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This work introduces a novel framework for brain tumor segmentation leveraging pre-trained GANs and Unet architectures. By combining a global anomaly detection module with a refined mask generation network, the proposed model accurately…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-27 Qifei Cui , Xinyu Lu

Federated learning and its application to medical image segmentation have recently become a popular research topic. This training paradigm suffers from statistical heterogeneity between participating institutions' local datasets, incurring…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-19 Matthis Manthe , Stefan Duffner , Carole Lartizien

Creating high-performance generalizable deep neural networks for phytoplankton monitoring requires utilizing large-scale data coming from diverse global water sources. A major challenge to training such networks lies in data privacy, where…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Daniel Zhang , Vikram Voleti , Alexander Wong , Jason Deglint

Most of the current state-of-the-art methods for tumor segmentation are based on machine learning models trained on manually segmented images. This type of training data is particularly costly, as manual delineation of tumors is not only…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-21 Pawel Mlynarski , Hervé Delingette , Antonio Criminisi , Nicholas Ayache

Given the abundance and ease of access of personal data today, individual privacy has become of paramount importance, particularly in the healthcare domain. In this work, we aim to utilise patient data extracted from multiple hospital data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-06 Rasheed el-Bouri , Tingting Zhu , David A. Clifton

Federated learning enables many applications benefiting distributed and private datasets of a large number of potential data-holding clients. However, different clients usually have their own particular objectives in terms of the tasks to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Cihat Keçeci , Mohammad Shaqfeh , Hayat Mbayed , Erchin Serpedin

Collaborative training of a machine learning model comes with a risk of sharing sensitive or private data. Federated learning offers a way of collectively training a single global model without the need to share client data, by sharing only…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Damian Harenčák , Lukáš Gajdošech , Martin Madaras

Brain tumors analysis is important in timely diagnosis and effective treatment to cure patients. Tumor analysis is challenging because of tumor morphology like size, location, texture, and heteromorphic appearance in the medical images. In…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-14 Mirza Mumtaz Zahoor , Shahzad Ahmad Qureshi , Saddam Hussain Khan , Asifullah Khan

Accurate and efficient brain tumor segmentation remains a critical challenge in neuroimaging due to the heterogeneous nature of tumor subregions and the high computational cost of volumetric inference. In this paper, we propose…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Fatemeh Ziaeetabar

Brain tumors are a challenging problem in neuro-oncology, where early and precise diagnosis is important for successful treatment. Deep learning-based brain tumor classification methods often rely on heavy data augmentation which can limit…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Saraf Anzum Shreya , MD. Abu Ismail Siddique , Sharaf Tasnim

The amount of biomedical data continues to grow rapidly. However, collecting data from multiple sites for joint analysis remains challenging due to security, privacy, and regulatory concerns. To overcome this challenge, we use Federated…

Recently, researchers have successfully employed Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to build enhanced recommender systems due to their capability to learn patterns from the interaction between involved entities. In addition, previous studies have…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-29 Marco Arazzi , Mauro Conti , Antonino Nocera , Stjepan Picek

Brain tumor segmentation is a critical task in medical image analysis, aiding in the diagnosis and treatment planning of brain tumor patients. The importance of automated and accurate brain tumor segmentation cannot be overstated. It…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-24 Muhammad Ansab Butt , Absaar Ul Jabbar

The early and accurate classification of brain tumors is crucial for guiding effective treatment strategies and improving patient outcomes. This study presents BrainFusion, a significant advancement in brain tumor analysis using magnetic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Walid Houmaidi , Youssef Sabiri , Salmane El Mansour Billah , Amine Abouaomar

For brain tumour segmentation, deep learning models can achieve human expert-level performance given a large amount of data and pixel-level annotations. However, the expensive exercise of obtaining pixel-level annotations for large amounts…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-11 Xiao Liu , Antanas Kascenas , Hannah Watson , Sotirios A. Tsaftaris , Alison Q. O'Neil

Collaborative machine learning across healthcare institutions promises improved diagnostic accuracy by leveraging diverse datasets, yet privacy regulations such as HIPAA prohibit direct patient data sharing. While federated learning (FL)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Al Amin , Kamrul Hasan , Liang Hong , Sharif Ullah

Federated learning (FL) has proven essential for privacy-preserving, collaborative training across distributed clients. Our prior work, TransFed, introduced a robust transformer-based FL framework that leverages a learn-to-adapt…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-15 Tajamul Ashraf , Iqra Altaf Gillani

The collection and curation of large-scale medical datasets from multiple institutions is essential for training accurate deep learning models, but privacy concerns often hinder data sharing. Federated learning (FL) is a promising solution…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-01-12 Rui Yan , Liangqiong Qu , Qingyue Wei , Shih-Cheng Huang , Liyue Shen , Daniel Rubin , Lei Xing , Yuyin Zhou

Quantum neural networks (QNNs) are gaining increasing interest due to their potential to detect complex patterns in data by leveraging uniquely quantum phenomena. This makes them particularly promising for biomedical applications. In these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Gaoyuan Wang , Jonathan Warrell , Mark Gerstein

Colorectal cancer (CRC) grading is a critical prognostic factor but remains hampered by inter-observer variability and the privacy constraints of multi-institutional data sharing. While deep learning offers a path to automation, centralized…