arXiv Computer Vision

CARD: Calibration via Agreement in Reverse Diffusion for Out-of-Domain MRI Segmentation

arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 27

Reliability analysis for BraTS-GoAT segmentation: a controlled robustness study of deep-ensemble uncertainty

The study evaluates the reliability of deep‑ensemble uncertainty for brain tumour segmentation on the BraTS‑GoAT dataset. A 5‑fold cross‑validated nnU‑Net baseline and a 3‑seed deep ensemble were compared for calibration and error detection; the ensemble showed modest gains in calibration on in‑distribution data but the single model’s confidence remained flat while accuracy degraded under synthetic corruptions. Disagreement among ensemble members rose sharply with corruption severity, proving to be a more sensitive indicator of acquisition shift than single‑model confidence.

By Riya Deepak Shet, Chenxi Liang, Le Zhang
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 28

Trustworthy Medical Segmentation: Uncertainty-Aware U-Net Evaluation Under Clinical Image Degradation

arXiv:2607. 22727v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Medical image segmentation models often report high benchmark accuracy under ideal imaging conditions, yet their failures under clinical degradation can be quiet: sensor noise, patient motion, low- resolution acquisition, and contrast variability may all alter model behavior without producing an obvious warning.

By Pranav Kaliaperumal, Manisha Kaliaperumal
arXiv AI
Jun 2

CardioLens: Revealing the Clinical Reality Gap of MLLMs via Multi-Sequence Cardiac MRI Evaluations

arXiv:2606. 00123v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) have shown strong performance on public medical benchmarks, yet existing evaluations often remain weak proxies for clinical use, relying on isolated inputs and simplified recognition-style tasks.

By Zixian Su, Hongkai Zhang, Fan Gao, Encheng Su, Taiping Qu, Jingwei Guo, Nan Zhang, Hui Wang, Zhen Zhou, Kairui Bo, Yan Chen, Yue Ren, Shuai Li, Lei Xu, Henggui Zhang
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 18

Structural MRI Synthesis for Alzheimer's Disease via Conditional Diffusion on Anatomical Masks

arXiv:2606. 18354v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recent advances in generative machine learning models have significantly improved medical imaging, offering promising solutions for data augmentation, privacy preservation, and improved model generalization.

By Muge Zhang, Muhammad Ali Khaliq, Jamal Alsakran, Byeong Kil Lee, Jeeho Ryoo
arXiv AI
Aug 26

Metadata-Aware Adaptation of a Generative Foundation Model for Conditional CMR Synthesis

The paper presents a method for generating cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) images conditioned on patient metadata using a pretrained latent diffusion model. By encoding structured clinical data and slice position as textual prompts and applying Metadata‑Free Classifier‑Free Guidance, Contrastive Batching, and Inverse‑Frequency Sampling, the authors improve the fidelity of synthetic images, achieving a 57% reduction in Fréchet Inception Distance compared to a baseline without these strategies. Evaluation on 59,058 UK Biobank CMR scans shows better distributional realism and subgroup alignment, though disease‑specific conditioning remains challenging.

By Marc Rodr\'iguez, Grzegorz Skorupko, Nay Aung, Steffen E Petersen, Karim Lekadir, Polyxeni Gkontra
arXiv AI
Jul 7

Comparison of Loss Functions for Robust Deep Learning-based Echocardiography Segmentation when Learning with Partially Labelled Data from Multiple Domains

arXiv:2607. 05008v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Echocardiography is the first imaging modality used for assessing cardiac function, and accurate segmentation of cardiac structures is essential for deriving biomarkers.

By Iman Islam, Esther Puyol-Ant\'on, Bram Ruijsink, Andrew J. Reader, Andrew P. King
arXiv Computer Vision
1d ago

SliceBridge: context-consistent repair of corrupted slice intervals in T1-weighted MRI

arXiv:2609.01827v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images are sometimes corrupted over a contiguous set of slices, where acquisition, motion, hardware, or rec...

By Jiheng Li, Michael E. Kim, Trent Schwartz, Gaurav Rudravaram, Derek B. Archer, Timothy J. Hohman, the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Lianrui Zuo, Bennett A. Landman