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Diabetic foot ulcer classification systems use the presence of wound infection (bacteria present within the wound) and ischaemia (restricted blood supply) as vital clinical indicators for treatment and prediction of wound healing. Studies…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-27 Bill Cassidy , Connah Kendrick , Neil D. Reeves , Joseph M. Pappachan , Claire O'Shea , David G. Armstrong , Moi Hoon Yap

The Diabetic Foot Ulcer Challenge 2022 focused on the task of diabetic foot ulcer segmentation, based on the work completed in previous DFU challenges. The challenge provided 4000 images of full-view foot ulcer images together with…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Connah Kendrick , Bill Cassidy , Neil D. Reeves , Joseph M. Pappachan , Claire O'Shea , Vishnu Chandrabalan , Moi Hoon Yap

At present, the ubiquity method to diagnose the severity of diabetic feet (DF) depends on professional podiatrists. However, in most cases, professional podiatrists have a heavy workload, especially in underdeveloped and developing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-03 Aifu Han , Yongze Zhang , Ajuan Li , Changjin Li , Fengying Zhao , Qiujie Dong , Qin Liu , Yanting Liu , Ximei Shen , Sunjie Yan , Shengzong Zhou

Diabetes is a global raising pandemic. Diabetes patients are at risk of developing foot ulcer that usually leads to limb amputation. In order to develop a self monitoring mobile application, in this work, we propose a novel deep subspace…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-06 Azadeh Alavi

Automated segmentation of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) plays a critical role in clinical diagnosis, therapeutic planning, and longitudinal wound monitoring. However, this task remains challenging due to the heterogeneous appearance,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-10 Akwasi Asare , Mary Sagoe , Justice Williams Asare , Stephen Edward Moore

Diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema are significant complications of diabetes that can lead to vision loss. Early detection through ultra-widefield fundus imaging enhances patient outcomes but presents challenges in image…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-20 Philippe Zhang , Pierre-Henri Conze , Mathieu Lamard , Gwenolé Quellec , Mostafa El Habib Daho

We present a neural network architecture for medical image segmentation of diabetic foot ulcers and colonoscopy polyps. Diabetic foot ulcers are caused by neuropathic and vascular complications of diabetes mellitus. In order to provide a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-16 Ting-Yu Liao , Ching-Hui Yang , Yu-Wen Lo , Kuan-Ying Lai , Po-Huai Shen , Youn-Long Lin

Diabetic foot ulcers are a common manifestation of lesions on the diabetic foot, a syndrome acquired as a long-term complication of diabetes mellitus. Accompanying neuropathy and vascular damage promote acquisition of pressure injuries and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-21 Louise Bloch , Raphael Brüngel , Christoph M. Friedrich

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) pose a significant challenge in healthcare, requiring precise and efficient wound assessment to enhance patient outcomes. This study introduces the Attention Diffusion Zero-shot Unsupervised System (ADZUS), a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-25 Abderrachid Hamrani , Daniela Leizaola , Renato Sousa , Jose P. Ponce , Stanley Mathis , David G. Armstrong , Anuradha Godavarty

To detect infected wounds in Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs) from photographs, preventing severe complications and amputations. Methods: This paper proposes the Guided Conditional Diffusion Classifier (ConDiff), a novel deep-learning infection…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Palawat Busaranuvong , Emmanuel Agu , Deepak Kumar , Shefalika Gautam , Reza Saadati Fard , Bengisu Tulu , Diane Strong

Diabetes is a raising problem that affects many people globally. Diabetic patients are at risk of developing foot ulcer that usually leads to limb amputation, causing significant morbidity, and psychological distress. In order to develop a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-07 Azadeh Alavi , Hossein Akhoundi

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a severe complication of diabetes associated with significant morbidity, amputation risk, and healthcare burden. Developing effective continuous monitoring frameworks requires first establishing reliable…

Other Quantitative Biology · Quantitative Biology 2026-05-08 Md Tanvir Hasan Turja

This paper provides conceptual foundation and procedures used in the development of diabetic foot ulcer datasets over the past decade, with a timeline to demonstrate progress. We conduct a survey on data capturing methods for foot…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-04 Moi Hoon Yap , Connah Kendrick , Neil D. Reeves , Manu Goyal , Joseph M. Pappachan , Bill Cassidy

This paper compares well-established Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to recently introduced Vision Transformers for the task of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Classification, in the context of the DFUC 2021 Grand-Challenge, in which this work…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-16 Adrian Galdran , Gustavo Carneiro , Miguel A. González Ballester

Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most threatening complications of diabetes that leads to permanent blindness if left untreated. One of the essential challenges is early detection, which is very important for treatment success.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-03-06 Borys Tymchenko , Philip Marchenko , Dmitry Spodarets

Background: In the absence of prospective data on diabetic foot ulcers (DFU), cross-sectional associations with causal risk factors (peripheral neuropathy, and peripheral arterial disease (PAD)) could be used to establish the validity of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Akshay Jagadeesh , Chanchanok Aramrat , Aqsha Nur , Poppy Mallinson , Sanjay Kinra

Diabetes is a globally prevalent disease that can cause visible microvascular complications such as diabetic retinopathy and macular edema in the human eye retina, the images of which are today used for manual disease screening. This…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-19 Jaakko Sahlsten , Joel Jaskari , Jyri Kivinen , Lauri Turunen , Esa Jaanio , Kustaa Hietala , Kimmo Kaski

Diabetic foot neuropathy (DFN) is a critical factor leading to diabetic foot ulcers, which is one of the most common and severe complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) and is associated with high risks of amputation and mortality. Despite…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Yan Zhong , Zhixin Yan , Yi Xie , Shibin Wu , Huaidong Zhang , Lin Shu , Peiru Zhou

Chronic wounds, including diabetic foot ulcers which affect up to one-third of people with diabetes, impose a substantial clinical and economic burden, with U.S. healthcare costs exceeding 25 billion dollars annually. Current wound…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Moses Kiprono

We introduce AiD Regen, a novel system that generates 3D wound models combining 2D semantic segmentation with 3D reconstruction so that they can be printed via 3D bio-printers during the surgery to treat diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). AiD…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-06 Han Joo Chae , Seunghwan Lee , Hyewon Son , Seungyeob Han , Taebin Lim