WACV 2026 Open Access Repository

Pixels to Patients: Bridging CV State-of-Art with Clinical Impact

SGW-GAN: Sliced Gromov-Wasserstein Guided GANs for Retinal Fundus Image Enhancement: Yujian Xiong,

Xuanzhao Dong,

Wenhui Zhu,

Xin Li,

Oana Dumitrascu,

Yalin Wang; [pdf] [arXiv]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Xiong_2026_WACV, author = {Xiong, Yujian and Dong, Xuanzhao and Zhu, Wenhui and Li, Xin and Dumitrascu, Oana and Wang, Yalin}, title = {SGW-GAN: Sliced Gromov-Wasserstein Guided GANs for Retinal Fundus Image Enhancement}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {272-281} }
PMAF Loss: Probabilistic Margin-Aware Focal Loss for Robust Medical Image Classification: Abhinav Sagar; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Sagar_2026_WACV, author = {Sagar, Abhinav}, title = {PMAF Loss: Probabilistic Margin-Aware Focal Loss for Robust Medical Image Classification}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {344-349} }
Bridging the Trust Gap: Interpretable AI for Clinical Decision Support in Arrhythmia Diagnostics: Nchofon Tagha Ghogomu,

Damilare Emmanuel Olatunji,

Carine Pierrette Mukamakuza; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Ghogomu_2026_WACV, author = {Ghogomu, Nchofon Tagha and Olatunji, Damilare Emmanuel and Mukamakuza, Carine Pierrette}, title = {Bridging the Trust Gap: Interpretable AI for Clinical Decision Support in Arrhythmia Diagnostics}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {387-394} }
EUS-FAT: Video-Based Multiple Instance Learning for Liver Fat Quantification from Endoscopic Ultrasound: Sahika Betul Yayli,

Fatih Ibrahim Ozlugedik,

Nicolo Pecco,

Shuji Mitsuhashi,

Vinay Chandrasekhara,

Bradley J Erickson; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Yayli_2026_WACV, author = {Yayli, Sahika Betul and Ozlugedik, Fatih Ibrahim and Pecco, Nicolo and Mitsuhashi, Shuji and Chandrasekhara, Vinay and Erickson, Bradley J}, title = {EUS-FAT: Video-Based Multiple Instance Learning for Liver Fat Quantification from Endoscopic Ultrasound}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {379-386} }
What Matters in Reinforcement Learning Based Training for Medical Vision Language Model: An Empirical Study: Wenhui Zhu,

Xuanzhao Dong,

Xin Li,

Peijie Qiu,

Xiwen Chen,

Walker Northrup,

Abolfazl Razi,

Aris Sotiras,

Yi Su,

Zhipeng Wang,

Shao Tang,

Yalin Wang; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Zhu_2026_WACV, author = {Zhu, Wenhui and Dong, Xuanzhao and Li, Xin and Qiu, Peijie and Chen, Xiwen and Northrup, Walker and Razi, Abolfazl and Sotiras, Aris and Su, Yi and Wang, Zhipeng and Tang, Shao and Wang, Yalin}, title = {What Matters in Reinforcement Learning Based Training for Medical Vision Language Model: An Empirical Study}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {303-313} }
LLM Augmented Intervenable Multimodal Adaptor for Post-operative Complication Prediction in Lung Cancer Surgery: Shubham Pandey,

Bhavin Jawade,

Srirangaraj Setlur,

Venu Govindaraju,

Kenneth Seastedt; [pdf] [supp] [arXiv]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Pandey_2026_WACV, author = {Pandey, Shubham and Jawade, Bhavin and Setlur, Srirangaraj and Govindaraju, Venu and Seastedt, Kenneth}, title = {LLM Augmented Intervenable Multimodal Adaptor for Post-operative Complication Prediction in Lung Cancer Surgery}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {434-443} }
BASIC: Bayesian Spiral Attention Classifier for Interpretable Medical Image Classification: Abhinav Sagar; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Sagar_2026_WACV, author = {Sagar, Abhinav}, title = {BASIC: Bayesian Spiral Attention Classifier for Interpretable Medical Image Classification}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {333-343} }
Improving Negation Understanding in Medical Vision-Language Models via Contrastive Fine-Tuning: Jasmine Vu,

Shivanand Venkanna Sheshappanavar; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Vu_2026_WACV, author = {Vu, Jasmine and Sheshappanavar, Shivanand Venkanna}, title = {Improving Negation Understanding in Medical Vision-Language Models via Contrastive Fine-Tuning}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {395-404} }
nnMobileNet++: Towards Efficient Hybrid Networks for Retinal Image Analysis: Xin Li,

Wenhui Zhu,

Xuanzhao Dong,

Hao Wang,

Yujian Xiong,

Oana Dumitrascu,

Yalin Wang; [pdf] [arXiv]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Li_2026_WACV, author = {Li, Xin and Zhu, Wenhui and Dong, Xuanzhao and Wang, Hao and Xiong, Yujian and Dumitrascu, Oana and Wang, Yalin}, title = {nnMobileNet++: Towards Efficient Hybrid Networks for Retinal Image Analysis}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {282-292} }
Towards Facilitated Fairness Assessment of AI-based Skin Lesion Classifiers Through GenAI-based Image Synthesis: Ko Watanabe,

Stanislav Frolov,

Aya Hassan,

David Dembinsky,

Adriano Lucieri,

Andreas Dengel; [pdf] [supp] [arXiv]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Watanabe_2026_WACV, author = {Watanabe, Ko and Frolov, Stanislav and Hassan, Aya and Dembinsky, David and Lucieri, Adriano and Dengel, Andreas}, title = {Towards Facilitated Fairness Assessment of AI-based Skin Lesion Classifiers Through GenAI-based Image Synthesis}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {261-271} }
LiteViT-CAM: A Lightweight and Intrinsically Explainable Framework for Realtime Clinical Video Analysis on Edge Devices: Gokaramaiah Thota,

Nagaraju K,

Sathya Babu Korra,

Viswanath Pulabaigari; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Thota_2026_WACV, author = {Thota, Gokaramaiah and K, Nagaraju and Korra, Sathya Babu and Pulabaigari, Viswanath}, title = {LiteViT-CAM: A Lightweight and Intrinsically Explainable Framework for Realtime Clinical Video Analysis on Edge Devices}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {324-332} }
OMNI-Dent: Towards an Accessible and Explainable AI Framework for Automated Dental Diagnosis: Leeje Jang,

Yao-Yi Chiang,

Angela M. Hastings,

Patimaporn Pungchanchaikul,

Martha B. Lucas,

Emily C. Schultz,

Jeffrey P. Louie,

Mohamed Estai,

Wen-Chen Wang,

Ryan H.L Ip,

Boyen Huang; [pdf] [arXiv]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Jang_2026_WACV, author = {Jang, Leeje and Chiang, Yao-Yi and Hastings, Angela M. and Pungchanchaikul, Patimaporn and Lucas, Martha B. and Schultz, Emily C. and Louie, Jeffrey P. and Estai, Mohamed and Wang, Wen-Chen and Ip, Ryan H.L and Huang, Boyen}, title = {OMNI-Dent: Towards an Accessible and Explainable AI Framework for Automated Dental Diagnosis}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {415-424} }
GraDeCAR- Gradual Denoising by Contrastive Agreement-based Relabeling for Tackling Label Noise in Medical Imaging: Manish Gayen,

Samiran Das,

Shubhobrata Bhattacharya; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Gayen_2026_WACV, author = {Gayen, Manish and Das, Samiran and Bhattacharya, Shubhobrata}, title = {GraDeCAR- Gradual Denoising by Contrastive Agreement-based Relabeling for Tackling Label Noise in Medical Imaging}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {369-378} }
VAOT: Vessel-Aware Optimal Transport for Retinal Fundus Enhancement: Xuanzhao Dong,

Wenhui Zhu,

Yujian Xiong,

Xiwen Chen,

Hao Wang,

Xin Li,

Jiajun Cheng,

Zhipeng Wang,

Shao Tang,

Oana Dumitrascu,

Yalin Wang; [pdf] [arXiv]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Dong_2026_WACV, author = {Dong, Xuanzhao and Zhu, Wenhui and Xiong, Yujian and Chen, Xiwen and Wang, Hao and Li, Xin and Cheng, Jiajun and Wang, Zhipeng and Tang, Shao and Dumitrascu, Oana and Wang, Yalin}, title = {VAOT: Vessel-Aware Optimal Transport for Retinal Fundus Enhancement}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {314-323} }
TFFM: Topology-Aware Feature Fusion Module via Latent Graph Reasoning for Retinal Vessel Segmentation: Iftekhar Ahmed,

Shakib Absar,

Aftar Ahmad Sami,

Shadman Sakib,

Debojyoti Biswas,

Seraj Al Mahmud Mostafa; [pdf] [arXiv]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Ahmed_2026_WACV, author = {Ahmed, Iftekhar and Absar, Shakib and Sami, Aftar Ahmad and Sakib, Shadman and Biswas, Debojyoti and Al Mahmud Mostafa, Seraj}, title = {TFFM: Topology-Aware Feature Fusion Module via Latent Graph Reasoning for Retinal Vessel Segmentation}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {359-368} }
Bridging Restoration and Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Retinal Fundus Enhancement: Xuanzhao Dong,

Wenhui Zhu,

Xiwen Chen,

Hao Wang,

Xin Li,

Yujian Xiong,

Jiajun Cheng,

Zhipeng Wang,

Shao Tang,

Oana Dumitrascu,

Yalin Wang; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Dong_2026_WACV, author = {Dong, Xuanzhao and Zhu, Wenhui and Chen, Xiwen and Wang, Hao and Li, Xin and Xiong, Yujian and Cheng, Jiajun and Wang, Zhipeng and Tang, Shao and Dumitrascu, Oana and Wang, Yalin}, title = {Bridging Restoration and Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Retinal Fundus Enhancement}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {293-302} }
NeuroVLM: A Contrastive Vision-Language Model for Medical Reasoning in Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis: Rakib Hossain Sajib,

Md Baharul Islam,

Md Kishor Morol,

Marjia Sultana; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Sajib_2026_WACV, author = {Sajib, Rakib Hossain and Islam, Md Baharul and Morol, Md Kishor and Sultana, Marjia}, title = {NeuroVLM: A Contrastive Vision-Language Model for Medical Reasoning in Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {405-414} }
TranSegNet: A Transformer Guided Framework for Enhanced Segmentation of Infarct Core and Affected ASPECTS Regions for Ischemic Stroke Assessment: Anagha Harindranath,

Sony M S,

Sumi Suresh M S,

Vivek Nambiar,

Vivek Menon; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Harindranath_2026_WACV, author = {Harindranath, Anagha and S, Sony M and S, Sumi Suresh M and Nambiar, Vivek and Menon, Vivek}, title = {TranSegNet: A Transformer Guided Framework for Enhanced Segmentation of Infarct Core and Affected ASPECTS Regions for Ischemic Stroke Assessment}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {425-433} }
Balancing the Scales: Uncertainty-Aware Two-Stage RL for Multiview Child Malnutrition Screening: Misaal Khan,

Mayank Vatsa,

Kuldeep Singh,

Richa Singh; [pdf]
[bibtex]
@InProceedings{Khan_2026_WACV, author = {Khan, Misaal and Vatsa, Mayank and Singh, Kuldeep and Singh, Richa}, title = {Balancing the Scales: Uncertainty-Aware Two-Stage RL for Multiview Child Malnutrition Screening}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV) Workshops}, month = {March}, year = {2026}, pages = {350-358} }