Retrieval-augmented generation

Retrieval pipelines, vector search, chunking and reranking: how models are grounded in a corpus instead of their weights.

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Towards Data Science
Aug 25

One Document Type, a Million Files: Structured Extraction into the SQL Table RAG Queries

The article discusses a case study in enterprise document intelligence where a single document type contains a million files. It outlines a workflow that takes about an hour with two people to extract six to ten structured fields, emphasizing the importance of identifying two key signals that distinguish a valid column from one that could break a filter later. The focus is on converting unstructured documents into a structured SQL table for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) queries.

By Angela and Kezhan Shi
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