arXiv Computer Vision

AWR-Net: Decoupling Anatomy and Appearance for 3D Fetal Brain Ultrasound Synthesis

The paper introduces AWR-Net, a two‑stage framework that decouples anatomy and appearance to synthesize realistic 3D fetal brain ultrasound volumes from anatomical label maps. The first stage uses wavelet diffusion to generate volumes from atlas pairs in the wavelet domain, while the second stage applies residual refinement in the image domain to adapt to real ultrasound appearance. Experiments on real fetal brain ultrasound data show that AWR‑Net outperforms existing synthesis methods, improving metrics such as normalized cross‑correlation and Fréchet Inception Distance, and also enhances downstream segmentation, especially for severe abnormal cases.

arXiv AI
Aug 18

Cross-Modal Ultrasound-MRI Learning for Fetal Brain Ventricular Volumetry and Abnormality Screening

arXiv:2608. 14763v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Assessment of ventriculomegaly (VM) on fetal brain ultrasound relies primarily on measuring lateral ventricular atrial width on standard planes, which is operator-dependent and may not fully reflect the overall ventricular enlargement.

By Yuhao Huang, Yuanji Zhang, Yuhuan Lu, Dong Ni, P. Ellen Grant, Davood Karimi
arXiv AI
Jul 23

PRIME-SVR: Physics-infoRmed Implicit Multi-Echo Slice-to-Volume Reconstruction for Fetal T2 mapping

arXiv:2607. 20136v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Slice-to-volume reconstruction (SVR) is the standard method for obtaining high-resolution (HR) 3D fetal brain volumes from motion-corrupted 2D MRI slice stacks acquired in multiple orientations.

By Busra Bulut, Maik Dannecker, Thomas Sanchez, Sara Neves Silva, Steven Jia, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Leo Pomar, Joanna Sichitiu, Yvan Gomez, Meriam Koob, Vincent Dunet, Maria Deprez, Guillaume Auzias, Francois Rousseau, Jana Hutter, Daniel Rueckert, Meritxell Bach Cuadra
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 23

Uncertainty-Aware 3D Residual Wavelet Diffusion for Ultra Low-Field MRI Super-Resolution

The paper introduces a 3D residual wavelet diffusion model for super‑resolving ultra low‑field MRI scans. By using a lossless wavelet reparameterisation, residual shifting, and domain randomisation, the method fits whole‑brain data on a single GPU, speeds up sampling, and generalises across scanners. It achieves volumetric accuracy comparable to leading regression approaches while producing per‑voxel uncertainty maps that reveal under‑determined regions and preserves disease‑relevant atrophy in cognitively impaired subjects.

By Rui W. Yeow, Millie Beament, Fred Dick, Raha Razin, Martina Bocchetta, David L. Thomas, Henry F. J. Tregidgo, Daniel C. Alexander, James H. Cole
arXiv AI
Aug 25

SAS: Segment Anything Small for Ultrasound -- A Non-Generative Data Augmentation Technique for Robust Deep Learning in Ultrasound Imaging

The paper introduces Segment Anything Small (SAS), a data‑augmentation method that improves deep‑learning segmentation of small anatomical structures in ultrasound images. SAS uses two transformations: resizing and embedding organ thumbnails into a black background to vary organ scale, and adding noise to regions of interest to mimic tissue texture variability. Experiments on one internal and five external datasets show Dice score gains up to 0.35, with an average improvement of 0.16, and demonstrate that SAS enhances model robustness and generalizability without adding hallucinations or artifacts.

By Danielle L. Ferreira, Ahana Gangopadhyay, Hsi-Ming Chang, Ravi Soni, Gopal Avinash
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 15

DTI-Guided Volumetric Spherical Harmonics Regression for Single-to-Multi-Shell dMRI Synthesis

arXiv:2609.14312v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-shell diffusion MRI (dMRI) unlocks more expressive microstructural modeling than single-shell scans, yet its longer acquisition time hinders depl...

By Binghua Li, Christina Andica, Tong Liang, Ziqing Chang, Chao Li, Wataru Uchida, Kaito Takabayashi, Qibin Zhao, Toshihisa Tanaka, Zhe Sun, Shigeki Aoki
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 16

Lesion-DDPM: Lesion-Enhanced 3D Diffusion for MS MRI Synthesis

arXiv:2606. 15457v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: 3D FLAIR MRI is widely recommended as one of the standard MRI sequences for brain imaging in multiple sclerosis (MS), but publicly available MS datasets remain relatively small and vary across scanners, acquisition protocols, and lesion patterns.

By Weidong Zhang, Yongchan Jung, Shafayat Mowla Anik, Furen Xiao, Vasudevan Janarthanan, Enkhzaya Chuluunbaatar, Byeong Kil Lee, Jeeho Ryoo