New method to estimate doctors' effort in annotating medical images.
problem High effort and expense in annotating medical images.
method Proposes a new criterion to evaluate effort, uses active learning and U-shape network for annotation strategy, and fine annotation platform to reduce effort.
result State-of-the-art segmentation performance achieved with only 60% annotation candidates, reducing effort by 44-47%.
Automated generation of medical reports from chest x-rays using expert annotations.
problem Generating long, unstructured text from medical images with context and consistency.
method First learn visually-informative medical concepts from raw reports, then use these concepts to auto-generate structured reports from images.
result Validation on OpenI dataset shows auto-generated reports are consistent with manual annotations.
A tool simplifies neural network training for medical image analysis.
problem Difficulties in training neural networks for medical image analysis.
method Intuitive interface for WSI annotation and display, human-in-the-loop strategy.
result Improved network performance through iterative annotation.
The splendid success of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in computer vision is largely attributable to the availability of massive annotated datasets, such as ImageNet and Places. However, in medical imaging, it is challenging to create such large annotated datasets, as annotating medical images is not only tedious…
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.
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.
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,…
Unified framework for medical image segmentation using active and semi-supervised learning.
problem Training medical image segmentation models with limited annotated data.
method RegAL, a unified active semi-supervised framework that optimizes sample acquisition and unlabeled data utilization.
result RegAL consistently outperforms state-of-the-art methods across various datasets and metrics under extreme annotation scarcity.
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.
Deep learning has been widely accepted as a promising solution for medical image segmentation, given a sufficiently large representative dataset of images with corresponding annotations. With ever increasing amounts of annotated medical datasets, it is infeasible to train a learning method always with all data from scr…
We explore a solution for learning disease signatures from weakly, yet easily obtainable, annotated volumetric medical imaging data by analyzing 3D volumes as a sequence of 2D images. We demonstrate the performance of our solution in the detection of emphysema in lung cancer screening low-dose CT images. Our approach u…
Proposes a strategy to train models with minimal labeled data.
problem Scarce and expensive labeled data for medical tasks.
method Recursive training strategy to use image-level annotations for pixel-level segmentation.
result Improved segmentation of intracranial hemorrhage in CT scans.
Paper explores VRM for PSMLC with partially labeled medical images.
problem Improving PSMLC with limited labeled data.
method Applies VRM to PSMLC for better model performance.
result VRM improves PSMLC performance with partial labels.
Segmentation is essential for medical image analysis tasks such as intervention planning, therapy guidance, diagnosis, treatment decisions. Deep learning is becoming increasingly prominent for segmentation, where the lack of annotations, however, often becomes the main limitation. Due to privacy concerns and ethical co…
Paper tackles medical image diagnosis with unsupervised domain adaptation.
problem Limited labeled samples and label noise in medical images.
method Collaborative Unsupervised Domain Adaptation (UDA) algorithm.
result Empirical results show superiority of the proposed method.
DeTraC CNN detects COVID-19 from chest X-rays with high accuracy.
problem Limited availability of annotated medical images for COVID-19 diagnosis.
method Transfer learning and class decomposition mechanism in DeTraC CNN.
result 95.12% accuracy in detecting COVID-19 from normal and severe cases.
Proposes using MR images to create synthetic CT images for prostate segmentation.
problem Creating high-quality annotations for prostate segmentation in CT scans.
method CycleGAN algorithm to create synthetic CT images from MR images, using a 2.5D Residual U-Net for segmentation.
result Automatic delineation of prostate from real CT scans achieved with comparable results to radiologist annotations.
Proposes a new contrastive loss for semi-supervised medical image segmentation.
problem Lack of labeled data for medical image segmentation.
method Uses pseudo-labels and a local contrastive loss to learn good local representations.
result Achieved high segmentation performance on public cardiac and prostate datasets.
We address the problem of \emph{instance label stability} in multiple instance learning (MIL) classifiers. These classifiers are trained only on globally annotated images (bags), but often can provide fine-grained annotations for image pixels or patches (instances). This is interesting for computer aided diagnosis (CAD…
New DL algorithm detects critical chest X-ray findings without manual annotations.
problem Lack of explainability and manual annotation costs for DL models in medical imaging.
method Multi-instance learning approach to jointly classify and localize critical findings in CXR.
result Competitive classification results on three CXR datasets.
Method learns true labels from noisy annotators using regularization.
problem Learning from noisy labels in supervised learning.
method Regularized estimation of annotator confusion matrices.
result Method outperforms state-of-the-art methods in image classification.
A novel 3D U-Net approach improves kidney tumor segmentation in medical imaging.
problem Challenging manual annotation and great medical impact of kidney tumor segmentation.
method End-to-end cascaded U-Nets with a localization network.
result Achieves Sørensen-Dice coefficients of 0.902 for kidney and 0.408 for tumor segmentation.
Most of the current state-of-the-art methods for tumor segmentation are based on machine learning models trained on manually segmented images. This type of training data is particularly costly, as manual delineation of tumors is not only time-consuming but also requires medical expertise. On the other hand, images with…
Eigenrank selects images for deep learning training and predicts segmentation failures.
problem Challenges in automating deep learning for medical image segmentation.
method Eigenrank selects images for training and predicts failures using Von Neumann information.
result U-Net trained on Eigenrank-selected images outperforms one trained on random images.
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.
BrainTorrent uses peer-to-peer FL for medical image segmentation without a central server.
problem Lack of sufficient annotated data for personalized medical models.
method Peer-to-peer federated learning framework without a central server.
result BrainTorrent outperforms traditional server-based FL and achieves similar performance to pooled data training.
Deep learning methods, and in particular convolutional neural networks (CNNs), have led to an enormous breakthrough in a wide range of computer vision tasks, primarily by using large-scale annotated datasets. However, obtaining such datasets in the medical domain remains a challenge. In this paper, we present methods f…
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…
A new SSL method improves medical image classification using global latent mixing.
problem Costly annotation of large-scale medical image data sets.
method Linear mixing of labeled and unlabeled data in both input and latent space.
result Improved performance in semi-supervised classification of thoracic disease and skin lesion.
Paper tackles object detection in limited data scenarios.
problem Limited annotated data for object detection.
method Generative modeling with a novel unrolling mechanism to optimize both generation and detection.
result Improves object detection performance on NIH Chest X-ray dataset by 20%.
Improved AI lung ultrasound segmentation using expert confidence values.
problem Label uncertainty in lung ultrasound due to subjective interpretation by radiologists.
method Designing a data annotation protocol capturing expert confidence, training AI on binarized labels with confidence thresholds.
result Improved AI segmentation and better clinical outcomes (e.g., S/F oxygenation ratio estimation, patient readmission prediction).
The computer-aided analysis of medical scans is a longstanding goal in the medical imaging field. Currently, deep learning has became a dominant methodology for supporting pathologists and radiologist. Deep learning algorithms have been successfully applied to digital pathology and radiology, nevertheless, there are st…
Improves uncertainty estimates in lung node segmentation.
problem Inaccurate uncertainty estimates in medical segmentation.
method Supervised learning using multi-grader annotation variability.
result Improves predictive uncertainty estimates and sample diversity.
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.
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.
Adapts CNN for robust medical image segmentation across different scanners and protocols.
problem Performance degradation of CNNs in medical image segmentation due to mismatch between training and test images.
method Designs a segmentation CNN as a concatenation of a shallow normalization CNN and a deep CNN. At test time, adapts the normalization sub-network for each test image using a denoising autoencoder.
result Consistently improves performance on multi-center MRI datasets of brain, heart, and prostate.
The rapid development of deep learning, a family of machine learning techniques, has spurred much interest in its application to medical imaging problems. Here, we develop a deep learning algorithm that can accurately detect breast cancer on screening mammograms using an "end-to-end" training approach that efficiently …
This paper predicts registration error in medical images using a random regression forest.
problem Predicting registration error in medical images without a ground truth.
method Random regression forest trained on features related to transformation model and dissimilarity after registration.
result The method achieves good performance in automatic quality control of large-scale image analysis.
A new method for brain tissue segmentation across medical centers using a smoothness prior.
problem Tissue segmentation challenges due to center-specific acquisition protocols.
method Developed a smoothness prior that is fit to segmentations from another medical center, integrated into an unsupervised Bayesian model.
result Segmentations are similarly smooth across centers, improving generalization.
Adaptive sampling improves deep learning efficiency by focusing on informative samples.
problem Expensive annotations and loss of sample informativeness in deep learning.
method Adaptive latent space sampling based on hardness-aware strategy.
result The proposed framework outperforms random sampling on various datasets.
New method reduces false positives in weakly supervised pixel-level localization.
problem Reduces false positives in weakly supervised pixel-level localization.
method Proposes a deep learning method using conditional entropy to constrain the localizer.
result Significant improvements in image-level classification and pixel-level localization.
Improved named entity recognition in EHRs with transfer learning.
problem Scarce annotated datasets for named entity recognition in EHRs.
method Transfer learning and neural network embeddings.
result 94.6 F1 score in I2B2 2009 Medical Extraction Challenge.
Study generates synthetic MR images to improve glioma segmentation.
problem Scarce annotated medical image data for glioma patients.
method Used generative adversarial networks (GANs) to create synthetic MR images.
result Synthetic images improved U-Net segmentation performance.
Novel method reduces radiomic data annotation needs.
problem Insufficient labeled radiomic data for disease diagnosis.
method Collaborative self-supervised learning with two pretext tasks.
result Outperforms other self-supervised methods on radiomic data.
Paper proposes a method to generate instance labels from weakly supervised data.
problem Weakly supervised instance labeling in medical image analysis.
method Uses multiple instance learning (MIL) and knowledge distillation to generate instance-level predictions.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art MIL methods in instance-level prediction.
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.
MedCAT extracts valuable medical information from unstructured text.
problem Extracting structured information from unstructured biomedical documents.
method Unsupervised machine learning for disambiguation of entities.
result Improved entity detection and linking compared to existing tools.
Zero-Shot Learning helps learn new concepts without examples, useful for COVID-19 diagnosis.
problem Learning new concepts without examples, especially in medical imaging.
method Uses existing knowledge and auxiliary information to predict unknown concepts.
result Effective in diagnosing COVID-19 from chest X-rays.