arXiv Computer Vision

ULF-Synth: Physics-Guided Ultra-Low-Field MRI Enhancement for Pediatric Neuroimaging

arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 3

Asymmetric Paired-Annotation Learning for Multi-Structure ULF Pediatric Brain MRI Segmentation

The paper introduces AURA, an nnU-Net-based asymmetric supervision strategy for segmenting ultra‑low‑field (0.064 T) pediatric brain MRI. It treats high‑field‑derived (HF) and low‑field‑edited (LF) annotations as distinct observations, anchoring training to the HF mask while gating LF contributions through a reliability mechanism. On a 16‑case development split, AURA achieved Dice scores comparable to HF‑only training and improved boundary metrics, demonstrating its potential for ULF MRI segmentation.

By Ha-Hieu Pham, Dang P. M. Cao, Minh Hoang Pham, Khanh Nguyen Vo Ngoc, Thanh-Huy Nguyen, Ulas Bagci, Huy-Hieu Pham
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 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 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
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 18

Fast Cross-Strength Multi-Contrast Brain MRI Translation using Latent Bridge Matching

The paper presents a unified conditional model for translating brain MRI scans across different field strengths and modalities using conditional latent bridge matching. The single model achieves competitive results on all three tasks of the MRIxFields2026 challenge without task‑specific architectures, and it generates 30 axial slices in under 90 seconds or a full volume in under 70 seconds on a single NVIDIA A5000 GPU. Extensive ablations of the model’s components are also provided.

By Siddharth Srivastava, Till Bretschneider
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 3

LoFi RADIO: A Distilled In-Domain Backbone Applied for Artifact-Severity Grading of Ultra-Low-Field Neonatal Brain MR

The paper presents LoFi RADIO, a distilled ViT-S backbone designed for grading the severity of seven common artifacts in ultra‑low‑field neonatal brain MRI. It tackles the LISA 2026 Task 1a challenge by evaluating various backbones paired with a classification MLP, finding no single backbone dominates across all artifacts. The authors improve performance by routing complementary foundation model teachers through a per‑artifact gate and by distilling these teachers into the single in‑domain student, achieving comparable or better weighted composite scores without the need for multiple large models at inference.

By Jonathan B. Martin, Yashwant Kurmi, Charlotte R. Sappo