CNNs can be trained with clinically available segmentations for OARs in radiotherapy.
problem Lack of dedicated training volumes for CNNs in radiotherapy.
method Used clinically available segmentations from PACS, applied multi-label segmentation, empirically assessed training set size.
result Clinically available segmentations can be used to train an accurate OAR segmentation model.
Paper tackles brain tumor segmentation using weak labels and hierarchical training.
problem High manual labeling effort for fully supervised brain tumor segmentation.
method Uses scribbles and global labels for weak supervision, trains two networks in phases.
result Achieves competitive results on brain tumor segmentation and substructure segmentation.
Recent work on discriminative segmental models has shown that they can achieve competitive speech recognition performance, using features based on deep neural frame classifiers. However, segmental models can be more challenging to train than standard frame-based approaches. While some segmental models have been success…
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…
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.
We present a new approach to harmonic analysis that is trained to segment music into a sequence of chord spans tagged with chord labels. Formulated as a semi-Markov Conditional Random Field (semi-CRF), this joint segmentation and labeling approach enables the use of a rich set of segment-level features, such as segment…
Improved inter-scanner MS lesion segmentation through adversarial training.
problem Variability in MRI scanner or protocol differences affect automated lesion segmentation accuracy.
method Trained a CNN base model and a discriminator model adversarially on multi-scanner longitudinal data.
result Adversarial training improves inter-scanner consistency of lesion segmentations.
Study improves breast lesion segmentation with limited in vivo data using simulated and natural images.
problem Challenges in automatic breast lesion segmentation due to limited annotated data.
method Pre-training a segmentation network on simulated and natural images, followed by fine-tuning with limited in vivo data.
result Fine-tuning improves dice score by 21% with as little as 19 in vivo images.
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.
Weakly supervised model segments tumor areas from whole slide images.
problem Training segmentation models on noisy labeled data from whole slide images.
method Online patch sampling and robust KL divergence extension.
result Model successfully segments tumor areas with strong morphological consistency.
The paper uses neural networks to segment brain tumors and predict patient survival.
problem Brain tumor segmentation and survival prediction.
method Fully convolutional neural network with encoder-decoder architecture, radiomic features, and random forest regression.
result 55.4% classification accuracy for predicting survival of patients with gross-total resection.
Study shows adding unlabelled data improves semi-supervised image segmentation accuracy.
problem Improving semi-supervised image segmentation accuracy with limited labelled data.
method Investigated the impact of varying labelled and unlabelled data quantities in a semi-supervised segmentation algorithm.
result Significantly higher segmentation accuracy achieved with semi-supervised approach compared to supervised learning.
LcGAN generates synthetic CT images for hemorrhagic lesion segmentation.
problem Scarce training data for hemorrhagic lesion segmentation.
method Lesion conditional Generative Adversarial Network (LcGAN) for synthetic image generation.
result Segmentation improved by 12.8% with synthetic data augmentation.
Superpixel-mix enhances reliability in semantic segmentation.
problem Improving reliability in real-world semantic segmentation.
method Superpixel-mix, a new data augmentation method with teacher-student consistency training.
result Superpixel-mix achieves state-of-the-art results in semi-supervised semantic segmentation.
Two methods improve 10-K item segmentation using large language models.
problem Challenges in extracting specific items from 10-K reports due to variations in document formats and item presentation.
method Two advanced item segmentation methods: GPT4ItemSeg and BERT4ItemSeg.
result BERT4ItemSeg achieves a macro-F1 of 0.9825, surpassing other methods.
We propose a novel automatic method for accurate segmentation of the prostate in T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Our method is based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Because of the large variability in the shape, size, and appearance of the prostate and the scarcity of annotated training data, we …
In this work we approach the brain tumor segmentation problem with a cascade of two CNNs inspired in the V-Net architecture \cite{VNet}, reformulating residual connections and making use of ROI masks to constrain the networks to train only on relevant voxels. This architecture allows dense training on problems with hig…
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.
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…
We propose a segmentation framework that uses deep neural networks and introduce two innovations. First, we describe a biophysics-based domain adaptation method. Second, we propose an automatic method to segment white and gray matter, and cerebrospinal fluid, in addition to tumorous tissue. Regarding our first innovati…
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…
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.
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.
LSTM-based speaker verification usually uses a fixed-length local segment randomly truncated from an utterance to learn the utterance-level speaker embedding, while using the average embedding of all segments of a test utterance to verify the speaker, which results in a critical mismatch between testing and training. T…
Improved segmentation model adaptation for new domains.
problem Reduced performance of pre-trained models on new domains.
method Calculated soft-label prototypes and predicted closest to class probabilities.
result Significant performance improvements on synthetic-to-real segmentation.
Building a large image dataset with high-quality object masks for semantic segmentation is costly and time consuming. In this paper, we introduce a principled semi-supervised framework that only uses a small set of fully supervised images (having semantic segmentation labels and box labels) and a set of images with onl…
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.
Lung segmentation accuracy varies little across diverse datasets.
problem Limited clinical applicability of automated lung segmentation methods.
method Comparison of four deep learning approaches and two standard algorithms on diverse datasets.
result Standard U-net approach yields higher accuracy on routine imaging data.
Brain cancer can be very fatal, but chances of survival increase through early detection and treatment. Doctors use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to detect and locate tumors in the brain, and very carefully analyze scans to segment brain tumors. Manual segmentation is time consuming and tiring for doctors, and it ca…
Intensity augmentation improves breast MRI segmentation accuracy.
problem Improving segmentation accuracy across different MRI scanners and protocols.
method Applied intensity augmentation in addition to geometric augmentation during training.
result Increased segmentation performance from 0.71 to 0.90.
This paper explains the method used in the segmentation challenge (Task 1) in the International Skin Imaging Collaboration's (ISIC) Skin Lesion Analysis Towards Melanoma Detection challenge held in 2018. We have trained a U-Net network to perform the segmentation. The key elements for the training were first to adjust …
Single network with segmented training prevents forgetting in dynamic systems.
problem Catastrophic forgetting in continual learning for dynamic systems.
method Single Net with Progressive Segmented Training (PST). Model parameters are divided into frozen and secondary groups.
result Achieves state-of-the-art accuracy in single-head evaluation on CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100 datasets.
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.
Synthetic learning improves neonatal brain MRI segmentation robustness.
problem Challenges in neonatal brain MRI segmentation due to image contrast and anatomical variations.
method Synthetic learning model trained on few T2-weighted volumes, then enhanced with motion artifacts and over-segmentation.
result Synthetic learning robust to image contrast and improves segmentation of both T1- and T2-weighted images.
Self-training outperforms pre-training on COCO object detection and segmentation datasets.
problem The effectiveness of pre-training in improving object detection and segmentation models is limited.
method Investigated self-training as an alternative method to utilize additional data.
result Self-training consistently improves model performance across various dataset sizes and data augmentation levels.
SegAN-CAT improves brain tumor segmentation in MRI using adversarial networks.
problem Improving brain tumor segmentation accuracy in MRI.
method Adversarial Networks, transfer learning, single modality MRI.
result Transfer learning improves single modality MRI segmentation performance.
DeepMRSeg uses deep learning for brain tissue segmentation.
problem Automated segmentation of brain tissues and abnormalities.
method Modified UNet architecture with multi-scale feature extraction.
result DeepMRSeg achieves high accuracy on various brain segmentation tasks.
A method for MRI brain tumor segmentation using feature vectors and kernel dictionary learning.
problem Segmenting brain tumor regions in MRI images.
method Extracting feature vectors, training kernel dictionaries, and selecting informative feature vectors.
result The method outperforms other methods in segmentation accuracy and reduces training time.
KD-Net transfers knowledge from multi-modal to mono-modal segmentation networks.
problem Limited acquisition of multiple imaging modalities in clinical settings.
method Generalized distillation framework adapted for mono-modal networks.
result The student network outperforms baseline mono-modal networks in brain tumor segmentation.
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.
Automated melodic phrase detection and segmentation is a classical task in content-based music information retrieval and also the key towards automated music structure analysis. However, traditional methods still cannot satisfy practical requirements. In this paper, we explore and adapt various neural network architect…
A deep learning framework segments deep cerebellar nuclei from 7T MRI, improving accuracy and consistency.
problem Challenging to accurately segment small deep cerebellar nuclei using standard MRI protocols.
method Proposes DCN-Net, a deep learning framework that encodes contextual information and handles imbalanced data.
result Improves segmentation accuracy and consistency compared to existing methods.
Method improves model performance on segments with local distribution shifts.
problem Improving model generalization across multiple data segments with local distribution differences.
method Two-stage multiply robust estimation method for tabular data analysis.
result Significantly improves prediction accuracy and robustness on regression and classification tasks.
The paper extends influence functions to sequence tagging tasks for better model interpretability.
problem Lack of interpretability methods for sequence tagging models.
method Define and compute influence of training instance segments on test segment predictions.
result The segment influence method tracks with true influence and identifies annotation errors.
Supervised learning has been very successful for automatic segmentation of images from a single scanner. However, several papers report deteriorated performances when using classifiers trained on images from one scanner to segment images from other scanners. We propose a transfer learning classifier that adapts to diff…
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.
Few-shot cell segmentation from diverse sources to target domain.
problem Efficient cell segmentation from limited annotated images.
method Meta-learning combining cross-domain tasks and invariant representation.
result Promising results from 1-10-shot learning on public databases.
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%.