Machine Learning Methods for Biomedical Imaging

Dear Colleagues,

The field of biomedical imaging is ever growing, with new applications proposed and adopted each year in all aspects of healthcare and biomedical research. The complexity and interconnectedness of the information contained in the biomedical imaging ecosystem has enhanced the clinical decision process, and has diversified the scientific method and how it is applied to medicine and research. This is a golden age for wide-spread applications of artificial intelligence technology, which, taking advantage of computing performance advances and big data availability, has been proven to perform as well as or better than human experts in pattern detection and classification, output consistency, and robustness against confounding factors.

Machine learning methods evolved from original artificial intelligence standards, as scientists optimized algorithms capable of learning from training datasets in order to make inferences for various given problems. Proposed for large scale deployment in healthcare imaging for chronic disease screening and early detection (cardiac disease and cancer), machine learning technologies are experiencing a dynamic expansion in the world of biomedical research. All aspects of image formation, processing, and the analysis of pre- and clinical studies, pathology, and microscopy images, with applications in and beyond medicine, biological and pharmaceutical research, with modalities ranging from X-ray, MRI, molecular imaging, optical, ultrasound, and at the macroscopic and microscopic scales, have all been the subject of machine learning algorithmic implementation. The global expanse machine learning applications in biomedical imaging research is a testament to the resources that the scientific community are vesting towards overcoming the challenges of bringing these paradigm changing advances from research laboratories to clinical applications.

In this Special Issue, entitled “Machine Learning Methods for Biomedical Imaging”, we captured a snapshot of the current efforts that are being made to commit these algorithms to a new evolution step in healthcare standards, one where the clinical process is enhanced by the sublimation of prior knowledge. In defining the scope of the Special Issue, it was obvious that, while the machine learning algorithm architecture and typical deployment converged to certain patterns, their applications were incredibly diverse. Therefore, we present topics of interest including, but not limited to, the following:

• Biomedical image segmentation
• Biomedical image classification
• Biomedical image registration
• Biomedical image denoising
• Biomedical image synthesis (e.g., intra- or inter-modalities)
• Biomedical image reconstruction
• Biomedical image representation and compression
• Biomedical image restoration and enhancement
• Biomedical image argumentation/generation
• Motion/time series biomedical analysis
• Quantitative biomedical image analysis/quantitative imaging biomarkers
• Radiomics and texture representation/analysis.

Dr. Lei Qiu
Dr. Yibo Xie
Dr. Suk Whan Yoon
Dr. Xiaofeng Yang
Guest Editors

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• AI
• machine learning
• deep learning
• biomedical image analysis