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ArticlePLoS computational biology2024

Denoising diffusion probabilistic models for generation of realistic fully-annotated microscopy image datasets.

Dennis Eschweiler, Rüveyda Yilmaz, Matisse Baumann, Ina Laube, Rijo Roy, Abin Jose, Daniel Brückner, Johannes Stegmaier

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Dennis EschweilerRWTH Aachen University, Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1041-2810
Rüveyda YilmazRWTH Aachen University, Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-7351-698X
Matisse BaumannRWTH Aachen University, Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, Aachen, Germany.
Ina LaubeRWTH Aachen University, Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, Aachen, Germany.
Rijo RoyRWTH Aachen University, Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, Aachen, Germany.
Abin JoseRWTH Aachen University, Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, Aachen, Germany.
Daniel BrücknerRWTH Aachen University, Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, Aachen, Germany.
Johannes StegmaierRWTH Aachen University, Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4072-3759

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German Research Foundation DFG
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in computer vision have led to significant progress in the generation of realistic image data, with denoising diffusion probabilistic models proving to be a particularly effective method. In this study, we demonstrate that diffusion models can effectively generate fully-annotated microscopy image data sets through an unsupervised and intuitive approach, using rough sketches of desired structures as the starting point. The proposed pipeline helps to reduce the reliance on manual annotations when training deep learning-based segmentation approaches and enables the segmentation of diverse datasets without the need for human annotations. We demonstrate that segmentation models trained with a small set of synthetic image data reach accuracy levels comparable to those of generalist models trained with a large and diverse collection of manually annotated image data, thereby offering a streamlined and specialized application of segmentation models.

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IntuitionMicroscopyDiffusionHumansModels, Statistical

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