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The Efficacy of Semantics-Preserving Transformations in Self-Supervised Learning for Medical Ultrasound

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Udgivet i:Bioengineering vol. 12, no. 8 (2025), p. 855-889
Hovedforfatter: Blake, VanBerlo
Andre forfattere: Hoey, Jesse, Wong, Alexander, Arntfield, Robert
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MDPI AG
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United States > US
Datasets
Classification
Pattern recognition
Medical imaging
COVID-19
Machine learning
Pleural effusion
Data augmentation
Self-supervised learning
Preprocessing
Semantics
Pneumonia
Pipelines
Medical research
Effectiveness
Ultrasound
Object recognition
Ultrasonic imaging
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Resumen:Data augmentation is a central component of joint embedding self-supervised learning (SSL). Approaches that work for natural images may not always be effective in medical imaging tasks. This study systematically investigated the impact of data augmentation and preprocessing strategies in SSL for lung ultrasound. Three data augmentation pipelines were assessed: (1) a baseline pipeline commonly used across imaging domains, (2) a novel semantic-preserving pipeline designed for ultrasound, and (3) a distilled set of the most effective transformations from both pipelines. Pretrained models were evaluated on multiple classification tasks: B-line detection, pleural effusion detection, and COVID-19 classification. Experiments revealed that semantics-preserving data augmentation resulted in the greatest performance for COVID-19 classification—a diagnostic task requiring global image context. Cropping-based methods yielded the greatest performance on the B-line and pleural effusion object classification tasks, which require strong local pattern recognition. Lastly, semantics-preserving ultrasound image preprocessing resulted in increased downstream performance for multiple tasks. Guidance regarding data augmentation and preprocessing strategies was synthesized for developers working with SSL in ultrasound.
ISSN:2306-5354
DOI:10.3390/bioengineering12080855
Fuente:Engineering Database