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Memory-SAM pipeline enables prompt-free tongue segmentation

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Researchers have developed Memory-SAM, a novel pipeline for tongue segmentation that eliminates the need for human prompts or model fine-tuning. This system leverages a small memory of prior cases, using DINOv3 features and FAISS retrieval to automatically generate effective prompts for SAM2. Tested on 600 expert-annotated images, Memory-SAM achieved a mean Intersection over Union (mIoU) of 0.9863, significantly outperforming existing methods like FCN and a detector-to-box SAM baseline, particularly in real-world conditions. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more efficient and accurate medical image analysis, particularly in traditional Chinese medicine, by reducing the reliance on manual annotation and fine-tuning.

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a new research paper detailing a novel method for image segmentation. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Memory-SAM pipeline enables prompt-free tongue segmentation

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  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Joongwon Chae, Lihui Luo, Xi Yuan, Dongmei Yu, Zhenglin Chen, Lian Zhang, Peiwu Qin ·

    Memory-SAM: Human-Prompt-Free Tongue Segmentation via Retrieval-to-Prompt

    arXiv:2510.15849v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Accurate tongue segmentation is crucial for reliable TCM analysis. Supervised models require large annotated datasets, while SAM-family models remain prompt-driven. We present Memory-SAM, a training-free, human-prompt-free pipel…

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