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Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a leading cause of hospitalizations and lower limb amputations, placing a substantial burden on patients and healthcare systems. Early detection and accurate classification of DFUs are critical for preventing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-04 Reza Basiri , Ali Abedi , Chau Nguyen , Milos R. Popovic , Shehroz S. Khan

Offloading footwear helps prevent and treat diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) by lowering plantar pressure (PP), yet prescription decisions remain fragmented: feature selection varies, personalization is limited, and evaluation practices differ.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Kunal Kumar , Muhammad Ashad Kabir , Luke Donnan , Sayed Ahmed

Foot ulcer is a common complication of diabetes mellitus and, associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, remains a major risk factor for lower leg amputations. Extracting accurate morphological features from foot wounds is crucial…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-20 Amirreza Mahbod , Gerald Schaefer , Rupert Ecker , Isabella Ellinger

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

This study develops a cloud-based deep learning system for early prediction of diabetes, leveraging the distributed computing capabilities of the AWS cloud platform and deep learning technologies to achieve efficient and accurate risk…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Yang Zhang , Fa Wang , Xin Huang , Xintao Li , Sibei Liu , Hansong Zhang

This research conducts an investigation on the effect of visually similar images within a publicly available diabetic foot ulcer dataset when training deep learning classification networks. The presence of binary-identical duplicate images…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-26 Imran Chowdhury Dipto , Bill Cassidy , Connah Kendrick , Neil D. Reeves , Joseph M. Pappachan , Vishnu Chandrabalan , Moi Hoon Yap

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

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

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

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

This paper introduces the Diabetic Foot Ulcers dataset (DFUC2021) for analysis of pathology, focusing on infection and ischaemia. We describe the data preparation of DFUC2021 for ground truth annotation, data curation and data analysis. The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-16 Moi Hoon Yap , Bill Cassidy , Joseph M. Pappachan , Claire O'Shea , David Gillespie , Neil Reeves

Early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy for treatment of the disease has been failing to reach diabetic people living in rural areas. Shortage of trained ophthalmologists, limited availability of healthcare centers, and expensiveness of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-08 Misgina Tsighe Hagos , Shri Kant , Surayya Ado Bala

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

Modern mobile applications are benefiting significantly from the advancement in deep learning, e.g., implementing real-time image recognition and conversational system. Given a trained deep learning model, applications usually need to…

Performance · Computer Science 2019-03-01 Tian Guo

Increasing numbers of patients with disabilities or elderly people with mobility issues often suffer from a pressure ulcer. The affected areas need regular checks, but they have a difficulty in accessing a hospital. Some remote diagnosis…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-16 Jinyeong Chae , Ki Yong Hong , Jihie Kim

Effective management of Type 1 Diabetes requires continuous glucose monitoring and precise insulin adjustments to prevent hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. With the growing adoption of wearable glucose monitors and mobile health applications,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Giorgia Rigamonti , Mirko Paolo Barbato , Davide Marelli , Paolo Napoletano

Continuous monitoring of foot ulcer healing is needed to ensure the efficacy of a given treatment and to avoid any possibility of deterioration. Foot ulcer segmentation is an essential step in wound diagnosis. We developed a model that is…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-07 Shahzad Ali , Arif Mahmood , Soon Ki Jung

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

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), a vision-threatening complication of Dia-betes Mellitus (DM), is a major global concern, particularly in India, which has one of the highest diabetic populations. Prolonged hyperglycemia damages reti-nal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Arpan Maity , Aviroop Pal , MD. Samiul Islam , Tamal Ghosh

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