2024
SymTC: A symbiotic Transformer-CNN net for instance segmentation of lumbar spine MRI
Chen J, Qian L, Ma L, Urakov T, Gu W, Liang L. SymTC: A symbiotic Transformer-CNN net for instance segmentation of lumbar spine MRI. Computers In Biology And Medicine 2024, 179: 108795. PMID: 38955128, DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConvolutional neural networkDeep neural networksImage segmentation modelNeural networkSegmentation modelConvolutional neural network layersSelf-attention moduleEfficient image segmentationIn-house datasetModule of TransformerMR image datasetsHigher Dice scoresImage datasetsImage segmentationTransformation layerAccurate segmentationPersistent low back painDice scoreIndividual instancesAutomated wayLumbar spine MRILow back painDatasetHausdorff distanceLumbar MR images
2020
CQ-VAE: Coordinate Quantized VAE for Uncertainty Estimation with Application to Disk Shape Analysis from Lumbar Spine MRI Images
Qian L, Chen J, Urakov T, Gu W, Liang L. CQ-VAE: Coordinate Quantized VAE for Uncertainty Estimation with Application to Disk Shape Analysis from Lumbar Spine MRI Images. 2020, 00: 580-585. DOI: 10.1109/icmla51294.2020.00097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchContinuous latent spaceLatent spaceVariational autoencoderImage datasetsHuman expertsTraining samplesSpine MRI imagesProbabilistic outputsMatching algorithmMedical imagesProbability distributionRepresentation of ambiguityGenerative modelOutput distributionProbabilistic componentDiscrete probability distributionsDeterministic pathImage interpretationUncertainty estimationShape analysisMRI imagesMedical applicationsAutoencoderImagesBackpropagation