Rethinking ultrasound augmentation: A physics-inspired approach

M Tirindelli, C Eilers, W Simson, M Paschali… - … Image Computing and …, 2021 - Springer
Medical Ultrasound (US), despite its wide use, is characterized by artefacts and operator
dependency. Those attributes hinder the gathering and utilization of US datasets for the …

UltraAugment: Fan-shape and Artifact-based Data Augmentation for 2D Ultrasound Images

F Ramakers, T Vercauteren… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Deep learning systems for medical image analysis have shown remarkable performance.
However performance is heavily dependent on the size and diversity of the training data as …

Generative approach for data augmentation for deep learning-based bone surface segmentation from ultrasound images

A Zaman, SH Park, H Bang, C Park, I Park… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Precise localization of cystic bone lesions is crucial for osteolytic bone tumor
surgery. Recently, there is a move toward ultrasound imaging over plain radiographs (X …

GAN-based realistic bone ultrasound image and label synthesis for improved segmentation

AZ Alsinan, C Rule, M Vives, VM Patel… - … Image Computing and …, 2020 - Springer
To provide a safe alternative, for intra-operative fluoroscopy, ultrasound (US) has been
investigated as an alternative safe imaging modality for various computer assisted …

A Style Transfer-Based Augmentation Framework for Improving Segmentation and Classification Performance Across Different Sources in Ultrasound Images

B Huang, Z Xu, SC Chan, Z Liu, H Wen, C Hou… - … Conference on Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Ultrasound imaging can vary in style/appearance due to differences in scanning equipment
and other factors, resulting in degraded segmentation and classification performance of …

Diffusion as sound propagation: Physics-inspired model for ultrasound image generation

M Domínguez, Y Velikova, N Navab… - … Conference on Medical …, 2024 - Springer
Deep learning (DL) methods typically require large datasets to effectively learn data
distributions. However, in the medical field, data is often limited in quantity, and acquiring …

Simultaneous segmentation and classification of bone surfaces from ultrasound using a multi-feature guided CNN

P Wang, VM Patel, I Hacihaliloglu - … 16-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part IV 11, 2018 - Springer
Various imaging artifacts, low signal-to-noise ratio, and bone surfaces appearing several
millimeters in thickness have hindered the success of ultrasound (US) guided computer …

LOTUS: learning to optimize task-based US representations

Y Velikova, MF Azampour, W Simson… - … Conference on Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Anatomical segmentation of organs in ultrasound images is essential to many clinical
applications, particularly for diagnosis and monitoring. Existing deep neural networks …

1 Deep learning for ultrasound beamforming

RJG van Sloun, JC Ye, YC Eldar - arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.11431, 2021 - cambridge.org
Diagnostic imaging plays a critical role in healthcare, serving as a fundamental asset for
timely diagnosis, disease staging, and management as well as for treatment choice …

Speckle and shadows: ultrasound-specific physics-based data augmentation for kidney segmentation

R Singla, C Ringstrom, R Hu… - … on Medical Imaging …, 2022 - proceedings.mlr.press
Techniques for data augmentation are widely employed to avoid overfitting, improve
generalizability and overcome data scarcity. This data-oriented approach frequently uses …