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The Segment Anything Model (SAM) is a recently developed large model for general-purpose segmentation for computer vision tasks. SAM was trained using 11 million images with over 1 billion masks and can produce segmentation results for a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Yizhe Zhang , Tao Zhou , Shuo Wang , Peixian Liang , Danny Z. Chen

Recently, the first foundation model developed specifically for image segmentation tasks was developed, termed the "Segment Anything Model" (SAM). SAM can segment objects in input imagery based on cheap input prompts, such as one (or more)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Simiao Ren , Francesco Luzi , Saad Lahrichi , Kaleb Kassaw , Leslie M. Collins , Kyle Bradbury , Jordan M. Malof

Foundation models like the Segment Anything Model (SAM) excel in zero-shot segmentation for natural images but struggle with medical image segmentation due to differences in texture, contrast, and noise. Annotating medical images is costly…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-14 Sourya Sengupta , Satrajit Chakrabarty , Keerthi Sravan Ravi , Gopal Avinash , Ravi Soni

Semi-supervised learning (SSL) has achieved notable progress in medical image segmentation. To achieve effective SSL, a model needs to be able to efficiently learn from limited labeled data and effectively exploiting knowledge from abundant…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Juzheng Miao , Cheng Chen , Keli Zhang , Jie Chuai , Quanzheng Li , Pheng-Ann Heng

Medical image segmentation and video object segmentation are essential for diagnosing and analyzing diseases by identifying and measuring biological structures. Recent advances in natural domain have been driven by foundation models like…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Zhiling Yan , Weixiang Sun , Rong Zhou , Zhengqing Yuan , Kai Zhang , Yiwei Li , Tianming Liu , Quanzheng Li , Xiang Li , Lifang He , Lichao Sun

Pixel-level vision tasks, such as semantic segmentation, require extensive and high-quality annotated data, which is costly to obtain. Semi-supervised semantic segmentation (SSSS) has emerged as a solution to alleviate the labeling burden…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Danhui Chen , Ziquan Liu , Chuxi Yang , Dan Wang , Yan Yan , Yi Xu , Xiangyang Ji

Whole-heart segmentation from CT and MRI scans is crucial for cardiovascular disease analysis, yet existing methods struggle with modality-specific biases and the need for extensive labeled datasets. To address these challenges, we propose…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-26 Abdul Qayyum , Moona Mazher , Devran Ugurlu , Jose Alonso Solis Lemus , Cristobal Rodero , Steven A Niederer

Segment Anything Model (SAM) has revolutionized the way of segmentation. However, SAM's performance may decline when applied to tasks involving domains that differ from natural images. Nonetheless, by employing fine-tuning techniques, SAM…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-27 Lin Wang , Xiufen Ye , Liqiang Zhu , Weijie Wu , Jianguo Zhang , Huiming Xing , Chao Hu

The advent of foundation models signals a new era in artificial intelligence. The Segment Anything Model (SAM) is the first foundation model for image segmentation. In this study, we evaluate SAM's ability to segment features from eye…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Virmarie Maquiling , Sean Anthony Byrne , Diederick C. Niehorster , Marcus Nyström , Enkelejda Kasneci

Robust and accurate segmentation of scenes has become one core functionality in various visual recognition and navigation tasks. This has inspired the recent development of Segment Anything Model (SAM), a foundation model for general mask…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Aoran Xiao , Weihao Xuan , Heli Qi , Yun Xing , Naoto Yokoya , Shijian Lu

Medical image segmentation is clinically important, yet data privacy and the cost of expert annotation limit the availability of labeled data. Federated semi-supervised learning (FSSL) offers a solution but faces two challenges:…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Sahar Nasirihaghighi , Negin Ghamsarian , Yiping Li , Marcel Breeuwer , Raphael Sznitman , Klaus Schoeffmann

The Segment Anything Model (SAM) made an eye-catching debut recently and inspired many researchers to explore its potential and limitation in terms of zero-shot generalization capability. As the first promptable foundation model for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Dongjie Cheng , Ziyuan Qin , Zekun Jiang , Shaoting Zhang , Qicheng Lao , Kang Li

The Segment Anything Model (SAM) is a powerful foundation model that introduced revolutionary advancements in natural image segmentation. However, its performance remains sub-optimal when delineating the intricate structure of biomedical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-05 Xiangru Li , Yifei Zhang , Liang Zhao

The success of large language models has inspired the computer vision community to explore image segmentation foundation model that is able to zero/few-shot generalize through prompt engineering. Segment-Anything(SAM), among others, is the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-11 Haojie Zhang , Yongyi Su , Xun Xu , Kui Jia

Recent advancements in foundation models, such as the Segment Anything Model (SAM), have shown strong performance in various vision tasks, particularly image segmentation, due to their impressive zero-shot segmentation capabilities.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Pengfei Gu , Haoteng Tang , Islam A. Ebeid , Jose A. Nunez , Fabian Vazquez , Diego Adame , Marcus Zhan , Huimin Li , Bin Fu , Danny Z. Chen

The segment anything model (SAM) was released as a foundation model for image segmentation. The promptable segmentation model was trained by over 1 billion masks on 11M licensed and privacy-respecting images. The model supports zero-shot…

The emergence of large models, also known as foundation models, has brought significant advancements to AI research. One such model is Segment Anything (SAM), which is designed for image segmentation tasks. However, as with other foundation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-03 Tianrun Chen , Lanyun Zhu , Chaotao Ding , Runlong Cao , Yan Wang , Zejian Li , Lingyun Sun , Papa Mao , Ying Zang

Recent advances in segmentation foundation models have enabled accurate and efficient segmentation across a wide range of natural images and videos, but their utility to medical data remains unclear. In this work, we first present a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-07 Jun Ma , Sumin Kim , Feifei Li , Mohammed Baharoon , Reza Asakereh , Hongwei Lyu , Bo Wang

Segmentation in medical imaging is a critical component for the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of various diseases and medical conditions. Presently, the medical segmentation landscape is dominated by numerous specialized deep…

The Segment Anything Model (SAM) is a deep neural network foundational model designed to perform instance segmentation which has gained significant popularity given its zero-shot segmentation ability. SAM operates by generating masks based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Yona Falinie A. Gaus , Neelanjan Bhowmik , Brian K. S. Isaac-Medina , Toby P. Breckon