2024
Cross noise level PET denoising with continuous adversarial domain generalization
Liu X, Eslahi S, Marin T, Tiss A, Chemli Y, Huang Y, Johnson K, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Cross noise level PET denoising with continuous adversarial domain generalization. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2024, 69: 085001. PMID: 38484401, PMCID: PMC11195012, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad341a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDomain generalization techniqueDomain generalizationDenoising performanceSuperior denoising performanceLatent feature representationGeneral techniqueDistribution shiftsAdversarial trainingDenoised imageFeature representationDomain labelsDistribution divergenceNoise levelDeep learningImage spaceDenoisingPerformance degradationCore ideaNoise realizationsCD methodNoiseImage volumesPerformanceImagesPSNR
2023
Outlier Robust Disease Classification via Stochastic Confidence Network
Lee K, Lee H, El Fakhri G, Sepulcre J, Liu X, Xing F, Hwang J, Woo J. Outlier Robust Disease Classification via Stochastic Confidence Network. Lecture Notes In Computer Science 2023, 14394: 80-90. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47425-5_8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeep learningState-of-the-art modelsAccuracy of deep learningState-of-the-artMedical image dataMedical imaging modalitiesImage patchesIrrelevant patchesCategorical featuresPresence of outliersDL modelsConfidence networkConfidence predictionsClassifying outliersData samplesImage dataOutliersExperimental resultsDisease classificationImprove diagnostic performanceClassificationDiagnosing breast tumorsUltrasound imagingPerformanceImages
2022
Posterior estimation using deep learning: a simulation study of compartmental modeling in dynamic positron emission tomography
Liu X, Marin T, Amal T, Woo J, Fakhri G, Ouyang J. Posterior estimation using deep learning: a simulation study of compartmental modeling in dynamic positron emission tomography. Medical Physics 2022, 50: 1539-1548. PMID: 36331429, PMCID: PMC10087283, DOI: 10.1002/mp.16078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConditional variational auto-encoderDeep learning approachNeural networkDeep learningMarkov chain Monte CarloVariational Bayesian inference frameworkLearning approachDeep learning-based approachVariational auto-encoderDeep neural networksLearning-based approachDynamic brain PET imagingPosterior distributionEstimate posterior distributionsBayesian inference frameworkAuto-encoderMedical imagesInference frameworkNetworkSimulation studyBrain PET imagingLearningPosterior estimatesInferior performanceImagesStructure-aware unsupervised tagged-to-cine MRI synthesis with self disentanglement
Liu X, Xing F, Prince J, Stone M, El Fakhri G, Woo J. Structure-aware unsupervised tagged-to-cine MRI synthesis with self disentanglement. Proceedings Of SPIE--the International Society For Optical Engineering 2022, 12032: 120321q-120321q-7. PMID: 36203947, PMCID: PMC9533681, DOI: 10.1117/12.2610655.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStructure feature extractorImage style transferSelf-training schemeStyle transferFeature extractorAdversarial gameSynthesized imagesInformation w.Superior performanceStructural consistencyTask-specificCycle reconstructionStructural encodingImagesDiscoGANCycleGANEncodingExtractorExtraction stepNetworkSchemeGameInputVariational inference for quantifying inter-observer variability in segmentation of anatomical structures
Liu X, Xing F, Marin T, Fakhri G, Woo J. Variational inference for quantifying inter-observer variability in segmentation of anatomical structures. Proceedings Of SPIE--the International Society For Optical Engineering 2022, 12032: 120321m-120321m-6. PMID: 36303579, PMCID: PMC9603619, DOI: 10.1117/12.2604547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSegmentation mapImage dataVariational inference frameworkVariational autoencoder networkMedical image dataInherent information lossMagnetic Resonance (MRSegmentation datasetAutoencoder networkVariational inferenceLatent vectorsInformation lossManual annotationSegmentation methodAleatoric uncertaintyInference frameworkSacrificing accuracyExperimental resultsAnnotationOrgan boundariesInter-observer variabilityImagesELBOMapsSegments
2021
4D magnetic resonance imaging atlas construction using temporally aligned audio waveforms in speech
Xing F, Jin R, Gilbert I, Perry J, Sutton B, Liu X, Fakhri G, Shosted R, Woo J. 4D magnetic resonance imaging atlas construction using temporally aligned audio waveforms in speech. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2021, 150: 3500-3508. PMID: 34852570, PMCID: PMC8580575, DOI: 10.1121/10.0007064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAudio waveformTemporal domain informationMulti-subject dataAtlas constructionMutual information measureMR image datasetsImage datasetsTarget domainDomain informationPost-processing methodImage sequencesTemporal alignmentSpatiotemporal alignmentMatching patternsInformation measuresImage dataSquare errorAligned volumesAlignment mapOverall score increaseMR technologyCross-correlationDeformable registrationSpeechImagesDual-Cycle Constrained Bijective Vae-Gan For Tagged-To-Cine Magnetic Resonance Image Synthesis
Liu X, Xing F, Prince J, Carass A, Stone M, Fakhri G, Woo J. Dual-Cycle Constrained Bijective Vae-Gan For Tagged-To-Cine Magnetic Resonance Image Synthesis. 2011 IEEE International Symposium On Biomedical Imaging: From Nano To Macro 2021, 00: 1448-1452. PMID: 34707796, PMCID: PMC8547333, DOI: 10.1109/isbi48211.2021.9433852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMR image synthesisAdversarial trainingImage synthesisVAE-GANMR imagingTagged MR imagesCine MR imagingMoving organsSuperior performanceMagnetic resonance imagingAcquisition timeCycle reconstructionHealthy subjectsResonance imagingAnatomical resolutionComparison methodMotion analysisTagged magnetic resonance imagingTissue segmentationImagesScanning session