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Despite the state-of-the-art performance for medical image segmentation, deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have rarely provided uncertainty estimations regarding their segmentation outputs, e.g., model (epistemic) and image-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-12 Guotai Wang , Wenqi Li , Michael Aertsen , Jan Deprest , Sebastien Ourselin , Tom Vercauteren

Simulation-based ultrasound training can be an essential educational tool. Realistic ultrasound image appearance with typical speckle texture can be modeled as convolution of a point spread function with point scatterers representing tissue…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-19 Lin Zhang , Valery Vishnevskiy , Orcun Goksel

This article studies the effects of inter-channel time and level differences in stereophonic reproduction on perceived localization uncertainty, which is defined as how difficult it is for a listener to tell where a sound source is located.…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-08 Enzo De Sena , Zoran Cvetkovic , Huseyin Hacihabiboglu , Marc Moonen , Toon van Waterschoot

An extended aperture has the potential to greatly improve ultrasound imaging performance. This work extends the effective aperture size by coherently compounding the received radio frequency data from multiple transducers. A framework is…

Medical Physics · Physics 2019-11-12 Laura Peralta , Alberto Gomez , Ying Luan , Baehyung Kim , Joseph V. Hajnal , Robert J. Eckersley

To ensure safe clinical integration, deep learning models must provide more than just high accuracy; they require dependable uncertainty quantification. While current Medical Vision Transformers perform well, they frequently struggle with…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-13 Mohammed Maaz Sibhai , Abedalrhman Alkhateeb , Saad B. Ahmed

Background: Trans-spinal FUS (tsFUS) has recently been shown promise in modulating spinal reflexes in rodents, opening new avenues for spinal cord interventions in motor control and pain management. However, anatomical differences between…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Koharu Isomura , Wenwei Yu , Jose Gomez-Tames

Purpose. Given the high level of expertise required for navigation and interpretation of ultrasound images, computational simulations can facilitate the training of such skills in virtual reality. With ray-tracing based simulations,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-22 Lin Zhang , Tiziano Portenier , Orcun Goksel

Accurate electromagnetic modeling of the head of a subject is of main interest in the fields of source reconstruction and brain stimulation. Those processes rely heavily on the quality of the model and, even though the geometry of the…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Martin Grignard , Christophe Geuzaine , Christophe Phillips

In this article we study the problem of quantifying the uncertainty in an experiment with a technical system. We propose new density estimates which combine observed data of the technical system and simulated data from an (imperfect)…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-12-21 Sebastian Kersting , Michael Kohler

The two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound imaging is widely used in several fields. In this study, the potential of two-dimensional ultrasound imaging technique based on machine learning is shown. A line transmitter was placed at one side and a…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-04-21 Yoshiki Nagatani , Shigeaki Okumura , Shuqiong Wu , Tetsuya Matsuda

Deep neural networks are increasingly being used for the analysis of medical images. However, most works neglect the uncertainty in the model's prediction. We propose an uncertainty-aware deep kernel learning model which permits the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-11 Zhiliang Wu , Yinchong Yang , Jindong Gu , Volker Tresp

Medical image segmentation, particularly in the context of ultrasound data, is a crucial aspect of computer vision and medical imaging. This paper delves into the complexities of uncertainty in the segmentation process, focusing on fetal…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-19 Shuge Lei

Low-intensity Transcranial Ultrasonic Stimulation (TUS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique enabling cortical and deep brain targeting with unprecedented spatial accuracy. Given the high rate of adoption by new users with varying…

An alternative approach to ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) for medical imaging is proposed, with the intent to (i) shorten acquisition time for devices with a large number of emitters, (ii) eliminate the calibration step, and (iii)…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-01-25 Ines Elisa Ulrich , Christian Boehm , Andrea Zunino , Cyrill Bösch , Andreas Fichtner

Ultrasound imaging is generally employed for real-time investigation of internal anatomy of the human body for disease identification. Delineation of the anatomical boundary of organs and pathological lesions is quite challenging due to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Sumanth Nandamuri , Debarghya China , Pabitra Mitra , Debdoot Sheet

The electroencephalography (EEG) source imaging problem is very sensitive to the electrical modelling of the skull of the patient under examination. Unfortunately, the currently available EEG devices and their embedded software do not take…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-02-04 Alexandra Koulouri , Ville Rimpilainen

Mapping blood microflows of the whole brain is crucial for early diagnosis of cerebral diseases. Ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) was recently applied to map and quantify blood microflows in 2D in the brain of adult patients down to…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-04-12 Hugues Favre , Mathieu Pernot , Mickael Tanter , Clément Papadacci

Automation of brain tumor segmentation in 3D magnetic resonance images (MRIs) is key to assess the diagnostic and treatment of the disease. In recent years, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have shown improved results in the task.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-01 Laura Mora Ballestar , Veronica Vilaplana

Contrary to geometric acoustics-based simulations where the spatial information is available in a tangible form, it is not straightforward to auralize wave-based simulations. A variety of methods have been proposed that compute the ear…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-22 Jens Ahrens

Anatomical segmentation of organs in ultrasound images is essential to many clinical applications, particularly for diagnosis and monitoring. Existing deep neural networks require a large amount of labeled data for training in order to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-01 Yordanka Velikova , Mohammad Farid Azampour , Walter Simson , Vanessa Gonzalez Duque , Nassir Navab