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The conventional spatial convolution layers in the Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are computationally expensive at the point where the training time could take days unless the number of layers, the number of training images or the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-25 Ee Fey Goh , ZhiYuan Chen , Wei Xiang Lim

This paper attacks an emerging challenge of multi-modal retinal disease recognition. Given a multi-modal case consisting of a color fundus photo (CFP) and an array of OCT B-scan images acquired during an eye examination, we aim to build a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Xirong Li , Yang Zhou , Jie Wang , Hailan Lin , Jianchun Zhao , Dayong Ding , Weihong Yu , Youxin Chen

Recently, diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening utilizing ultra-wide optical coherence tomography angiography (UW-OCTA) has been used in clinical practices to detect signs of early DR. However, developing a deep learning-based DR analysis…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-19 Gitaek Kwon , Eunjin Kim , Sunho Kim , Seongwon Bak , Minsung Kim , Jaeyoung Kim

Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a constantly deteriorating disease, being one of the leading causes of vision impairment and blindness. Subtle distinction among different grades and existence of many significant small features make the task of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-12-31 Sheikh Muhammad Saiful Islam , Md Mahedi Hasan , Sohaib Abdullah

Retinal lesions play a vital role in the accurate classification of retinal abnormalities. Many researchers have proposed deep lesion-aware screening systems that analyze and grade the progression of retinopathy. However, to the best of our…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-17 Taimur Hassan , Muhammad Usman Akram , Naoufel Werghi

The accurate identification of brain tumors from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is essential for timely diagnosis and effective therapeutic intervention. While deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs), particularly those pre-trained on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Helia Abedini , Saba Rahimi , Reza Vaziri

Modern deep learning offers powerful tools for automated retinal screening, but it remains unclear how different visual model families compare in realistic multi-disease settings and under domain shift. In this work, we benchmark twelve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Durjoy Dey , Aymane Ajbar , Yuhong Yan

Visual artefacts of early diabetic retinopathy in retinal fundus images are usually small in size, inconspicuous, and scattered all over retina. Detecting diabetic retinopathy requires physicians to look at the whole image and fixate on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-01 Muhammad Naseer Bajwa , Yoshinobu Taniguchi , Muhammad Imran Malik , Wolfgang Neumeier , Andreas Dengel , Sheraz Ahmed

Early and accurate classification of retinal diseases is critical to counter vision loss and for guiding clinical management of retinal diseases. In this study, we proposed a deep learning method for retinal disease classification utilizing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Mohammad Tahmid Noor , Shayan Abrar , Jannatul Adan Mahi , Md Parvez Mia , Asaduzzaman Hridoy , Samanta Ghosh

Deep learning has emerged as the predominant solution for classifying medical images. We intend to apply these developments to the ultra-widefield (UWF) retinal imaging dataset. Since UWF images can accurately diagnose various retina…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-25 Siwon Kim , Wooyung Yun , Jeongbin Oh , Soomok Lee

Vision foundation models, which have demonstrated significant potential in many multimedia applications, are often underutilized in the natural sciences. This is primarily due to mismatches between the nature of domain-specific scientific…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 E. Lastufka , O. Bait , M. Drozdova , V. Kinakh , D. Piras , M. Audard , M. Dessauges-Zavadsky , T. Holotyak , D. Schaerer , S. Voloshynovskiy

Integrating deep learning into medical imaging is poised to greatly advance diagnostic methods but it faces challenges with generalizability. Foundation models, based on self-supervised learning, address these issues and improve data…

Large pretrained visual foundation models exhibit impressive general capabilities. However, the extensive prior knowledge inherent in these models can sometimes be a double-edged sword when adapting them to downstream tasks in specific…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Qinghe Ma , Jian Zhang , Zekun Li , Lei Qi , Qian Yu , Yinghuan Shi

Foundation models, trained on vast amounts of data using self-supervised techniques, have emerged as a promising frontier for advancing artificial intelligence (AI) applications in medicine. This study evaluates three different…

Large-scale brain imaging datasets provide unprecedented opportunities for developing domain foundation models through pretraining. However, unlike natural image datasets in computer vision, these neuroimaging data often exhibit high…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Yanteng Zhang , Songheng Li , Zeyu Shen , Qizhen Lan , Lipei Zhang , Yang Liu , Vince Calhoun

Accurate segmentation of organs and tumors in CT and MRI scans is essential for diagnosis, treatment planning, and disease monitoring. While deep learning has advanced automated segmentation, most models remain task-specific, lacking…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Yuheng Li , Yizhou Wu , Yuxiang Lai , Mingzhe Hu , Xiaofeng Yang

Self-attention in Transformers comes with a high computational cost because of their quadratic computational complexity, but their effectiveness in addressing problems in language and vision has sparked extensive research aimed at enhancing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Tobias Christian Nauen , Sebastian Palacio , Federico Raue , Andreas Dengel

Retinal fundus imaging plays an essential role in diagnosing various stages of diabetic retinopathy, where exudates are critical markers of early disease onset. Prompt detection of these exudates is pivotal for enabling optometrists to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-14 Mujadded Al Rabbani Alif

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) grading is crucial in determining the adequate treatment and follow up of patients, but the screening process can be tiresome and prone to errors. Deep learning approaches have shown promising performance as…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-01 Teresa Araújo , Guilherme Aresta , Luís Mendonça , Susana Penas , Carolina Maia , Ângela Carneiro , Ana Maria Mendonça , Aurélio Campilho

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is essential for diagnosing conditions such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration. Accurate retinal layer segmentation enables quantitative biomarkers critical for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 S M Asiful Islam Saky , Ugyen Tshering