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Despite significant progress in generative modelling, existing diffusion models often struggle to produce anatomically precise female pelvic images, limiting their application in gynaecological imaging, where data scarcity and patient…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Johanna P. Müller , Anika Knupfer , Pedro Blöss , Edoardo Berardi Vittur , Bernhard Kainz , Jana Hutter

Deep learning has revolutionized medical image segmentation, yet its full potential remains constrained by the paucity of annotated datasets. While diffusion models have emerged as a promising approach for generating synthetic image-mask…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Kunpeng Qiu , Zhiqiang Gao , Zhiying Zhou , Mingjie Sun , Yongxin Guo

This paper studies the challenging task of makeup transfer, which aims to apply diverse makeup styles precisely and naturally to a given facial image. Due to the absence of paired data, current methods typically synthesize sub-optimal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Zhaoyang Sun , Shengwu Xiong , Yaxiong Chen , Fei Du , Weihua Chen , Fan Wang , Yi Rong

Transparent image layer generation plays a significant role in digital art and design workflows. Existing methods typically decompose transparent layers from a single RGB image using a set of tools or generate multiple transparent layers…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Dingbang Huang , Wenbo Li , Yifei Zhao , Xinyu Pan , Chun Wang , Yanhong Zeng , Bo Dai

Hyperspectral image (HSI) restoration aims at recovering clean images from degraded observations and plays a vital role in downstream tasks. Existing model-based methods have limitations in accurately modeling the complex image…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Li Pang , Xiangyu Rui , Long Cui , Hongzhong Wang , Deyu Meng , Xiangyong Cao

We address hyperspectral image (HSI) synthesis, a problem that has garnered growing interest yet remains constrained by the conditional generative paradigms that limit sample diversity. While diffusion models have emerged as a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Shiyu Shen , Bin Pan , Ziye Zhang , Zhenwei Shi

Recovering a 3D human mesh from a single RGB image is a challenging task due to depth ambiguity and self-occlusion, resulting in a high degree of uncertainty. Meanwhile, diffusion models have recently seen much success in generating…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Lin Geng Foo , Jia Gong , Hossein Rahmani , Jun Liu

Large-scale, big-variant, high-quality data are crucial for developing robust and successful deep-learning models for medical applications since they potentially enable better generalization performance and avoid overfitting. However, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Zheyuan Zhang , Lanhong Yao , Bin Wang , Debesh Jha , Gorkem Durak , Elif Keles , Alpay Medetalibeyoglu , Ulas Bagci

Painterly image harmonization aims to insert photographic objects into paintings and obtain artistically coherent composite images. Previous methods for this task mainly rely on inference optimization or generative adversarial network, but…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-07 Lingxiao Lu , Jiangtong Li , Junyan Cao , Li Niu , Liqing Zhang

Objective:This study introduces a residual error-shifting mechanism that drastically reduces sampling steps while preserving critical anatomical details, thus accelerating MRI reconstruction. Approach:We propose a novel diffusion-based SR…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Mojtaba Safari , Shansong Wang , Zach Eidex , Qiang Li , Erik H. Middlebrooks , David S. Yu , Xiaofeng Yang

Machine learning tasks involving biomedical signals frequently grapple with issues such as limited data availability, imbalanced datasets, labeling complexities, and the interference of measurement noise. These challenges often hinder the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-30 Xiaomin Li , Mykhailo Sakevych , Gentry Atkinson , Vangelis Metsis

Multi-modality magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is essential for the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors. However, missing modalities are commonly observed due to limitations in scan time, scan corruption, artifacts, motion, and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-08 Xiaojiao Xiao , Qinmin Vivian Hu , Guanghui Wang

Diffusion models have achieved remarkable success in image generation but their practical application is often hindered by the slow sampling speed. Prior efforts of improving efficiency primarily focus on compressing models or reducing the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Jiuyi Xu , Qing Jin , Meida Chen , Andrew Feng , Yang Sui , Yangming Shi

This study introduces Polyp-DDPM, a diffusion-based method for generating realistic images of polyps conditioned on masks, aimed at enhancing the segmentation of gastrointestinal (GI) tract polyps. Our approach addresses the challenges of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Zolnamar Dorjsembe , Hsing-Kuo Pao , Furen Xiao

This paper reports on the development of \textbf{a novel style guided diffusion model (SGDiff)} which overcomes certain weaknesses inherent in existing models for image synthesis. The proposed SGDiff combines image modality with a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-16 Zhengwentai Sun , Yanghong Zhou , Honghong He , P. Y. Mok

In clinical practice, tri-modal medical image fusion, compared to the existing dual-modal technique, can provide a more comprehensive view of the lesions, aiding physicians in evaluating the disease's shape, location, and biological…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-16 Yushen Xu , Xiaosong Li , Yuchan Jie , Haishu Tan

Recent advances in text-to-image generation with diffusion models present transformative capabilities in image quality. However, user controllability of the generated image, and fast adaptation to new tasks still remains an open challenge,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Omer Bar-Tal , Lior Yariv , Yaron Lipman , Tali Dekel

Deep learning models have emerged as a powerful tool for various medical applications. However, their success depends on large, high-quality datasets that are challenging to obtain due to privacy concerns and costly annotation. Generative…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Milad Yazdani , Yasamin Medghalchi , Pooria Ashrafian , Ilker Hacihaliloglu , Dena Shahriari

Medical image classification plays a crucial role in computer-aided clinical diagnosis. While deep learning techniques have significantly enhanced efficiency and reduced costs, the privacy-sensitive nature of medical imaging data…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-04 Sufen Ren , Yule Hu , Shengchao Chen , Guanjun Wang

Generative models are increasingly used to augment medical imaging datasets for fairer AI. Yet a key assumption often goes unexamined: that generators themselves produce equally high-quality images across demographic groups. Models trained…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Mahmoud Ibrahim , Bart Elen , Chang Sun , Gokhan Ertaylan , Michel Dumontier