arXiv:2608.22619v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Generative segmentation provides an alternative to direct pixel-wise prediction by operating on learned latent representations, but effective image-t...
By Md Maklachur Rahman, Md Hasan Al Banna, Saraf Anjum, Mahmudul Hasan, Tracy Hammond
arXiv:2505. 04397v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Modern vision networks are dominated by additive local transformations, whereas explicit multiplicative local interactions remain underexplored.
By Ziyuan Li, Uwe Jaekel, Babette Dellen
arXiv:2608.22281v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Medical image segmentation requires high accuracy and robustness, yet practical commercial deployment also demands privacy preservation and computati...
By Bin Dong, Jinghong Chen
The paper introduces an unsupervised approach to medical image segmentation by training a Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Model (DDPM) on 21 unlabeled abdominal CT scans to learn anatomical features. The encoder weights from the DDPM are transferred to a U‑Net for downstream segmentation on the BTCV multi‑organ dataset, resulting in a significant Dice score improvement for liver segmentation from 0.75 to 0.93. In low‑data regimes, diffusion‑pretrained models retain robust performance, achieving high Dice scores even with only 10% of labeled data.
By Akshat G, Divyansh Gupta, Shaleen Bhatnagar, Shilpa Ankalaki, Tusar Kanti Mishra
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
Acquiring pixel-level annotations for medical image segmentation is a severe bottleneck. Traditional U-Net architectures, while effective, learn local texture patterns and lack awareness of global ana...