Featured Publications
Attentive continuous generative self-training for unsupervised domain adaptive medical image translation
Liu X, Prince J, Xing F, Zhuo J, Reese T, Stone M, El Fakhri G, Woo J. Attentive continuous generative self-training for unsupervised domain adaptive medical image translation. Medical Image Analysis 2023, 88: 102851. PMID: 37329854, PMCID: PMC10527936, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2023.102851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnsupervised domain adaptationImage translationProblem of domain shiftSelf-trainingImage modality translationLabeled source domainTarget domain dataSelf-attention schemeAlternating optimization schemeHeterogeneous target domainContinuous value predictionPseudo-labelsDomain adaptationUDA methodsDomain shiftSoftmax probabilitiesSource domainTarget domainVariational BayesBackground regionsTranslation tasksTraining processDomain dataGeneration taskOptimization schemeMemory consistent unsupervised off-the-shelf model adaptation for source-relaxed medical image segmentation
Liu X, Xing F, El Fakhri G, Woo J. Memory consistent unsupervised off-the-shelf model adaptation for source-relaxed medical image segmentation. Medical Image Analysis 2022, 83: 102641. PMID: 36265264, PMCID: PMC10016738, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2022.102641.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnsupervised domain adaptationUnsupervised domain adaptation methodsSource domain dataBN statisticsTarget domainLabeled source domain dataDomain dataLabeled source domainSelf-training strategyPatient data privacyHeterogeneous target domainBrain tumor segmentationPseudo-labelsDomain adaptationUnsupervised adaptationData privacySegmentation taskSource domainImage segmentationVital protocolAdaptation frameworkDecay strategyBoost performanceModel adaptationTumor segmentation
2024
Investigating muscle coordination patterns with Granger causality analysis in protrusive motion from tagged and diffusion MRI
Park H, Xing F, Stone M, Kang H, Liu X, Zhuo J, Fels S, Reese T, Wedeen V, Fakhri G, Prince J, Woo J. Investigating muscle coordination patterns with Granger causality analysis in protrusive motion from tagged and diffusion MRI. JASA Express Letters 2024, 4: 095201. PMID: 39240196, PMCID: PMC11384280, DOI: 10.1121/10.0028500.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Feasibility study of clinical target volume definition for soft-tissue sarcoma using muscle fiber orientations derived from diffusion tensor imaging
Shusharina N, Liu X, Coll-Font J, Foster A, Fakhri G, Woo J, Bortfeld T, Nguyen C. Feasibility study of clinical target volume definition for soft-tissue sarcoma using muscle fiber orientations derived from diffusion tensor imaging. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2022, 67: 155013. PMID: 35817048, PMCID: PMC9344976, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac8045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical target volumeSoft tissue sarcomasHealthy volunteersClinical target volume definitionClinical target volume delineationRight thighGross tumor volumeTarget volume definitionEcho-planar acquisitionsTarget volumeAuto-segmentationTumor volumeVolume definitionSarcoma patientsTissue sarcomasCT planeConvolutional neural networkT2-weightedCancer CenterPlanar acquisitionImaging sessionFat suppressionMR imagingSarcomaAnatomical orientationBrain MR Atlas Construction Using Symmetric Deep Neural Inpainting
Xing F, Liu X, Kuo C, Fakhri G, Woo J. Brain MR Atlas Construction Using Symmetric Deep Neural Inpainting. IEEE Journal Of Biomedical And Health Informatics 2022, 26: 3185-3196. PMID: 35139030, PMCID: PMC9250592, DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2022.3149754.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImage inpainting methodInpainting methodDeep learning-based image inpainting methodsBrain Tumor Segmentation ChallengeMultimodal Brain Tumor Segmentation ChallengeReduce reconstruction errorAtlas constructionStatistical brain atlasInpainted regionsInpainted dataImage registration methodReconstruction errorTumor regionMutual informationSimilarity scoresSegmentation ChallengeSymmetry constraintsImage dataRegistration methodMagnetic resonance imagingTumor locationStatistical atlasDistribution of lesionsCross-correlationPatient populationVoxelHop: Successive Subspace Learning for ALS Disease Classification Using Structural MRI
Liu X, Xing F, Yang C, Kuo C, Babu S, Fakhri G, Jenkins T, Woo J. VoxelHop: Successive Subspace Learning for ALS Disease Classification Using Structural MRI. IEEE Journal Of Biomedical And Health Informatics 2022, 26: 1128-1139. PMID: 34339378, PMCID: PMC8807766, DOI: 10.1109/jbhi.2021.3097735.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConvolutional neural networkLearning modelsDimension reductionSubspace learning modelConcatenation of featuresState-of-the-artUnsupervised dimension reductionDeep learning modelsMedical image dataSupervised dimension reductionImage dataClassification of amyotrophic lateral sclerosisSubspace learningClassification taskDeep learningDataset sizeNeural networkSubspace approximationMemory requirementsTraining datasetClassification approachAUC scoreAccurate classificationDatasetExperimental results
2021
Deep learning-based GTV contouring modeling inter- and intra- observer variability in sarcomas
Marin T, Zhuo Y, Lahoud R, Tian F, Ma X, Xing F, Moteabbed M, Liu X, Grogg K, Shusharina N, Woo J, Lim R, Ma C, Chen Y, El Fakhri G. Deep learning-based GTV contouring modeling inter- and intra- observer variability in sarcomas. Radiotherapy And Oncology 2021, 167: 269-276. PMID: 34808228, PMCID: PMC8934266, DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.09.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGross tumor volumeRadiation therapy treatment planningGross tumor volume contoursGross tumor volume delineationTherapy treatment planningIntra-observer variabilityConsensus contoursGTV contoursPre-operative CT imagesSoft tissue sarcomasRadiation oncologistsTumor volumeBone sarcomasTreatment planningAccurate contoursCT imagesDelineation procedureSarcomaSoft tissueConfidence levelRadiationPatientsHausdorff distanceMultiple contoursX-ray4D 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 registrationSpeechImages