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Deep learning has not been routinely employed for semantic segmentation of seabed environment for synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) imagery due to the implicit need of abundant training data such methods necessitate. Abundant training data,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-02 Yung-Chen Sun , Isaac D. Gerg , Vishal Monga

The performance of supervised deep learning methods for medical image segmentation is often limited by the scarcity of labeled data. As a promising research direction, semi-supervised learning addresses this dilemma by leveraging unlabeled…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-13 Zihang Liu , Chunhui Zhao

Ultrasound (US) imaging is clinically invaluable due to its noninvasive and safe nature. However, interpreting US images is challenging, requires significant expertise, and time, and is often prone to errors. Deep learning offers assistive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Edward Ellis , Andrew Bulpitt , Nasim Parsa , Michael F Byrne , Sharib Ali

Deep learning-based segmentation methods have been widely employed for automatic glaucoma diagnosis and prognosis. In practice, fundus images obtained by different fundus cameras vary significantly in terms of illumination and intensity.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-11 Qianbi Yu , Dongnan Liu , Chaoyi Zhang , Xinwen Zhang , Weidong Cai

Semi-supervised learning has made significant strides in the medical domain since it alleviates the heavy burden of collecting abundant pixel-wise annotated data for semantic segmentation tasks. Existing semi-supervised approaches enhance…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-03 Xu Zheng , Chong Fu , Haoyu Xie , Jialei Chen , Xingwei Wang , Chiu-Wing Sham

The success of deep learning methods in medical image segmentation tasks usually requires a large amount of labeled data. However, obtaining reliable annotations is expensive and time-consuming. Semi-supervised learning has attracted much…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-13 Yichi Zhang , Jicong Zhang

Existing approaches for the problem of ultrasound image segmentation, whether supervised or semi-supervised, are typically specialized for specific anatomical structures or tasks, limiting their practical utility in clinical settings. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Yaxiong Chen , Qicong Wang , Chunlei Li , Jingliang Hu , Yilei Shi , Shengwu Xiong , Xiao Xiang Zhu , Lichao Mou

The problem of unsupervised learning and segmentation of hyperspectral images is a significant challenge in remote sensing. The high dimensionality of hyperspectral data, presence of substantial noise, and overlap of classes all contribute…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-17 James M. Murphy , Mauro Maggioni

Ultrasound imaging is a commonly used technology for visualising patient anatomy in real-time during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. High operator dependency and low reproducibility make ultrasound imaging and interpretation…

Medical instrument segmentation in 3D ultrasound is essential for image-guided intervention. However, to train a successful deep neural network for instrument segmentation, a large number of labeled images are required, which is expensive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Hongxu Yang , Caifeng Shan , R. Arthur Bouwman , Lukas R. C. Dekker , Alexander F. Kolen , Peter H. N. de With

In ultrasound imaging the appearance of homogeneous regions of tissue is subject to speckle, which for certain applications can make the detection of tissue irregularities difficult. To cope with this, it is common practice to apply speckle…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-02 Rüdiger Göbl , Christoph Hennersperger , Nassir Navab

Purpose: Lesion segmentation in medical imaging is key to evaluating treatment response. We have recently shown that reinforcement learning can be applied to radiological images for lesion localization. Furthermore, we demonstrated that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-22 Joseph Stember , Hrithwik Shalu

Deep learning-based analysis of high-frequency, high-resolution micro-ultrasound data shows great promise for prostate cancer detection. Previous approaches to analysis of ultrasound data largely follow a supervised learning paradigm.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-02 Paul F. R. Wilson , Mahdi Gilany , Amoon Jamzad , Fahimeh Fooladgar , Minh Nguyen Nhat To , Brian Wodlinger , Purang Abolmaesumi , Parvin Mousavi

Hyperspectral images capture vast amounts of high-dimensional spectral information about a scene, making labeling an intensive task that is resistant to out-of-the-box statistical methods. Unsupervised learning of clusters allows for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Joshua Lentz , Nicholas Karris , Alex Cloninger , James M. Murphy

Current 3D semi-supervised segmentation methods face significant challenges such as limited consideration of contextual information and the inability to generate reliable pseudo-labels for effective unsupervised data use. To address these…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-22 Sanaz Karimijafarbigloo , Reza Azad , Yury Velichko , Ulas Bagci , Dorit Merhof

Semantic segmentation is a critical step in automated image interpretation and analysis where pixels are classified into one or more predefined semantically meaningful classes. Deep learning approaches for semantic segmentation rely on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Tushar Kataria , Beatrice Knudsen , Shireen Elhabian

Unsupervised image segmentation aims at grouping different semantic patterns in an image without the use of human annotation. Similarly, image clustering searches for groupings of images based on their semantic content without supervision.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Isaac Wasserman , Jeova Farias Sales Rocha Neto

Interpretation of medical images for diagnosis and treatment of complex disease from high-dimensional and heterogeneous data remains a key challenge in transforming healthcare. In the last few years, both supervised and unsupervised deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-12-20 Khalid Raza , Nripendra Kumar Singh

Medical image analysis using supervised deep learning methods remains problematic because of the reliance of deep learning methods on large amounts of labelled training data. Although medical imaging data repositories continue to expand…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-11 Euijoon Ahn , Ashnil Kumar , Dagan Feng , Michael Fulham , Jinman Kim

We tackle biomedical image segmentation in the scenario of only a few labeled brain MR images. This is an important and challenging task in medical applications, where manual annotations are time-consuming. Current multi-atlas based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Hyeon Woo Lee , Mert R. Sabuncu , Adrian V. Dalca