Brain tumor segmentation using synthetic MR images - A comparison of GANs and diffusion models
Scientific Data,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: Feb. 29, 2024
Abstract
Large
annotated
datasets
are
required
for
training
deep
learning
models,
but
in
medical
imaging
data
sharing
is
often
complicated
due
to
ethics,
anonymization
and
protection
legislation.
Generative
AI
such
as
generative
adversarial
networks
(GANs)
diffusion
can
today
produce
very
realistic
synthetic
images,
potentially
facilitate
sharing.
However,
order
share
images
it
must
first
be
demonstrated
that
they
used
different
with
acceptable
performance.
Here,
we
therefore
comprehensively
evaluate
four
GANs
(progressive
GAN,
StyleGAN
1–3)
a
model
the
task
of
brain
tumor
segmentation
(using
two
networks,
U-Net
Swin
transformer).
Our
results
show
trained
on
reach
Dice
scores
80%–90%
when
real
memorization
problem
models
if
original
dataset
too
small.
conclusion
viable
option
further
work
required.
The
generated
shared
AIDA
hub.
Language: Английский
Generative AI for synthetic data across multiple medical modalities: A systematic review of recent developments and challenges
Computers in Biology and Medicine,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
189, P. 109834 - 109834
Published: March 1, 2025
This
paper
presents
a
comprehensive
systematic
review
of
generative
models
(GANs,
VAEs,
DMs,
and
LLMs)
used
to
synthesize
various
medical
data
types,
including
imaging
(dermoscopic,
mammographic,
ultrasound,
CT,
MRI,
X-ray),
text,
time-series,
tabular
(EHR).
Unlike
previous
narrowly
focused
reviews,
our
study
encompasses
broad
array
modalities
explores
models.
Our
aim
is
offer
insights
into
their
current
future
applications
in
research,
particularly
the
context
synthesis
applications,
generation
techniques,
evaluation
methods,
as
well
providing
GitHub
repository
dynamic
resource
for
ongoing
collaboration
innovation.
search
strategy
queries
databases
such
Scopus,
PubMed,
ArXiv,
focusing
on
recent
works
from
January
2021
November
2023,
excluding
reviews
perspectives.
period
emphasizes
advancements
beyond
GANs,
which
have
been
extensively
covered
reviews.
The
survey
also
aspect
conditional
generation,
not
similar
work.
Key
contributions
include
broad,
multi-modality
scope
that
identifies
cross-modality
opportunities
unavailable
single-modality
surveys.
While
core
techniques
are
transferable,
we
find
methods
often
lack
sufficient
integration
patient-specific
context,
clinical
knowledge,
modality-specific
requirements
tailored
unique
characteristics
data.
Conditional
leveraging
textual
conditioning
multimodal
remain
underexplored
but
promising
directions
findings
structured
around
three
themes:
(1)
Synthesis
highlighting
clinically
valid
significant
gaps
using
synthetic
augmentation,
validation
evaluation;
(2)
Generation
identifying
personalization
innovation;
(3)
Evaluation
revealing
absence
standardized
benchmarks,
need
large-scale
validation,
importance
privacy-aware,
relevant
frameworks.
These
emphasize
benchmarking
comparative
studies
promote
openness
collaboration.
Language: Английский
Enhancing robustness and generalization in microbiological few-shot detection through synthetic data generation and contrastive learning
Nikolas Ebert,
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Didier Stricker,
No information about this author
Oliver Wasenmüller
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et al.
Computers in Biology and Medicine,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
191, P. 110141 - 110141
Published: April 19, 2025
Language: Английский
On the Trustworthiness Landscape of State-of-the-art Generative Models: A Survey and Outlook
International Journal of Computer Vision,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 28, 2025
Language: Английский
Beware of Diffusion Models for Synthesizing Medical Images - a Comparison with Gans in Terms of Memorizing Brain MRI and Chest X-Ray Images
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Diffusion
models
were
initially
developed
for
text-to-image
generation
and
are
now
being
utilized
to
generate
high
quality
synthetic
images.
Preceded
by
GANs,
diffusion
have
shown
impressive
results
using
various
evaluation
metrics.
However,
commonly
used
metrics
such
as
FID
IS
not
suitable
determining
whether
simply
reproducing
the
training
Here
we
train
StyleGAN
models,
BRATS20,
BRATS21
a
chest
x-ray
pneumonia
dataset,
synthesize
brain
MRI
images,
measure
correlation
between
images
all
Our
show
that
more
likely
memorize
compared
StyleGAN,
especially
small
datasets
when
2D
slices
from
3D
volumes.
Researchers
should
be
careful
medical
imaging,
if
final
goal
is
share
Language: Английский
Effect of Training Epoch Number on Patient Data Memorization in Unconditional Latent Diffusion Models
Salman Ul Hassan Dar,
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Isabelle Ayx,
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Marie Kapusta
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et al.
Informatik aktuell,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 88 - 93
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Artificial intelligence in cardiovascular imaging and intervention
Sandy Engelhardt,
No information about this author
Salman Ul Hussan Dar,
No information about this author
Lalith Sharan
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et al.
Herz,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
49(5), P. 327 - 334
Published: Aug. 9, 2024
Language: Английский
Conditional 4D Motion Diffusion Models with Masked Observations to Forecast Deformations
Lecture notes in computer science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 89 - 98
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Latent Pollution Model: The Hidden Carbon Footprint in 3D Image Synthesis
Lecture notes in computer science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 146 - 156
Published: Oct. 5, 2024
Language: Английский
Generative Modeling of the Circle of Willis Using 3D-StyleGAN
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 3, 2024
Abstract
The
circle
of
Willis
(CoW)
is
a
network
cerebral
arteries
with
significant
inter-individual
anatomical
variations.
Deep
learning
has
been
used
to
characterize
and
quantify
the
status
CoW
in
various
applications
for
diagnosis
treatment
cerebrovascular
disease.
In
medical
imaging,
performance
deep
models
limited
by
diversity
size
training
datasets.
To
address
data
scarcity,
generative
adversarial
networks
(GANs)
have
applied
generate
synthetic
vessel
neuroimaging
data.
However,
proposed
methods
produce
fidelity
or
downstream
utility
tasks
concerning
characteristics.
We
adapted
StyleGANv2
architecture
3D
synthesize
Time-of-Flight
Magnetic
Resonance
Angiography
(TOF
MRA)
volumes
CoW.
For
modeling,
we
1782
individual
TOF
MRA
scans
from
6
open
source
train
StyleGAN
model
employed
differentiable
augmentations
mixed
precision
cropped
region
interest
32×128×128
tackle
computational
constraints.
was
evaluated
quantitatively
using
Fréchet
Inception
Distance
(FID),
MedicalNet
distance
(MD)
Area
Under
Curve
Precision
Recall
Distributions
(AUC-PRD).
Qualitative
analysis
performed
via
visual
Turing
test.
demonstrated
generated
task
multiclass
semantic
segmentation
arteries.
Vessel
assessed
Dice
coefficient
Hausdorff
distance.
best-performing
high-quality
diverse
(FID:
12.17,
MD:
0.00078,
AUC-PRD:
0.9610).
Multiclass
trained
on
alone
achieved
comparable
real
most
conclusion,
modeling
Circle
synthesis
paves
way
generalizable
future,
extensions
provided
methodology
other
imaging
problems
modalities
inclusion
pathological
datasets
potential
advance
development
more
robust
clinical
applications.
Language: Английский