An effective CNN and Transformer complementary network for medical image segmentation

• Published in: Pattern recognition Vol. 136; p. 109228
• Main Authors: Yuan, Feiniu, Zhang, Zhengxiao, Fang, Zhijun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2023
• Subjects: Convolutional Neural Network; Cross-domain fusion; Feature complementary module; Medical image segmentation; Transformer; Convolutional Neural Network; Cross-domain fusion; Transformer; Feature complementary module; Medical image segmentation

•We design dual encoding paths of CNN and Transformer encoders for producing complementary features..•We propose an effective feature complementary module by cross-wisely fusing features from CNN and Transformer domains.•We propose to compute the cross-domain correlation between CNN and Transformer...