The paper solves video object segmentation without supervision using nonconvex optimization.
problem Unsupervised video object segmentation via background subtraction.
method Formulates the problem as a nonnegative variant of robust principal component analysis, ensuring global optimality under certain conditions.
result Conditions guaranteeing the uniqueness and global optimality of object segmentation are derived and demonstrated with real data.
FAST optimizes additive segmentation for faster, more interpretable models.
problem Efficiently segmenting and interpreting complex datasets.
method Optimization framework for fast piecewise constant shape functions.
result 2 orders of magnitude faster than state-of-the-art methods.
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.
Proposes guided networks for fast, accurate few-shot segmentation.
problem Few supervision limits learning-based segmentation methods.
method Extracts latent task representation from supervision, optimizes end-to-end.
result First results for segmentation from one pixel per concept, real-time interactive video segmentation.
Alternative optimizer outperforms gradient descent in weakly-supervised CNN segmentation.
problem Training deep neural networks with complex loss functions.
method Demonstrated an alternative optimizer (ADM) outperforming gradient descent.
result Gradient descent performs poorly with certain loss functions, while an alternative optimizer achieves state-of-the-art results.
A new NAS framework optimizes 3D medical image segmentation architectures.
problem Optimizing neural architectures for high-resolution 3D medical images.
method Stochastic sampling algorithm for scalable gradient-based optimization of neural connectivities and operation types in both encoder and decoder.
result Automatically designed architecture outperforms human-designed U-Net.
Active learning improves medical image segmentation by selecting optimal samples.
problem Limited manual annotations in medical datasets.
method Maximizing information at network abstraction layer and using Borda-count for sample selection.
result Improved segmentation performance with active learning.
Proposes adversarial normalization for multi-domain image segmentation.
problem Current image normalization is per-dataset, limiting multi-domain segmentation.
method Adversarial training to learn common normalizing functions across multiple datasets.
result Optimal normalizer improves segmentation accuracy and realism.
We derive a convex optimization problem for the task of segmenting sequential data, which explicitly treats presence of outliers. We describe two algorithms for solving this problem, one exact and one a top-down novel approach, and we derive a consistency results for the case of two segments and no outliers. Robustness…
Optimal switching regret for all segmentations in online convex optimisation.
problem Non-stationary online convex optimisation problems.
method Developed an efficient algorithm to achieve optimal switching regret on every possible segmentation.
result Achieved asymptotically optimal switching regret on every possible segmentation simultaneously.
Hybrid CNN improves segmentation and registration of white matter tracts.
problem Accurate analysis of longitudinal brain imaging data.
method A hybrid CNN integrating segmentation and registration into a single procedure.
result Hybrid CNN outperforms multistage pipelines in segmentation accuracy, consistency, and speed.
GSANet improves semantic segmentation accuracy with selective and global attention.
problem Semantic segmentation accuracy improvement.
method Global and selective attention mechanism with ASPP and sparsemax.
result GSANet achieves state-of-the-art accuracy on ADE20k and Cityscapes datasets.
We describe a new optimization scheme for finding high-quality correlation clusterings in planar graphs that uses weighted perfect matching as a subroutine. Our method provides lower-bounds on the energy of the optimal correlation clustering that are typically fast to compute and tight in practice. We demonstrate our a…
Algorithm selects optimal segment for physiological signal analysis.
problem Physiological signals are often corrupted by noise, requiring selective analysis.
method Combines deep neural networks for signal analysis and combinatorial optimization for segment selection.
result Significant improvement in system performance, e.g. 2.4% increase in sensitivity for heart sound segmentation.
Differentiable segmented models for non-stationary data.
problem Estimating change points in non-stationary sequential data.
method Formulated a relaxed variant of segmented models that enables gradient descent for all parameters, including segmentation.
result Successfully learned all tasks with standard gradient descent algorithms.
UNet++ improves medical image segmentation with deep supervision.
problem Improving accuracy in medical image segmentation.
method Nested U-Net architecture with deep supervision.
result UNet++ achieves significant improvements in IoU scores.
UOLO detects and segments objects in medical images, achieving state-of-the-art performance.
problem Automatic detection and segmentation of objects in medical images.
method UOLO combines object segmentation and detection using a novel loss function.
result UOLO achieves state-of-the-art performance on optic disc and fovea detection and segmentation from retinal images.
Deep convolutional semantic segmentation (DCSS) learning doesn't converge to an optimal local minimum with random parameters initializations; a pre-trained model on the same domain becomes necessary to achieve convergence.In this work, we propose a joint cooperative end-to-end learning method for DCSS. It addresses man…
Meta-learning improves image segmentation performance.
problem Improving image segmentation accuracy using meta-learning.
method Extending FOMAML and Reptile to image segmentation, using EfficientLab architecture, and leveraging test error definition.
result Meta-learned initializations provide value for few-shot image segmentation but are quickly matched by conventional transfer learning.
Dynamic segmentation algorithm improves NMT performance by favoring character-level processing.
problem Suboptimal static segmentation choices in NMT systems.
method Adaptive Computation Time algorithm for dynamic segmentation, trainable end-to-end.
result The model prefers character-level processing when given the freedom to navigate different segmentation levels.
Paper develops a method to identify minimal sample subspaces from limited data.
problem Challenging task of subspace segmentation with minimal sample subspaces.
method Develops a theoretical framework and optimization algorithms for MSS.
result The MSS model can retrieve minimal sample subspaces even when they are heavily intersected.
Joint peak detection is a central problem when comparing samples in genomic data analysis, but current algorithms for this task are unsupervised and limited to at most 2 sample types. We propose PeakSegJoint, a new constrained maximum likelihood segmentation model for any number of sample types. To select the number of…
Proposes a method to learn speaker embeddings for variable duration utterances.
problem Mismatch between training and testing utterance durations degrades speaker verification performance.
method Sliding window segmentation, LSTM, attentive pooling, segment-level and utterance-level embeddings, similarity loss.
result Significant improvement in robustness for duration variant utterances.
This paper introduces a novel mixture model-based approach for simultaneous clustering and optimal segmentation of functional data which are curves presenting regime changes. The proposed model consists in a finite mixture of piecewise polynomial regression models. Each piecewise polynomial regression model is associat…
A new algorithm efficiently partitions images without seeds or thresholds.
problem Efficiently partitioning images without explicit seeds or thresholds.
method Mutex Watershed algorithm that incorporates both attractive and repulsive cues.
result Determines optimal segments without seeds or thresholds, solving NP-hard problem.
OTSeg uses multi-prompt Sinkhorn attention to improve zero-shot semantic segmentation.
problem Leveraging pre-trained CLIP knowledge to align text embeddings with pixel embeddings.
method OTSeg employs Multi-Prompts Sinkhorn (MPS) and Multi-Prompts Sinkhorn Attention (MPSA) to enhance semantic feature matching.
result OTSeg achieves state-of-the-art performance in zero-shot semantic segmentation tasks.
The paper optimizes portfolios using clustering and Sharpe ratio-based optimization.
problem Optimizing portfolio performance in financial modeling.
method Combines K-Means clustering for asset segmentation and Sharpe ratio-based optimization.
result Optimized portfolios outperform traditional equal-weighted benchmarks.
Inspired by trading, this method segments time series efficiently.
problem Time series segmentation for multivariate data.
method Normalize time series, treat each channel as a stock, use a posteriori trading signals for segmentation.
result Proposed method is faster and produces more intuitive results than existing models.
We present a convex approach to probabilistic segmentation and modeling of time series data. Our approach builds upon recent advances in multivariate total variation regularization, and seeks to learn a separate set of parameters for the distribution over the observations at each time point, but with an additional pena…
Motivated by a range of applications in engineering and genomics, we consider in this paper detection of very short signal segments in three settings: signals with known shape, arbitrary signals, and smooth signals. Optimal rates of detection are established for the three cases and rate-optimal detectors are constructe…
We study the problem of instance segmentation in biological images with crowded and compact cells. We formulate this task as an integer program where variables correspond to cells and constraints enforce that cells do not overlap. To solve this integer program, we propose a column generation formulation where the prici…
Paper presents a new time-series segmentation technique for mobile phone user behavior.
problem Current segmentation techniques do not accurately capture individual user behavior over time.
method Behavior-Oriented Time Segmentation (BOTS) technique that considers temporal coverage and number of incidences.
result BOTS technique better captures user behavior at various times of day and week.
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.
We propose in this paper an exploratory analysis algorithm for functional data. The method partitions a set of functions into K clusters and represents each cluster by a simple prototype (e.g., piecewise constant). The total number of segments in the prototypes, P, is chosen by the user and optimally distributed am…
This study improves lung tumor segmentation in mice MRI scans with nnU-Net, reducing annotation needs.
problem Accurate lung tumor segmentation in mice MRI scans for drug discovery.
method Optimized nnU-Net 3D model for lung tumor segmentation with minimal annotations.
result nnU-Net 3D models outperform 2D models in MRI mice scans, requiring fewer annotations.
Novel 3D U-Net method for fast, reproducible white matter tract segmentation.
problem Challenges in fast and consistent white matter tract segmentation from diffusion tensor MRI.
method Convolutional neural network (3D U-Net) trained on a large DTI dataset.
result Reproducibility and accuracy of tract-specific diffusion measures.
In the multiple changepoint setting, various search methods have been proposed which involve optimising either a constrained or penalised cost function over possible numbers and locations of changepoints using dynamic programming. Such methods are typically computationally intensive. Recent work in the penalised optimi…
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.
RankSEG-RMA improves semantic segmentation efficiency and applicability.
problem Inconsistent or suboptimal semantic segmentation results due to argmax or thresholding.
method Developed RankSEG-RMA using reciprocal moment approximation to optimize Dice and IoU metrics.
result RankSEG-RMA reduces computational complexity to O(d) while maintaining comparable performance.
Joint network for real-time object detection and semantic segmentation.
problem Real-time object detection and semantic segmentation for automated driving.
method Shared encoder for object detection and semantic segmentation, using YOLO v2 and FCN8 decoders.
result Joint network achieves the same accuracy as separate networks and 30 fps for 1280x384 resolution.
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 deep learning model generates accurate personalized human head models for electromagnetic dosimetry.
problem Challenges in generating accurate human head models for personalized electromagnetic dosimetry.
method Proposed ForkNet architecture for segmentation of whole human head structures using deep learning.
result Generated head models exhibit strong matching with manual segmentation results.
Anatomical and biophysical modeling of left atrium (LA) and proximal pulmonary veins (PPVs) is important for clinical management of several cardiac diseases. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows qualitative assessment of LA and PPVs through visualization. However, there is a strong need for an advanced image segment…
This study benchmarks algorithms for automatic segmentation of LGE-MRI images of the left atrium.
problem Challenging segmentation of LGE-MRI images due to low contrast.
method Organized a large-scale benchmarking challenge with 154 3D LGE-MRIs and 27 teams.
result Top method achieved 93.2% dice score and 0.7 mm mean surface to surface distance.
Automatically designs CNN architectures for medical image segmentation.
problem Manual design of deep network architectures is time-consuming and resource-intensive.
method Policy gradient reinforcement learning with dice index reward function.
result Efficacy demonstrated with low computational cost compared to state-of-the-art networks.
Describing shapes by suitable measures in object segmentation, as proposed in [24], allows to combine the advantages of the representations as parametrized contours and indicator functions. The pseudo-Riemannian structure of optimal transport can be used to model shapes in ways similar as with contours, while the Kanto…
Generative model combines shape and intensity priors for left atrium segmentation.
problem Challenges in segmenting left atrium MRI images due to shape variation and multimodality.
method Generative image model with mixture of Gaussians for shape priors and autoencoders for intensity priors.
result Maximizes posterior probability using a mixture of Gaussians for shape priors and autoencoders for intensity priors.
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%.