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 …

Generalize ultrasound image segmentation via instant and plug & play style transfer

Z Liu, X Huang, X Yang, R Gao, R Li… - 2021 IEEE 18th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep segmentation models that generalize to images with unknown appearance are
important for real-world medical image analysis. Retraining models leads to high latency …

Remove appearance shift for ultrasound image segmentation via fast and universal style transfer

Z Liu, X Yang, R Gao, S Liu, H Dou… - 2020 IEEE 17th …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) suffer from the performance degradation when image
appearance shift occurs, especially in ultrasound (US) image segmentation. In this paper …

Ultrasound Variational Style Transfer to Generate Images Beyond the Observed Domain

ALY Hung, J Galeotti - Deep Generative Models, and Data Augmentation …, 2021 - Springer
The use of deep learning in medical image analysis is hindered by insufficient annotated
data and the inability of models to generalize between different imaging settings. We …

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 …

Data augmentation methods for object detection and segmentation in ultrasound scans: An empirical comparative study

SR Brandigampala, AF Al-Battal… - 2022 IEEE 35th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In ultrasound imaging, sonographers are tasked with analyzing scans for diagnostic
purposes; a challenging task, especially for novice sonographers. Deep Learning methods …

Revisiting Data Augmentation for Ultrasound Images

A Tupper, C Gagné - arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.13193, 2025 - arxiv.org
Data augmentation is a widely used and effective technique to improve the generalization
performance of deep neural networks. Yet, despite often facing limited data availability when …

UniUSNet: A Promptable Framework for Universal Ultrasound Disease Prediction and Tissue Segmentation

Z Lin, Z Zhang, X Hu, Z Gao, X Yang… - 2024 IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound is widely used in clinical practice due to its affordability, portability, and safety.
However, current AI research often overlooks combined disease prediction and tissue …

GLFNet: Global-local fusion network for the segmentation in ultrasound images

S Sun, C Fu, S Xu, Y Wen, T Ma - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Ultrasound imaging, as a portable and radiation-free modality, presents challenges for
accurate segmentation due to the variability of lesions and the similar intensity values of …

Frequency-aware Interaction Network for Ultrasound Image Segmentation

D Wang, T Zhou, Y Zhang, S Gao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate segmentation of medical ultrasound images is crucial for guiding treatment
decisions and assessing intervention effectiveness. The challenge of segmenting lesions in …