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In recent years, Denoising Diffusion Models have demonstrated remarkable success in generating semantically valuable pixel-wise representations for image generative modeling. In this study, we propose a novel end-to-end framework, called…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-21 Zhaohu Xing , Liang Wan , Huazhu Fu , Guang Yang , Lei Zhu

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

Leveraging the powerful capabilities of diffusion models has yielded quite effective results in medical image segmentation tasks. However, existing methods typically transfer the original training process directly without specific…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-25 Qilin Huang , Tianyu Lin , Zhiguang Chen , Fudan Zheng

Accurate spatial correspondence between medical images is essential for longitudinal analysis, lesion tracking, and image-guided interventions. Medical image registration methods rely on local intensity-based similarity measures, which fail…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Xingyu Zhang , Anna Reithmeir , Fryderyk Kögl , Rickmer Braren , Julia A. Schnabel , Daniel M. Lang

Diffusion models have shown impressive performance for generative modelling of images. In this paper, we present a novel semantic segmentation method based on diffusion models. By modifying the training and sampling scheme, we show that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Julia Wolleb , Robin Sandkühler , Florentin Bieder , Philippe Valmaggia , Philippe C. Cattin

3D brain MRI studies often examine subtle morphometric differences between cohorts that are hard to detect visually. Given the high cost of MRI acquisition, these studies could greatly benefit from image syntheses, particularly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Binxu Li , Wei Peng , Mingjie Li , Ehsan Adeli , Kilian M. Pohl

Pseudo-healthy image inpainting is an essential preprocessing step for analyzing pathological brain MRI scans. Most current inpainting methods favor slice-wise 2D models for their high in-plane fidelity, but their independence across slices…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-25 Dou Hoon Kwark , Shirui Luo , Xiyue Zhu , Yudu Li , Zhi-Pei Liang , Volodymyr Kindratenko

Diffusion-based sparse-view CT (SVCT) imaging has achieved remarkable advancements in recent years, thanks to its more stable generative capability. However, recovering reliable image content and visually consistent textures is still a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Tianqi Wang , Wenchao Du , Hongyu Yang

Segmentation models such as Segment Anything Model (SAM) and SAM2 achieve strong prompt-driven zero-shot performance. However, their training on natural images limits domain transfer to medical data. Consequently, accurate segmentation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Tal Grossman , Noa Cahan , Lev Ayzenberg , Hayit Greenspan

Constructing high-definition (HD) maps is a crucial requirement for enabling autonomous driving. In recent years, several map segmentation algorithms have been developed to address this need, leveraging advancements in Bird's-Eye View (BEV)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Peijin Jia , Tuopu Wen , Ziang Luo , Mengmeng Yang , Kun Jiang , Zhiquan Lei , Xuewei Tang , Ziyuan Liu , Le Cui , Bo Zhang , Long Huang , Diange Yang

Diffusion models have become a leading approach for high-fidelity medical image synthesis. However, most existing methods for 3D medical image generation rely on convolutional U-Net backbones within latent diffusion frameworks. While…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Marvin Seyfarth , Salman Ul Hassan Dar , Yannik Frisch , Philipp Wild , Norbert Frey , Florian André , Sandy Engelhardt

Diffusion model is the most advanced method in image generation and has been successfully applied to MRI reconstruction. However, the existing methods do not consider the characteristics of multi-coil acquisition of MRI data. Therefore, we…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-23 Chentao Cao , Zhuo-Xu Cui , Jing Cheng , Sen Jia , Hairong Zheng , Dong Liang , Yanjie Zhu

Accurate detection and segmentation of brain tumors from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are essential for diagnosis, treatment planning, and clinical monitoring. While convolutional architectures such as U-Net have long been the backbone…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Arman Behnam

Diffusion models face a fundamental trade-off between generation quality and computational efficiency. Latent Diffusion Models (LDMs) offer an efficient solution but suffer from potential information loss and non-end-to-end training. In…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Zhennan Chen , Junwei Zhu , Xu Chen , Jiangning Zhang , Xiaobin Hu , Hanzhen Zhao , Chengjie Wang , Jian Yang , Ying Tai

We present a latent diffusion-based differentiable inversion method (LD-DIM) for PDE-constrained inverse problems involving high-dimensional spatially distributed coefficients. LD-DIM couples a pretrained latent diffusion prior with an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Zihan Lin , QiZhi He

Medical image segmentation is crucial for clinical diagnosis and treatment planning. Traditional methods typically produce a single segmentation mask, failing to capture inherent uncertainty. Recent generative models enable the creation of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Huynh Trinh Ngoc , Toan Nguyen Hai , Ba Luong Son , Long Tran Quoc

As a new emerging and promising type of generative models, diffusion models have proven to outperform Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) in multiple tasks, including image synthesis. In this work, we explore semantic image synthesis for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Yan Zhuang , Benjamin Hou , Tejas Sudharshan Mathai , Pritam Mukherjee , Boah Kim , Ronald M. Summers

Medical image segmentation is critical for diagnosing and treating spinal disorders. However, the presence of high noise, ambiguity, and uncertainty makes this task highly challenging. Factors such as unclear anatomical boundaries,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-13 Zhiqing Zhang , Guojia Fan , Tianyong Liu , Nan Li , Yuyang Liu , Ziyu Liu , Canwei Dong , Shoujun Zhou

Medical image segmentation models struggle with rare abnormalities due to scarce annotated pathological data. We propose DiffAug a novel framework that combines textguided diffusion-based generation with automatic segmentation validation to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Maham Nazir , Muhammad Aqeel , Francesco Setti

Diffusion Probabilistic Models (DPMs) have demonstrated significant potential in 3D medical image segmentation tasks. However, their high computational cost and inability to fully capture global 3D contextual information limit their…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-17 Kangbo Ma