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Machine Learning for Biomedical Imaging
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Open-access, independent, minimum fee journal. Co-founded by Tal Arbel, @ja-schnabel.bsky.social, @msabuncu.bsky.social, William M. Wells III, Marc Niethammer, @adriandalca.bsky.social.

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🎯 Authors propose a distillation method to reduce shortcut learning in medical imaging models by guiding training with a task-relevant teacher network. The approach improves robustness across datasets, even with limited bias annotations.
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Preventing Shortcut Learning in Medical Image Analysis through Intermediate Layer Knowledge Distillation from Specialist Teachers
C Boland, S A Tsaftaris, S Dahdouh
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December 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎯 Authors present a model for CT-based body composition analysis, offering accurate muscle and fat segmentation with key metric extraction. It supports 2D and 3D assessments and performs well across diverse datasets.
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Automated Muscle and Fat Segmentation in Computed Tomography for Comprehensive Body Composition Analysis
Y Chen, H Gu, Y Chen, J Yang, H Dong, J Y Cao, A Camarena, C Mantyh, R Colglazier, M A Mazurowski
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December 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🎯 Authors present an interpretable model for multi-label classification that uses counterfactual attribution maps to align predictions with clinical reasoning, offering local and global explanations without sacrificing performance.
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Attri-Net: A Globally and Locally Inherently Interpretable Model for Multi-Label Classification Using Class-Specific Counterfactuals
S Sun, S Woerner, A Maier, L M Koch, C F Baumgartner
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November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🎯 Authors explore calibration as a fairness metric for skin cancer detection, showing that models often overdiagnose and are poorly calibrated across sex, skin tone, and age, highlighting the need for better model auditing in clinical AI.
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On the Role of Calibration in Benchmarking Algorithmic Fairness for Skin Cancer Detection
B Dominique, P Lam, N Kurtansky, J Weber, K Kose, V Rotemberg, J Dy
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November 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🎯 Authors introduce an instance segmentation framework for ball-shaped medical objects and achieve robust, rotation-invariant segmentation, outperforming benchmarks on glomeruli and nucleus detection.
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Circle Representation for Medical Instance Object Segmentation
J Xiong, E H Nguyen, Y Liu, R Deng, R N Tyree, H Correa, G Hiremath, Y Wang, H Yang, A B Fogo, Y Huo
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November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🎯 Authors propose a deep learning method for rapid voxel-wise estimation of tissue composition parameters from chemical shift-encoded MRI, enabling accurate, anatomy-independent estimation with up to 2800× speed-up compared to traditional fitting methods.
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RAIDER: Rapid, anatomy-independent, deep learning-based PDFF and R2* estimation using magnitude-only signals, dual neural networks and training data distribution design
T J Bray, G V Minore, A Bainbridge, L Dwyer-Hemmings, S A Taylor, M A Hall-Craggs, H Zhang
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October 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🎯 Authors propose a hybrid 3D CNN with cross-attention for glaucoma classification from OCT scans, designed to capture asymmetries across hemiretinas and integrate optic nerve head and macula features.
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AI-CNet3D: An Anatomically-Informed Cross-Attention Network with Multi-Task Consistency Fine-tuning for 3D Glaucoma Classification
R Kenia, A Li, R Srivastava, K A Thakoor
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October 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🎯 Authors propose a domain-adaptive framework for brain vessel segmentation that uses image-to-image translation and disentanglement to handle varied imaging modalities without domain-specific design.
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Multi-Domain Brain Vessel Segmentation Through Feature Disentanglement
F Galati, D Falcetta, R Cortese, F Prados, N Burgos, M A Zuluaga
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September 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🎯 Authors examine sex bias in deep learning models for ECG classification and find that performance varies across conditions and model types. Even with balanced training data, disparities persist, emphasizing the need for fairness in clinical AI.
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Investigating sex bias in ECG classification for Atrial Fibrillation, Sinus Rhythm and Myocardial Infarction
M Galanty, B van der Ster, A P Vlaar, C I Sánchez
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September 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎯 Authors propose a distance map–based cell segmentation method that supports partially annotated objects, addressing limitations of fully supervised approaches. It enables effective transfer learning while maintaining segmentation quality.
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Sketchpose: Learning to Segment Cells with Partial Annotations
C Cazorla, N Munier, R Morin, P Weiss
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August 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🎯 Authors propose a lightweight debiasing method that fine-tunes model parameters based on their contributions to bias and prediction. With minimal data and training, it improves fairness and generalization without compromising accuracy.
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SWiFT: Soft-Mask Weight Fine-tuning for Bias Mitigation
J Yan, F Chen, Y Xue, Y Du, K Vilouras, S A Tsaftaris, S McDonagh
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August 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🎯 Authors propose Neural CRF (NCRF), an end-to-end model for prostate MRI segmentation using learnable deep feature-based potentials. NCRF improves consistency and outperforms traditional CRFs in zonal segmentation accuracy.
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A Neural Conditional Random Field Model Using Deep Features and Learnable Functions for End-to-End MRI Prostate Zonal Segmentation
A L Y Hung, K Zhao, K Pang, H Zheng, X Du, Q Miao, D Terzopoulos, K Sung
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August 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM