Generative Style Transfer for MRI Image Segmentation: A Case of Glioma Segmentation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Institute of Mathematical Science, Strathmore University（斯特拉斯莫尔大学数学科学学院）；Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Hull（赫尔大学科学与工程学院）；Technical University of Mombasa（蒙巴萨理工大学）；Lawson Health Research Institute（劳森健康研究所）；University of British Columbia（不列颠哥伦比亚大学）；University of Nairobi（内罗毕大学）；University of Cape Town（开普敦大学）；Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University（麦吉尔大学蒙特利尔神经学研究所）；Brain Mind Institute, The Aga Khan University（阿迦汗大学脑与心智研究所）；Medical Physics Unit, McGill University（麦吉尔大学医学物理部门）
Rancy Chepchirchir, Jill Sunday, Raymond Confidence, Dong Zhang, Talha Chaudhry, Udunna C. Anazodo, Kendi Muchungi, Yujing Zou
In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the utilization of lower-quality Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology raises questions about the applicability of machine learning methods for clinical tasks. This study aims to provide a robust deep learning-based brain tumor segmentation (BraTS) method tailored for the SSA population using a threefold approach. Firstly, the impact of domain shift from the SSA training data on model efficacy was examined, revealing no significant effect. Secondly, a comparative analysis of 3D and 2D full-resolution models using the nnU-Net framework indicates similar performance of both the models trained for 300 epochs achieving a five-fold cross-validation score of 0.93. Lastly, addressing the performance gap observed in SSA validation as opposed to the relatively larger BraTS glioma (GLI) validation set, two strategies are proposed: fine-tuning SSA cases using the GLI+SSA best-pretrained 2D fullres model at 300 epochs, and introducing a novel neural style transfer-based data augmentation technique for the SSA cases. This investigation underscores the potential of enhancing brain tumor prediction within SSA's unique healthcare landscape.
Training Beyond Convergence: Grokking nnU-Net for Glioma Segmentation in Sub-Saharan MRI
Multimedia University（多媒体大学）；University of British Columbia（不列颠哥伦比亚大学）；McGill University（麦吉尔大学）；Montreal Neurological Institute（蒙特利尔神经学研究所）；Federal University of Technology Minna（明纳联邦理工大学）；Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory（医学人工智能实验室）；Friedrich-Alexander-Universität（弗里德里希-亚历山大大学）
Adult Glioma Segmentation in Sub-Saharan Africa using Transfer Learning on Stratified Finetuning Data
Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation（谢赫·扎耶德儿科外科创新研究所）；Children’s National Hospital（儿童国家医院）；Biomedical Image Technologies（生物医学影像技术中心）；Universidad Politécnica de Madrid（马德里理工大学）；CIBER-BBN（西班牙生物医学网络研究中心）；ISCIII（卡洛斯三世卫生研究所）；School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University（乔治·华盛顿大学医学与健康科学学院）
Bridging the Gap: Generalising State-of-the-Art U-Net Models to Sub-Saharan African Populations
University of Cape Town（开普敦大学）；Stellenbosch University（斯泰伦博斯大学）；Lawson Health Research Institute（劳森健康研究院）；University of British Columbia（不列颠哥伦比亚大学）；McGill University（麦吉尔大学）
Parameter-efficient Fine-tuning for improved Convolutional Baseline for Brain Tumor Segmentation in Sub-Saharan Africa Adult Glioma Dataset
Nepal Research and Collaboration Center (NRCC)（尼泊尔研究与合作中心）；Birendra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University（特里布万大学比伦德拉多校区）；Institute of Engineering, Purbanchal Campus, Tribhuvan University（特里布万大学普尔班查尔校区工程学院）；Bhaktapur Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University（特里布万大学巴克塔普尔多校区）；Gandaki College of Engineering and Science, Pokhara University（博卡拉大学甘达基工程与科学学院）；McGill University（麦吉尔大学）；Lawson Health Research Institute（劳森健康研究所）；Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab), Lagos（拉各斯医学人工智能实验室）；University of British Columbia（不列颠哥伦比亚大学）；Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University（麦吉尔大学蒙特利尔神经学研究所）
Topology-Driven Fusion of nnU-Net and MedNeXt for Accurate Brain Tumor Segmentation on Sub-Saharan Africa Dataset
Institute of Engineering, Thapathali Campus, Nepal（尼泊尔工程学院，塔帕塔利校区）；Gandaki College of Engineering and Science, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Nepal（加德基工程与科学学院，博克拉大学，博克拉，尼泊尔）；Nepal Engineering College, Changunarayan-4, Bhaktapur, Nepal（尼泊尔工程学院，恰纳拉亚纳-4，巴赫塔普尔，尼泊尔）；Madan Bhandari University of Science and Technology, Chitlang, Nepal（马丹·班达里科学与技术大学，奇塔朗，尼泊尔）；Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada（蒙特利尔神经研究所，麦吉尔大学，蒙特利尔，魁北克，加拿大）；Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University（麦吉尔大学生物医学工程系）；Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab), Lagos, Nigeria（医学人工智能实验室（MAI实验室），拉各斯，尼日利亚）；Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria（物理系，联邦技术大学，米纳，尼日利亚）；Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University（计算机科学系，约翰霍普金斯大学）；Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine（放射学与放射科学系，约翰霍普金斯医学院）；Nepal Applied Mathematics and Informatics Institute for Research (NAAMII), Nepal（尼泊尔应用数学与信息学研究所（NAAMII），尼泊尔）；Institute of Engineering, Purbanchal Campus, Nepal（尼泊尔工程学院，普尔班恰尔校区）
The Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) Challenge 2023: Glioma Segmentation in Sub-Saharan Africa Patient Population (BraTS-Africa)
Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab)（医学人工智能实验室（MAI实验室））；Department of Radiation Biology, Radiotherapy and Radiodiagnosis, University of Lagos（拉各斯大学放射生物学、放射治疗与放射诊断系）；Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego（加州大学圣地亚哥分校放射科）；Crestview Radiology Limited（Crestview放射科有限公司）；Lagos University Teaching Hospital（拉各斯大学教学医院）；Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria（拉各斯州大学教学医院，伊凯贾，拉各斯，尼日利亚）；NSIA-Kano Diagnostic Center, Kano Nigeria（NSIA-卡诺诊断中心，卡诺，尼日利亚）；Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria（恩内迪·阿齐基韦大学教学医院，恩韦伊，安纳博拉州，尼日利亚）；Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria（阿博库塔联邦医疗中心，奥贡州，尼日利亚）；Federal Medical Centre, Umahia, Abia State, Nigeria（乌马希亚联邦医疗中心，阿比亚州，尼日利亚）；National Hospital Abuja, FCT, Nigeria（阿布贾国家医院，联邦首都区，尼日利亚）；Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Markurdi, Benue State, Nigeria（贝努埃州大学教学医院，马库尔迪，贝努埃州，尼日利亚）；Duke University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, USA（达特茅斯大学医学中心，放射科，美国）；University of California San Francisco, CA, USA（加州大学旧金山分校，CA，美国）；Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA（耶鲁大学，新 Haven，CT，美国）；Children's National Hospital, Washington DC, USA（儿童医院华盛顿特区，华盛顿特区，美国）；George Washington University, Washington DC, USA（乔治·华盛顿大学，华盛顿特区，美国）；Sage Bionetworks, USA（Sage生物网络，美国）；Department of Neuroradiology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany（慕尼黑技术大学神经放射科系，慕尼黑，德国）；Helmholtz Research Center, Munich, Germany（海德堡研究中心，慕尼黑，德国）；Duke University Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, USA（达特茅斯大学医学中心，放射肿瘤科，美国）；Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA（费城儿童医院，宾夕法尼亚大学，费城，PA，美国）；Center for AI and Data Science for Integrated Diagnostics (AI2D) & Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics (CBICA), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA（人工智能与数据科学整合诊断中心（AI2D）及生物医学影像计算与分析中心（CBICA），宾夕法尼亚大学，费城，PA，美国）；Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA（Athinoula A Martinos生物医学影像中心，马萨诸塞总医院，波士顿，MA，美国）；University of Zurich, Switzerland（苏黎世大学，瑞士）；Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA（癌症成像计划，国家癌症研究所，国家卫生研究院，贝塞斯达，MD 20814，美国）；Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA（临床流行病学与生物统计学中心，宾夕法尼亚大学，费城，美国）；Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark（应用数学与计算机科学系，丹麦技术大学，丹麦）；Mayo Clinic, MN, USA（梅奥诊所，MN，美国）；Precision FDA, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA（Precision FDA，美国食品药品监督管理局，Silver Spring，MD，美国）；Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA, USA（Booz Allen Hamilton，麦肯，VA，美国）；Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA（放射科，佩尔曼医学院，宾夕法尼亚大学，费城，PA，美国）；Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA（病理学与实验室医学系，佩尔曼医学院，宾夕法尼亚大学，费城，PA，美国）；Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA（全球健康中心，佩尔曼医学院，宾夕法尼亚大学，费城，宾夕法尼亚，美国）；Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada（蒙特利尔神经科学研究所，麦吉尔大学，蒙特利尔，加拿大）；Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa（医学系，开普敦大学，南非）；Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa（放射医学系，开普敦大学，南非）
Transferring Knowledge from High-Quality to Low-Quality MRI for Adult Glioma Diagnosis
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)（香港中文大学）；CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute（香港中文大学深圳研究院）；China Medical University（中国医科大学）；University College London（伦敦大学学院）；UCL Hawkes Institute（伦敦大学学院霍克斯研究所）
How We Won BraTS-SSA 2025: Brain Tumor Segmentation in the Sub-Saharan African Population Using Segmentation-Aware Data Augmentation and Model Ensembling
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology（卡布雷·克鲁马大学科学与技术大学）；University of Cape Coast（科克斯特大学）；University of Toronto（多伦多大学）；Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University（麦吉尔大学生物医学工程系）；Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology（联邦技术大学物理系）
Federated learning in low-resource settings: A chest imaging study in Africa -- Challenges and lessons learned
Dept. de Matemàtiques i Informàtica Universitat de Barcelona（巴塞罗那大学数学与计算机系）；Universitat de Barcelona（巴塞罗那大学）；Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)（加泰罗尼亚高级研究与教育研究所）
Towards SAMBA: Segment Anything Model for Brain Tumor Segmentation in Sub-Sharan African Populations
Nile University（尼罗大学）；Friedrich-Alexander-Universität（埃尔朗根-纽伦堡大学）；Makerere University（马凯雷雷大学）；Malawi University of Science and Technology（马拉维科技大学）；Medical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MAI Lab)（医学人工智能实验室（MAI Lab））；Lawson Health Research Institute（劳森健康研究院）；University of British Columbia（不列颠哥伦比亚大学）；Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University（麦吉尔大学蒙特利尔神经学研究所）；University of Cape Town（开普敦大学）
Automated Ensemble-Based Segmentation of Adult Brain Tumors: A Novel Approach Using the BraTS AFRICA Challenge Data
Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst（马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校曼宁信息与计算机科学学院）；Baystate Medical Center（贝斯州医疗中心）；UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate Campus（马萨诸塞大学陈医学院贝斯州校区）
本文面向撒哈拉以南非洲成人患者，提出融合 UNet3D、ONet3D、SphereNet3D 及改进损失函数的十一模型集成脑肿瘤分割方法，在 BraTS AFRICA 数据上取得优于单模型的分割性能。
Deep Ensemble approach for Enhancing Brain Tumor Segmentation in Resource-Limited Settings
University of Ibadan（伊巴丹大学）；African Institute for Mathematical Sciences（非洲数学科学研究所）；University of Cape Town（开普敦大学）；South African National Bioinformatics Institute（南非国家生物信息学研究所）；University of Western Cape（西开普大学）；Carnegie Mellon University（卡内基梅隆大学）；McGill University（麦吉尔大学）；Lawson Health Research Institute（劳森健康研究所）；University of British Columbia（不列颠哥伦比亚大学）
