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arxiv: 2604.10084 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-11 · 💻 cs.CV

Active Diffusion Matching: Score-based Iterative Alignment of Cross-Modal Retinal Images

Kanggeon Lee , Su Jeong Song , Soochahn Lee , Kyoung Mu Lee This is my paper

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keywords cross-modal image alignmentretinal fundus imagesultra-widefield imagingscore-based diffusion modelsimage registrationLangevin dynamicsglobal and local deformation
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Two interdependent diffusion models jointly estimate global and local alignments between standard and ultra-widefield fundus images.

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The paper introduces Active Diffusion Matching to solve the problem of aligning Standard Fundus Images with Ultra-Widefield Fundus Images, which differ greatly in field of view and retinal appearance. It does this by running two score-based diffusion models that depend on each other, using an iterative Langevin Markov chain to search for the best combination of global transformation and local deformation. The method includes custom sampling steps to adapt to each image pair. If successful, this would allow more accurate combined analysis of the two image types in clinical settings where no prior specialized tool existed.

Core claim

ADM integrates two interdependent score-based diffusion models to jointly estimate global transformations and local deformations via an iterative Langevin Markov chain, with custom sampling strategies to adapt to input pairs, producing higher alignment accuracy than prior methods on both private SFI-UWFI pairs and public SFI-SFI pairs.

What carries the argument

The Active Diffusion Matching procedure, which couples two score-based diffusion models through an iterative Langevin Markov chain to perform stochastic progressive search for optimal global and local alignment parameters.

If this is right

  • Joint optimization of global transformation and local deformation becomes feasible for cross-modal retinal pairs where viewing ranges differ sharply.
  • Alignment accuracy improves enough to support downstream tasks such as integrated diagnostic review of standard and widefield images.
  • The stochastic iterative search reduces the need for hand-crafted initialization or separate coarse-to-fine pipelines.
  • Custom sampling within the diffusion process increases robustness to the amorphous texture of retinal data.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same coupled-diffusion structure could be tested on other cross-modal medical registration problems such as MRI-CT brain alignment.
  • If the iterative chain scales well, it might reduce reliance on supervised landmark detectors for retinal registration.
  • The approach suggests a general template for using score-based models to handle both rigid and non-rigid components in one optimization loop.

Load-bearing premise

The two diffusion models will converge reliably to good global and local alignment without getting stuck in poor solutions or depending too much on starting guesses for any pair of images.

What would settle it

On a held-out set of SFI-UWFI pairs, ADM produces lower mAUC than the previous best method or shows no improvement over simple affine registration.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.10084 by Kanggeon Lee, Kyoung Mu Lee, Soochahn Lee, Su Jeong Song.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Alignment of standard fundus images (SFIs) and ultra-widefield images (UWFIs) using ADM. We present a method for the alignment of SFI-UWFI pairs. The FOV of the SFI is limited to the orange box region of the UWFI. The cropped and zoomed-in green and red boxes highlight the alignment results of SuperRetina [1], GeoFormer [2], and our proposed ADM. The image below shows the intersection area between the SFI … view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of ADM. ADM aligns the source image Is (SFI) to the destination image Id (UWFI) using a dual diffusion model architecture. Two score networks are employed: sθ estimates global homography H, while sϕ estimates local displacement field v. Both networks are conditioned on the input image pair (Is, Id) via dedicated encoders EH and Ev, which extract modality-adapted latent features. At each diffusion … view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Architectural details of the network components in the homography estimation path. EH and sθ first estimate the homography parameters Ht. STL [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Architectural details of the network components in the displacement field estimation path. Ev and sϕ then estimate the displacement field parameters vt, while STL generates the warped image Iˆ s. gether with Id to estimate vt, as in [25]. In addition, we add a guidance term during the inference of Ht, thereby interconnecting the estimation paths for H and v, as ex￾plained in more detail in Sec. 3.5.1. The … view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Score-based Iterative Alignment. ADM progressively predicts the global transform and local defor￾mations to align SFI-UWFI pairs. 905-dimensional input to a 512-dimensional primitive vec￾tor, which is then passed to the transformer encoder to generate an intermediate feature with 512 dimensions. This intermediate feature is finally interpreted to infer the 9-dimensional homography parameters Ht, via the ML… view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Qualitative comparisons of direct homography estimation methods using sample images from the KBSMC dataset. We illustrate alignment results for SFI-UWFI pairs with GLAMPoints [4], NCNet [37], RigidIRNet [56], ISTN [55], SuperRetina [1], GeoFormer [2], and ADM (ours). hand, methods such as NCNet [37] and GeoFormer [2], which use two images as input to find a suitable match, demonstrated relatively high perf… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Qualitative comparisons of iterative homography estimation methods on sample images from the KBSMC dataset. Alignment results between SFI-UWFI pairs are illustrated using DLKFM [42], MCNet [45], and ADM (ours). second-best method, GeoFormer, demonstrating the ef￾fectiveness of ADM [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Qualitative evaluation of ADM on the FIRE [67] dataset [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_8.png] view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: Abalative evaluation of ADM per differ￾ent sampling steps and hyperparameters. Dynamic Scheduling We conducted an ablation study to validate the effectiveness of each component in our dynamic scheduling strategy: δs, δx, and δR. As summarized in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_9.png] view at source ↗
Figure 10
Figure 10. Figure 10: Failure cases. The transformation estima￾tion results of ADM and the baseline GeoFormer [2] are presented on two highly challenging registration samples from the KBSMC dataset. Gaussian blur, and low illumination. Gaussian noise is in￾troduced by adding zero-mean white noise to the image, with the noise level controlled by the standard deviation parameter σ [76]. Gaussian blur is applied via a smooth￾ing … view at source ↗
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Objective: The study aims to address the challenge of aligning Standard Fundus Images (SFIs) and Ultra-Widefield Fundus Images (UWFIs), which is difficult due to their substantial differences in viewing range and the amorphous appearance of the retina. Currently, no specialized method exists for this task, and existing image alignment techniques lack accuracy. Methods: We propose Active Diffusion Matching (ADM), a novel cross-modal alignment method. ADM integrates two interdependent score-based diffusion models to jointly estimate global transformations and local deformations via an iterative Langevin Markov chain. This approach facilitates a stochastic, progressive search for optimal alignment. Additionally, custom sampling strategies are introduced to enhance the adaptability of ADM to given input image pairs. Results: Comparative experimental evaluations demonstrate that ADM achieves state-of-the-art alignment accuracy. This was validated on two datasets: a private dataset of SFI-UWFI pairs and a public dataset of SFI-SFI pairs, with mAUC improvements of 5.2 and 0.4 points on the private and public datasets, respectively, compared to existing state-of-the-art methods. Conclusion: ADM effectively bridges the gap in aligning SFIs and UWFIs, providing an innovative solution to a previously unaddressed challenge. The method's ability to jointly optimize global and local alignment makes it highly effective for cross-modal image alignment tasks. Significance: ADM has the potential to transform the integrated analysis of SFIs and UWFIs, enabling better clinical utility and supporting learning-based image enhancements. This advancement could significantly improve diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes in ophthalmology.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper proposes Active Diffusion Matching (ADM), a novel method for aligning Standard Fundus Images (SFIs) with Ultra-Widefield Fundus Images (UWFIs) that integrates two interdependent score-based diffusion models to jointly estimate global transformations and local deformations. These are optimized via an iterative Langevin Markov chain with custom sampling strategies to perform stochastic progressive search. The central claim is that ADM achieves state-of-the-art alignment accuracy, with reported mAUC gains of 5.2 points on a private SFI-UWFI dataset and 0.4 points on a public SFI-SFI dataset relative to existing methods.

Significance. If the performance claims hold under rigorous validation, ADM would address a genuine gap in cross-modal retinal image registration where large field-of-view differences and amorphous retinal structure make standard techniques unreliable. The joint global-local optimization via coupled diffusion models represents a technically interesting extension of score-based generative approaches to alignment tasks, with potential downstream benefits for clinical analysis and learning-based enhancement in ophthalmology.

major comments (4)
  1. [Results] Results: The reported mAUC improvements (5.2 and 0.4 points) are presented without error bars, standard deviations across runs, or statistical significance tests. This directly weakens the SOTA claim, as it is impossible to determine whether the gains are robust or could arise from variance in the stochastic Langevin process.
  2. [Methods] Methods: No ablation studies are provided on the custom sampling strategies or the free parameters of the iterative Langevin Markov chain (chain length, step size). Given that the method relies on these interdependent components for convergence, the absence of such controls leaves open whether the gains reflect the core architecture or favorable hyperparameter tuning on the private data.
  3. [Methods] Methods: The private dataset is described only at a high level with no information on collection protocol, patient demographics, acquisition parameters, or the train/validation/test split. This is load-bearing for the 5.2-point gain claim, as it prevents assessment of selection bias, data leakage, or generalization.
  4. [Methods] Methods: The paper asserts that the coupled diffusion models and stochastic progressive search reliably reach optimal alignments despite large FOV differences, yet provides no analysis of convergence behavior, sensitivity to initialization, or failure modes such as mode collapse. This is central to the weakest assumption identified in the skeptic note.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The acronym mAUC is introduced without expansion; it should be defined on first use (e.g., mean area under the curve) for clarity.
  2. [Methods] The description of the two diffusion models as 'interdependent' is repeated but never formalized with an explicit coupling equation or loss term; adding this would improve reproducibility.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed feedback on our manuscript. We address each major comment point by point below, indicating where revisions will be made to strengthen the work.

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  1. Referee: [Results] Results: The reported mAUC improvements (5.2 and 0.4 points) are presented without error bars, standard deviations across runs, or statistical significance tests. This directly weakens the SOTA claim, as it is impossible to determine whether the gains are robust or could arise from variance in the stochastic Langevin process.

    Authors: We agree that the lack of error bars and statistical tests limits the ability to assess robustness given the stochastic sampling. In the revised manuscript, we will report means and standard deviations from multiple independent runs (with different random seeds) for both datasets. We will also add statistical significance tests (e.g., paired t-tests or Wilcoxon tests) comparing ADM against baselines, with results incorporated into the Results section and tables. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Methods] Methods: No ablation studies are provided on the custom sampling strategies or the free parameters of the iterative Langevin Markov chain (chain length, step size). Given that the method relies on these interdependent components for convergence, the absence of such controls leaves open whether the gains reflect the core architecture or favorable hyperparameter tuning on the private data.

    Authors: We concur that ablations are important to isolate the contributions of the sampling strategies and hyperparameters. We will add a new ablation subsection in the Experiments section of the revised manuscript, including targeted experiments on the custom sampling strategies and sweeps over chain length and step size, with quantitative results on alignment performance. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [Methods] Methods: The private dataset is described only at a high level with no information on collection protocol, patient demographics, acquisition parameters, or the train/validation/test split. This is load-bearing for the 5.2-point gain claim, as it prevents assessment of selection bias, data leakage, or generalization.

    Authors: We recognize the need for greater transparency. Due to privacy regulations, we cannot release patient-level demographics or the dataset itself. However, we will expand the dataset description in the revised manuscript to include acquisition protocol details (imaging devices, resolutions, FOV specifications), number of patients and pairs, and explicit train/validation/test split ratios, while preserving anonymity. The public dataset results will be highlighted as supporting evidence of generalization. revision: partial

  4. Referee: [Methods] Methods: The paper asserts that the coupled diffusion models and stochastic progressive search reliably reach optimal alignments despite large FOV differences, yet provides no analysis of convergence behavior, sensitivity to initialization, or failure modes such as mode collapse. This is central to the weakest assumption identified in the skeptic note.

    Authors: This concern is well-founded, as convergence analysis is essential for validating the iterative process. In the revision, we will add convergence plots (alignment error vs. iterations), sensitivity experiments to varied initializations, and a discussion of failure modes (including potential mode collapse under extreme FOV mismatches) with mitigation via the custom sampling. These will be placed in the Methods and Experiments sections. revision: yes

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full rationale

The paper proposes ADM as a novel method combining two interdependent score-based diffusion models with iterative Langevin sampling and custom strategies for cross-modal retinal image alignment. The SOTA claim rests on comparative mAUC results from external private and public datasets, not on any equation or parameter that reduces the reported accuracy to a fitted input or self-defined quantity by construction. No self-citation chains, ansatzes, or uniqueness theorems are invoked in a load-bearing way that collapses the central result to prior author work or input data. The derivation is self-contained against the experimental benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

Abstract-only review yields limited visibility into exact hyperparameters or background assumptions; the method implicitly relies on standard diffusion model training assumptions and the existence of a well-behaved score function for retinal image distributions.

free parameters (2)
  • Langevin chain length and step size
    Not numerically specified; required for the iterative stochastic search described in the methods summary.
  • Custom sampling strategy parameters
    Introduced to adapt ADM to input pairs but no values or selection procedure given.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Score functions of the two diffusion models can be jointly optimized to estimate both global and local transformations
    Central to the claim that the models are interdependent and jointly solve the alignment problem.

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