep learning models.
problem Inefficient allocation of data augmentation budget in deep neural networks.
method Online learning to dynamically allocate data augmentation budget during training.
result Optimized data augmentation can save computation time and promote greener machine learning.
A framework uses variational Bayes for solving inverse problems efficiently.
problem Solving inverse problems in various dimensions with flexibility and accuracy.
method Variational Bayes approximations with message passing and factor graph approach.
result Efficient algorithm updates for higher dimensions and computational advantage over MCMC.
SMM improves signal recovery from noisy data.
problem Estimating signals from noisy and scaled observations.
method Spiked mixture model (SMM) with EM algorithm.
result SMM outperforms GMM in signal recovery.
Medical image registration is one of the key processing steps for biomedical image analysis such as cancer diagnosis. Recently, deep learning based supervised and unsupervised image registration methods have been extensively studied due to its excellent performance in spite of ultra-fast computational time compared to …
Framework for causal discovery using multi-modal data.
problem Failure of representation learning in causal tasks.
method Statistical and computational framework combining representation learning and causal inference.
result Effective use of observational and perturbational data for causal discovery.
Linear problems appear in a variety of disciplines and their application for the transmission matrix recovery is one of the most stimulating challenges in biomedical imaging. Its knowledge turns any random media into an optical tool that can focus or transmit an image through disorder. Here, converting an input-output …
This work abstracts deep neural networks into concept graphs for better interpretability in medical tasks.
problem Lack of interpretability in deep learning models, especially in medical domains.
method Developed a graphical representation of medical image processing models to understand concept-based reasoning.
result Extracted a concept-level graph that reveals the decision-making process of deep learning models.
Bayesian variational inference improves medical image segmentation confidence.
problem Improving interpretability and confidence in deep learning models for medical image segmentation.
method Encoder-decoder architecture based on variational inference for segmenting brain tumor images.
result The model segments brain tumors with both aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty.
Using different sources of information to support automated extracting of relations between biomedical concepts contributes to the development of our understanding of biological systems. The primary comprehensive source of these relations is biomedical literature. Several relation extraction approaches have been propos…
We propose UOLO, a novel framework for the simultaneous detection and segmentation of structures of interest in medical images. UOLO consists of an object segmentation module which intermediate abstract representations are processed and used as input for object detection. The resulting system is optimized simultaneousl…
One of the biggest challenges in the field of biomedical imaging is the comprehension and the exploitation of the photon scattering through disordered media. Many studies have pursued the solution to this puzzle, achieving light-focusing control or reconstructing images in complex media. In the present work, we investi…
Improves biomedical entity linking with latent type modeling.
problem Lack of fine-grained type information for entity disambiguation.
method Jointly models entity disambiguation and latent type learning without direct supervision.
result Significant performance improvements over state-of-the-art techniques.
Counting is a fundamental task in biomedical imaging and count is an important biomarker in a number of conditions. Estimating the uncertainty in the measurement is thus vital to making definite, informed conclusions. In this paper, we first compare a range of existing methods to perform counting in medical imaging and…
Model predicts future term connections in biomedical research.
problem Capturing temporal dynamics and unobserved connections in biomedical term relationships.
method Variational inference model for positive-unlabeled learning on dynamic graphs.
result Model effectively predicts term relationships in real-world datasets.
Locally sparse neural networks improve interpretability for biomedical tabular data.
problem Overfitting and lack of interpretability in neural networks for tabular biomedical data.
method Locally sparse neural network with a gating network to select relevant features.
result The method outperforms state-of-the-art models in synthetic and real-world biomedical datasets.
BIOMRC dataset improves MRC performance, especially for non-experts.
problem Improving machine reading comprehension in biomedical texts.
method Developed a new dataset and tested two neural models, along with a BERT-based model.
result BERT-based model outperforms all other methods and reaches expert-level accuracy.
Generates biomedical abstracts from titles, years, and keywords.
problem Difficulties in understanding biomedical research papers due to specialized language.
method Conditional transformer-based language model with metadata conditioning.
result Generated abstracts are more relevant and non-trivial than GPT-2.
Review of modern computational optimal transport methods for biomedical applications.
problem Efficient computation of optimal transport for big data.
method Regularization-based and projection-based computational methods.
result Advancements in computational optimal transport methods for biomedical research.
The need for labour intensive pixel-wise annotation is a major limitation of many fully supervised learning methods for segmenting bioimages that can contain numerous object instances with thin separations. In this paper, we introduce a deep convolutional neural network for microscopy image segmentation. Annotation iss…
Method integrates logical rules into neural multi-hop reasoning for drug repurposing.
problem Capturing long-range dependencies in biomedical data.
method Combines logical rules with neural multi-hop reasoning using reinforcement learning.
result Our method outperforms baseline methods in drug repurposing tasks.
Paper proposes a new method for imputing missing biomedical data.
problem Missing values in biomedical data.
method Monte Carlo Dropout within Autoencoders.
result The method improves imputation error and predictive similarity.
This study evaluates data pre-processing techniques for class imbalance in biomedical data.
problem Class imbalance in biomedical datasets affects model performance.
method Resampling and feature selection techniques evaluated using SVM, C4.5, LDA, and KNN classifiers.
result Feature Selection outperforms other methods in most cases, especially with SVM.
Fluorescence microscopy has enabled a dramatic development in modern biology. Due to its inherently weak signal, fluorescence microscopy is not only much noisier than photography, but also presented with Poisson-Gaussian noise where Poisson noise, or shot noise, is the dominating noise source. To get clean fluorescence…
The paper presents algorithms for diagnosing Pathological Myopia and detecting retinal structures.
problem Diagnosing Pathological Myopia and detecting retinal structures in fundus images.
method The approach uses Deep Learning techniques, including transfer learning with Xception and YOLO architecture.
result The method has shown satisfactory results in the Pathologic Myopia Challenge.
In biomedical research, many different types of patient data can be collected, such as various types of omics data and medical imaging modalities. Applying multi-view learning to these different sources of information can increase the accuracy of medical classification models compared with single-view procedures. Howev…
DISPR uses diffusion models to predict 3D cell shapes from 2D images.
problem Predicting 3D cell shapes from 2D microscopy images.
method Diffusion model trained to predict 3D shapes from 2D microscopy images as a prior.
result Adding DISPR predictions to minority cell classes improves classification accuracy.
Efficiently clusters data with weak assumptions, robust to contamination.
problem General-shaped clustering under weak parametric assumptions with data contamination.
method Two-step hybrid robust clustering algorithm combining trimmed k-means and hierarchical agglomeration.
result Outperforms state-of-the-art methods in various applications.
Effective learning of asymmetric and local features in images and other data observed on multi-dimensional grids is a challenging objective critical for a wide range of image processing applications involving biomedical and natural images. It requires methods that are sensitive to local details while fast enough to han…
The support vector machine (SVM) is a widely used machine learning tool for classification based on statistical learning theory. Given a set of training data, the SVM finds a hyperplane that separates two different classes of data points by the largest distance. While the standard form of SVM uses L2-norm regularizatio…
Monitoring the biomedical literature for cases of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) is a critically important and time consuming task in pharmacovigilance. The development of computer assisted approaches to aid this process in different forms has been the subject of many recent works. One particular area that has shown pro…
A multi-task learning model for slot tagging in biomedical domains.
problem Limited labeled data, memory constraints, and domain-specific slot types.
method Multi-task learning using deep bidirectional transformers.
result Outperforms previous state-of-the-art systems in efficiency and effectiveness.
A crucial challenge in image-based modeling of biomedical data is to identify trends and features that separate normality and pathology. In many cases, the morphology of the imaged object exhibits continuous change as it deviates from normality, and thus a generative model can be trained to model this morphological con…
Study improves LLMs for PPI analysis by addressing uncertainty.
problem Uncertainty in LLM predictions for PPIs.
method Fine-tuned LLaMA-3 and BioMedGPT models, LoRA ensembles, Bayesian LoRA for UQ.
result Competitive PPI identification performance across diverse disease contexts.
Designs CNNs for better image reconstruction.
problem Image reconstruction from limited data.
method Parseval convolution operators and chaining of elementary modules.
result CNN-based algorithm yields better results than sparsity-based methods.
Smile-GANs clusters brain MRI scans to reveal disease subtypes and progression.
problem Understanding disease heterogeneity in brain MRI scans.
method Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for semi-supervised clustering.
result Discovered four subtypes of Alzheimer's and prodromal phases, with two progressive pathways.
Method cleans noisy training labels for biomedical data.
problem Accurately labeling biomedical data is challenging.
method Reliability-based training data cleaning with inductive conformal prediction.
result Significant enhancements in classification performance across multiple tasks.
HOoD detects near-out-of-distribution groups in correlated biomedical assays.
problem Detecting near-out-of-distribution cases in biased or incomplete data.
method Projects correlated measurements through a trained model and uses permutation-based hypothesis tests.
result HOoD reliably identifies OoD groups, outperforming other detectors.
New DL model handles missing data in biomedical datasets.
problem Handling missing data in modern biomedical datasets.
method Proposed a new DL architecture, dlglm, for generalized linear models.
result Outperforms existing methods in MNAR missingness scenarios.
Paper tackles image reconstruction from limited data using polyhedral norms and convex regularizers.
problem Learning convex regularizers for image reconstruction from limited data.
method Imposes amplitude-equivariance, approximates functionals with polyhedral norms, identifies synthesis and analysis forms, proposes a trainable tight frame architecture.
result Proposed framework outperforms sparsity-based methods in denoising and biomedical image reconstruction.