International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
35(1)
Published: Dec. 14, 2024
ABSTRACT
To
alleviate
the
burden
of
manual
annotation,
there
are
numerous
excellent
segmentation
models
for
images
being
developed.
However,
performance
these
data‐driven
is
frequently
constrained
by
availability
samples
sizes
pair
medical
and
annotations.
Therefore,
to
address
this
challenge,
study
introduces
image
augmentation
diffusion
model
(MEDSAD).
MEDSAD
solves
problem
annotation
scarcity
utilizing
a
given
simple
generate
paired
images.
improve
stability,
we
used
traditional
study.
exert
better
control
over
texture
synthesis
in
generated
MEDSAD,
style
injection
(TSI)
mechanism
introduced.
Additionally,
propose
feature
frequency
domain
attention
(FFDA)
module
mitigate
adverse
effects
high‐frequency
noise
during
generation.
The
efficacy
substantiated
through
validation
three
distinct
tasks
encompassing
magnetic
resonance
(MR)
ultrasound
(US)
imaging
modalities,
focusing
on
breast
tumors,
brain
nerve
structures.
findings
demonstrate
model's
proficiency
synthesizing
pairs
based
provided
annotations,
thereby
facilitating
notable
subsequent
tasks.
Moreover,
improvement
becomes
greater
as
quantity
synthetic
available
data
increases.
This
underscores
robust
generalization
capability
intrinsic
model,
potentially
offering
avenues
future
explorations
training
research.
Recently,
with
the
increasing
application
of
deep
learning
in
medical
field,
convolutional
neural
networks,
represented
by
U-Net,
has
been
widely
applied
image
segmentation.
The
improved
U-shaped
network
structure
based
on
U-Net
gradually
become
a
hot
topic
segmentation
research.
This
article
summarizes
improvement
work
related
to
from
three
perspectives:
modifying
skip
connections,
adding
or
replacing
blocks
and
concatenating
multiple
networks.
Then,
taking
retina,
lungs,
brain,
abdomen,
other
organs
as
examples,
characteristics
difficulties
various
organ
were
introduced.
Finally,
summary
outlook
made.
BMC Ophthalmology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
24(1)
Published: March 4, 2024
Abstract
Image
segmentation
is
a
fundamental
task
in
deep
learning,
which
able
to
analyse
the
essence
of
images
for
further
development.
However,
supervised
learning
method,
collecting
pixel-level
labels
very
time-consuming
and
labour-intensive.
In
medical
image
processing
area
optic
disc
cup
segmentation,
we
consider
there
are
two
challenging
problems
that
remain
unsolved.
One
how
design
an
efficient
network
capture
global
field
execute
fast
real
applications.
The
other
train
using
few
training
data
due
some
privacy
issues.
this
paper,
conquer
such
issues,
first
novel
attention-aware
model
equipped
with
multi-scale
attention
module
pyramid
structure-like
encoder-decoder
network,
can
efficiently
learn
semantics
long-range
dependencies
input
images.
Furthermore,
also
inject
prior
knowledge
lies
inside
by
loss
function.
Then,
propose
self-supervised
contrastive
method
segmentation.
unsupervised
feature
representation
learned
matching
encoded
query
dictionary
keys
technique.
Finetuning
pre-trained
proposed
function
help
achieve
good
performance
task.
To
validate
effectiveness
extensive
systemic
evaluations
on
different
public
benchmarks,
including
DRISHTI-GS
REFUGE
datasets
demonstrate
superiority
new
state-of-the-art
approaching
0.9801
0.9087
F
1
score
respectively
while
gaining
0.9657
$$DC_{disc}$$
DCdisc
0.8976
$$DC_{cup}$$
cup
.
code
will
be
made
publicly
available.
Journal of intelligent medicine.,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 24, 2024
Abstract
Blood
vessel
segmentation
is
a
crucial
aspect
of
medical
image
processing,
aiding
professionals
in
more
accurate
disease
analysis
and
diagnosis.
Manual
blood
methods
are
time‐consuming
cumbersome,
making
the
development
automatic
essential.
The
rapid
advancements
deep
learning
technology
have
introduced
new
tools
for
vascular
segmentation.
In
this
review,
we
provide
comprehensive
overview
learning‐based
across
various
fields,
including
retinal
segmentation,
cerebrovascular
pulmonary
Several
prevalent
diseases,
such
as
tumors,
posed
significant
health
challenges
globally.
This
review
also
discusses
application
diagnosis
within
these
contexts.
Finally,
considering
current
research
landscape,
discuss
existing
potential
future
developments
We
aim
to
assist
researchers
gaining
understanding
designing
effective
models,
ultimately
offering
opportunities
early
treatment.
International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
35(1)
Published: Dec. 14, 2024
ABSTRACT
To
alleviate
the
burden
of
manual
annotation,
there
are
numerous
excellent
segmentation
models
for
images
being
developed.
However,
performance
these
data‐driven
is
frequently
constrained
by
availability
samples
sizes
pair
medical
and
annotations.
Therefore,
to
address
this
challenge,
study
introduces
image
augmentation
diffusion
model
(MEDSAD).
MEDSAD
solves
problem
annotation
scarcity
utilizing
a
given
simple
generate
paired
images.
improve
stability,
we
used
traditional
study.
exert
better
control
over
texture
synthesis
in
generated
MEDSAD,
style
injection
(TSI)
mechanism
introduced.
Additionally,
propose
feature
frequency
domain
attention
(FFDA)
module
mitigate
adverse
effects
high‐frequency
noise
during
generation.
The
efficacy
substantiated
through
validation
three
distinct
tasks
encompassing
magnetic
resonance
(MR)
ultrasound
(US)
imaging
modalities,
focusing
on
breast
tumors,
brain
nerve
structures.
findings
demonstrate
model's
proficiency
synthesizing
pairs
based
provided
annotations,
thereby
facilitating
notable
subsequent
tasks.
Moreover,
improvement
becomes
greater
as
quantity
synthetic
available
data
increases.
This
underscores
robust
generalization
capability
intrinsic
model,
potentially
offering
avenues
future
explorations
training
research.