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Compressed sensing MRI is a classic inverse problem in the field of computational imaging, accelerating the MR imaging by measuring less k-space data. The deep neural network models provide the stronger representation ability and faster…

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Recently, the state-of-art models for medical image segmentation is U-Net and their variants. These networks, though succeeding in deriving notable results, ignore the practical problem hanging over the medical segmentation field:…

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With a hybrid MEG--MRI device that uses the same sensors for both modalities, the co-registration of MRI and MEG data can be replaced by an automatic calibration step. Based on the highly accurate signal model of ultra-low-field (ULF) MRI,…

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Medical Ultrasound (US) imaging has seen increasing demands over the past years, becoming one of the most preferred imaging modalities in clinical practice due to its affordability, portability, and real-time capabilities. However, it faces…

Low-light image enhancement, such as recovering color and texture details from low-light images, is a complex and vital task. For automated driving, low-light scenarios will have serious implications for vision-based applications. To…

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UNet and its latest extensions like TransUNet have been the leading medical image segmentation methods in recent years. However, these networks cannot be effectively adopted for rapid image segmentation in point-of-care applications as they…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-11 Jeya Maria Jose Valanarasu , Vishal M. Patel

Medical image segmentation is a critical task in healthcare applications, and U-Nets have demonstrated promising results. This work delves into the understudied aspect of receptive field (RF) size and its impact on the U-Net and Attention…

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Low-field (<1T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners remain in widespread use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and are commonly used for some applications in higher income countries e.g. for small child patients with…

Unsupervised learning based multi-scale exposure fusion (ULMEF) is efficient for fusing differently exposed low dynamic range (LDR) images into a higher quality LDR image for a high dynamic range (HDR) scene. Unlike supervised learning,…

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An important task in image processing and neuroimaging is to extract quantitative information from the acquired images in order to make observations about the presence of disease or markers of development in populations. Having a…

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Massive MIMO is one of the main features of 5G mobile radio systems. However, it often leads to high cost, size and power consumption. To overcome these issues, the use of constrained radio frequency (RF) frontends has been proposed, as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-16 Brenda Vilas Boas , Wolfgang Zirwas , Martin Haardt

Deep learning techniques have successfully been employed in numerous computer vision tasks including image segmentation. The techniques have also been applied to medical image segmentation, one of the most critical tasks in computer-aided…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-30 Titinunt Kitrungrotsakul , Iwamoto Yutaro , Lanfen Lin , Ruofeng Tong , Jingsong Li , Yen-Wei Chen

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have many potential medical imaging applications. Due to the limited memory of Graphical Processing Units (GPUs), most current 3D GAN models are trained on low-resolution medical images, these models…

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The work proposes a novel deep-learning framework for the synthesis of three-dimensional MRI volumes from corresponding 3D ultrasound images of the brain, leveraging a modified iteration of the Pix2Pix Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)…

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Ultra-high field MRI (7T+) unlocks a new era of brain research with superior resolution and signal-to-noise. Capturing intricate neural activity and detailed soft tissue pathology, this technology, coupled with advanced RF coil arrays,…

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used for screening, diagnosis, image-guided therapy, and scientific research. A significant advantage of MRI over other imaging modalities such as computed tomography (CT) and nuclear imaging is…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-20 Qing Lyu , Hongming Shan , Ge Wang

The utilisation of deep learning segmentation algorithms that learn complex organs and tissue patterns and extract essential regions of interest from the noisy background to improve the visual ability for medical image diagnosis has…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Yanming Guo

We introduce a novel segmentation-aware joint training framework called generative reinforcement network (GRN) that integrates segmentation loss feedback to optimize both image generation and segmentation performance in a single stage. An…

Compressed sensing (CS) leverages the sparsity prior to provide the foundation for fast magnetic resonance imaging (fastMRI). However, iterative solvers for ill-posed problems hinder their adaption to time-critical applications. Moreover,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-16 Jingshuai Liu , Mehrdad Yaghoobi

In medical imaging, scans often reveal objects with varied contrasts but consistent internal intensities or textures. This characteristic enables the use of low-frequency approximations for tasks such as segmentation and deformation field…

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