DiSC-Med: Diffusion-based Semantic Communications for Robust Medical Image Transmission

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Autori principali: Guo, Fupei, Zheng, Hao, Zhang, Xiang, Chen, Li, Wang, Yue, Zhang, Songyang
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author Guo, Fupei
Zheng, Hao
Zhang, Xiang
Chen, Li
Wang, Yue
Zhang, Songyang
author_facet Guo, Fupei
Zheng, Hao
Zhang, Xiang
Chen, Li
Wang, Yue
Zhang, Songyang
contents The rapid development of artificial intelligence has driven smart health with next-generation wireless communication technologies, stimulating exciting applications in remote diagnosis and intervention. To enable a timely and effective response for remote healthcare, efficient transmission of medical data through noisy channels with limited bandwidth emerges as a critical challenge. In this work, we propose a novel diffusion-based semantic communication framework, namely DiSC-Med, for the medical image transmission, where medical-enhanced compression and denoising blocks are developed for bandwidth efficiency and robustness, respectively. Unlike conventional pixel-wise communication framework, our proposed DiSC-Med is able to capture the key semantic information and achieve superior reconstruction performance with ultra-high bandwidth efficiency against noisy channels. Extensive experiments on real-world medical datasets validate the effectiveness of our framework, demonstrating its potential for robust and efficient telehealth applications.
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spellingShingle DiSC-Med: Diffusion-based Semantic Communications for Robust Medical Image Transmission
Guo, Fupei
Zheng, Hao
Zhang, Xiang
Chen, Li
Wang, Yue
Zhang, Songyang
Machine Learning
Image and Video Processing
The rapid development of artificial intelligence has driven smart health with next-generation wireless communication technologies, stimulating exciting applications in remote diagnosis and intervention. To enable a timely and effective response for remote healthcare, efficient transmission of medical data through noisy channels with limited bandwidth emerges as a critical challenge. In this work, we propose a novel diffusion-based semantic communication framework, namely DiSC-Med, for the medical image transmission, where medical-enhanced compression and denoising blocks are developed for bandwidth efficiency and robustness, respectively. Unlike conventional pixel-wise communication framework, our proposed DiSC-Med is able to capture the key semantic information and achieve superior reconstruction performance with ultra-high bandwidth efficiency against noisy channels. Extensive experiments on real-world medical datasets validate the effectiveness of our framework, demonstrating its potential for robust and efficient telehealth applications.
title DiSC-Med: Diffusion-based Semantic Communications for Robust Medical Image Transmission
topic Machine Learning
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00172