This paper tackles label noise in deep learning for medical image analysis.
problem Label noise impacts deep learning models in medical image analysis.
method Review of state-of-the-art techniques and experiments with label noise in medical datasets.
result Developed new methods to combat label noise in deep models for medical image analysis.
Deep learning algorithms produces state-of-the-art results for different machine learning and computer vision tasks. To perform well on a given task, these algorithms require large dataset for training. However, deep learning algorithms lack generalization and suffer from over-fitting whenever trained on small dataset,…
What has happened in machine learning lately, and what does it mean for the future of medical image analysis? Machine learning has witnessed a tremendous amount of attention over the last few years. The current boom started around 2009 when so-called deep artificial neural networks began outperforming other established…
Paper detects biases in medical imaging ML models using counterfactual analysis.
problem Bias in medical imaging ML models negatively impacts generalization performance.
method Counterfactual invariance framework combining conditional latent diffusion models and statistical hypothesis testing.
result The method identifies and quantifies biases without direct access to counterfactual data.
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.
A new model answers questions about medical images.
problem Lack of transparency in deep learning models for medical imaging.
method A question-centric model that queries image models directly.
result The model achieves equal or higher accuracy than existing methods.
Deep learning models designed for visual classification tasks on natural images have become prevalent in medical image analysis. However, medical images differ from typical natural images in many ways, such as significantly higher resolutions and smaller regions of interest. Moreover, both the global structure and loca…
Review of deep learning methods in medical image registration.
problem Improving accuracy and efficiency of medical image registration.
method Classification and detailed analysis of seven categories of DL-based registration methods.
result Comprehensive comparison of DL-based methods for lung and brain registration.
Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and their extensions have carved open many exciting ways to tackle well known and challenging medical image analysis problems such as medical image de-noising, reconstruction, segmentation, data simulation, detection or classification. Furthermore, their ability to synthesize imag…
Unified deep learning predicts Parkinson's disease from medical images.
problem Diagnosing Parkinson's disease accurately from medical images.
method Transfer learning and domain adaptation using deep convolutional and recurrent neural networks.
result The approach effectively predicts Parkinson's disease across different medical environments.
This paper identifies and addresses biases in medical imaging research.
problem Challenges in medical imaging research, including biases in datasets, methods, and evaluation metrics.
method Literature review and analysis of potential biases.
result Recommendations to counteract biases in future research.
CycleMorph improves image registration by preserving topology with cycle consistency.
problem Preserving original topology during deformation in image registration.
method Cycle-consistent deformable image registration approach.
result Effective and accurate registration on diverse image pairs within seconds.
Study improves CNN medical image segmentation accuracy and reliability.
problem Over-confident predictions and silent failures in out-of-distribution data.
method Multi-task learning and spectral analysis of CNN feature maps.
result Joint multi-task learning models outperform dedicated models and detect OOD data more accurately.
Tissue characterization has long been an important component of Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems for automatic lesion detection and further clinical planning. Motivated by the superior performance of deep learning methods on various computer vision problems, there has been increasing work applying deep learning t…
This paper addresses privacy in federated learning for medical imaging by estimating model uncertainty.
problem Privacy concerns in federated learning for medical imaging.
method Federated Learning (FL) for collaborative model training while preserving patient data privacy.
result Accurate uncertainty estimation in federated learning for medical imaging.
Image denoising is an important pre-processing step in medical image analysis. Different algorithms have been proposed in past three decades with varying denoising performances. More recently, having outperformed all conventional methods, deep learning based models have shown a great promise. These methods are however …
Neural networks promise to bring robust, quantitative analysis to medical fields, but adoption is limited by the technicalities of training these networks. To address this translation gap between medical researchers and neural networks in the field of pathology, we have created an intuitive interface which utilizes the…
FELICIA uses a centralized adversary to improve synthetic medical image generation.
problem Collaborative learning with limited and biased data in medical image analysis.
method Federated generative modeling with a centralized adversary.
result Data owners can generate high-quality synthetic images with high utility without sharing real data.
Cloud based medical image analysis has become popular recently due to the high computation complexities of various deep neural network (DNN) based frameworks and the increasingly large volume of medical images that need to be processed. It has been demonstrated that for medical images the transmission from local to clo…
Due to advances in sensors, growing large and complex medical image data have the ability to visualize the pathological change in the cellular or even the molecular level or anatomical changes in tissues and organs. As a consequence, the medical images have the potential to enhance diagnosis of disease, prediction of c…
Study compares DL models for medical image segmentation, finds synergistic ensemble strategies improve performance.
problem Improving DL models for specialized medical image segmentation using transfer learning.
method Detailed comparisons of TII and LMI models for binary segmentation of medical images.
result Ensemble strategies improve performance by 10% in certain scenarios.
Tensor networks improve medical image classification performance.
problem Improving medical image classification accuracy.
method Extending tensor networks to medical image analysis, focusing on 2D images.
result Tensor networks achieve comparable performance to deep learning methods with fewer hyperparameters and resources.
PePR scores assess DL model performance per resource unit, promoting smaller, more efficient models.
problem Limited access to large-scale resources hinders medical image analysis research.
method Introduced PePR score to measure DL model performance per resource unit.
result Small-scale, specialized models outperform large-scale models in resource-constrained settings.
CAggNet improves medical image segmentation by fusing coarse and fine features.
problem Medical image segmentation accuracy and efficiency.
method Crossing Aggregation Network with nested skip connections and weighted aggregation.
result CAggNet achieves more accurate and efficient segmentation compared to existing methods.
Double InfoGAN improves CA by generating clearer, more accurate images.
problem Improper latent variable models in CA lead to sub-optimal solutions.
method Double InfoGAN, a GAN-based method enforcing fundamental assumptions and improving image quality.
result Double InfoGAN outperforms SOTA CA-VAEs in latent separation and image quality.
A network removes irrelevant structures from chest radiographs for better analysis.
problem Clutter in chest radiographs hinders visual inspection and analysis.
method Fully Convolutional Network to suppress undesired visual structure.
result Improved classifier performance with limited training data.
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.
A GMM-based method generates new 3D structures from medical images.
problem Generating new medical images from limited data and different modalities.
method Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) for point-cloud generation.
result Generated point-clouds closely match training samples from the same class.
This work improves medical image segmentation with limited annotations using contrastive learning.
problem Lack of labeled data for medical image segmentation.
method Contrastive learning framework for semi-supervised segmentation with domain-specific and problem-specific cues.
result Significant improvements in segmentation performance compared to other methods.
Method synthesizes 4D CMR images from XCAT model using GAN and SPADE.
problem Synthesizing realistic 4D CMR images with annotations and adaptable styles.
method Hybrid GAN approach with XCAT anatomical ground truth and SPADE for semantic preservation.
result Synthesized images with modality-specific features learned from real CMR data.
Independent component analysis (ICA), as an approach to the blind source-separation (BSS) problem, has become the de-facto standard in many medical imaging settings. Despite successes and a large ongoing research effort, the limitation of ICA to square linear transformations have not been overcome, so that general INFO…
Unified framework explains few-shot multimodal medical imaging performance.
problem Limited labeled data in rare diseases and low-resource settings.
method PAC learning, VC theory, PAC Bayesian analysis, information gain, Chain of Thought reasoning.
result Unified theoretical framework for few-shot multimodal medical imaging.
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.
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 …
With the advents of deep learning, improved image classification with complex discriminative models has been made possible. However, such deep models with increased complexity require a huge set of labeled samples to generalize the training. Such classification models can easily overfit when applied for medical images …
Active Learning methods create an optimized labeled training set from unlabeled data. We introduce a novel Online Active Deep Learning method for Medical Image Analysis. We extend our MedAL active learning framework to present new results in this paper. Our novel sampling method queries the unlabeled examples that maxi…
Machine learning models for medical image analysis often suffer from poor performance on important subsets of a population that are not identified during training or testing. For example, overall performance of a cancer detection model may be high, but the model still consistently misses a rare but aggressive cancer su…
In the recent years, Riemannian shape analysis of curves and surfaces has found several applications in medical image analysis. In this paper we present a numerical discretization of second order Sobolev metrics on the space of regular curves in Euclidean space. This class of metrics has several desirable mathematical …
DiffDenoise preserves fine structures in medical images using conditional diffusion models.
problem Medical image denoising often results in loss of fine structures.
method Conditional diffusion model with stabilized reverse sampling and supervised training.
result DiffDenoise outperforms state-of-the-art methods in medical image denoising.
CuMPerLay vectorizes CMP for deep learning, improving image analysis.
problem Complex multifiltration structures hinder using CMP in deep learning.
method Introduces a new algorithm for vectorizing MP homologies of cubical complexes.
result Differentiable vectorization enables robust topological feature vectors for deep learning.
Generative models solve medical imaging inverse problems without needing paired data.
problem Reconstructing medical images from partial measurements.
method Score-based generative models trained on medical images, then sampling to reconstruct images consistent with measurements and physical model.
result Comparable or better performance in CT and MRI tasks, with improved generalization to unknown measurement processes.
A deep learning approach classifies medical images hierarchically.
problem Limitations of traditional supervised classifiers in medical image classification.
method Hierarchical Medical Image Classification (HMIC) using deep learning models.
result HMIC achieved better performance in classifying medical images hierarchically.
Paper tackles label noise in large datasets, purifying noisy data with a nonparametric framework.
problem Label noise in large-scale datasets with coarse labels.
method Develops a model-agnostic nonparametric framework for classification.
result Framework purifies noisy data using a small clean dataset and manages ambiguous samples.
Deep learning improves medical ultrasound image segmentation accuracy.
problem Improving accuracy in medical ultrasound image segmentation.
method Categorizes deep learning methods into six groups and analyzes current representative algorithms.
result Current methods show significant improvement in image segmentation accuracy.
A new method detects hallucinations in medical image restoration using Fourier Ring Correlation.
problem Detecting hallucinations in DL outputs for medical image restoration.
method sFRC (s(c)can FRC) over small patches of DL outputs and reference images.
result sFRC effectively detects hallucinations in CT and MRI restoration problems.
New method calibrates neural network uncertainty for medical images.
problem Uncalibrated probabilistic outputs from deep neural networks in medical diagnosis.
method Functional space variational inference for Bayesian neural networks.
result Better calibrated uncertainty estimates at lower computational cost.
This paper reviews deep learning for multi-modality medical image segmentation.
problem Improving segmentation accuracy in medical images using multiple modalities.
method Overview of deep learning and multi-modal medical image segmentation, analysis of different network architectures and fusion strategies.
result Later fusion of modalities can lead to more accurate segmentation results.
Proposes a unified normalization method for multi-domain medical images.
problem Inadequate joint information across multiple datasets hinders image segmentation performance.
method Adversarial and task-driven normalization approach to learn a common normalizing function across multiple datasets.
result Jointly normalized images improve segmentation accuracy by up to 57.5%.