Point-Sampling Method Based on 3D U-Net Architecture to Reduce the Influence of False Positive and Solve Boundary Blur Problem in 3D CT Image Segmentation
Malignant lesions are a huge threat to human health and have a high mortality rate. Locating the contour of organs is a preparation step, and it helps doctors diagnose correctly. Therefore, there is an urgent clinical need for a segmentation model specifically designed for medical imaging. However,...
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| description | Malignant lesions are a huge threat to human health and have a high mortality rate. Locating the contour of organs is a preparation step, and it helps doctors diagnose correctly. Therefore, there is an urgent clinical need for a segmentation model specifically designed for medical imaging. However, most current medical image segmentation models directly migrate from natural image segmentation models, thus ignoring some characteristic features for medical images, such as false positive phenomena and the blurred boundary problem in 3D volume data. The research on organ segmentation models for medical images is still challenging and demanding. As a consequence, we redesign a 3D convolutional neural network (CNN) based on 3D U-Net and adopted the render method from computer graphics for 3D medical images segmentation, named Render 3D U-Net. This network adapts a subdivision-based point-sampling method to replace the original upsampling method for rendering high-quality boundaries. Besides, Render 3D U-Net integrates the point-sampling method into 3D ANU-Net architecture under deep supervision. Meanwhile, to reduce false positive phenomena in clinical diagnosis and to achieve more accurate segmentation, Render 3D U-Net specially designs a module for screening false positive. Finally, three public challenge datasets (MICCAI 2017 LiTS, MICCAI 2019 KiTS, and ISBI 2019 segTHOR) were selected as experiment datasets and to evaluate the performance on target organs. Compared with other models, Render 3D U-Net improved the performance on both overall organ and boundary in the CT image segmentation tasks, including in the liver, kidney, and heart. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19d7274ff2674879be1210bf1320cab22023-12-03T12:02:48ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-09-011019683810.3390/app10196838Point-Sampling Method Based on 3D U-Net Architecture to Reduce the Influence of False Positive and Solve Boundary Blur Problem in 3D CT Image SegmentationChen Li0Wei Chen1Yusong Tan2College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaCollege of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaCollege of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, ChinaMalignant lesions are a huge threat to human health and have a high mortality rate. Locating the contour of organs is a preparation step, and it helps doctors diagnose correctly. Therefore, there is an urgent clinical need for a segmentation model specifically designed for medical imaging. However, most current medical image segmentation models directly migrate from natural image segmentation models, thus ignoring some characteristic features for medical images, such as false positive phenomena and the blurred boundary problem in 3D volume data. The research on organ segmentation models for medical images is still challenging and demanding. As a consequence, we redesign a 3D convolutional neural network (CNN) based on 3D U-Net and adopted the render method from computer graphics for 3D medical images segmentation, named Render 3D U-Net. This network adapts a subdivision-based point-sampling method to replace the original upsampling method for rendering high-quality boundaries. Besides, Render 3D U-Net integrates the point-sampling method into 3D ANU-Net architecture under deep supervision. Meanwhile, to reduce false positive phenomena in clinical diagnosis and to achieve more accurate segmentation, Render 3D U-Net specially designs a module for screening false positive. Finally, three public challenge datasets (MICCAI 2017 LiTS, MICCAI 2019 KiTS, and ISBI 2019 segTHOR) were selected as experiment datasets and to evaluate the performance on target organs. Compared with other models, Render 3D U-Net improved the performance on both overall organ and boundary in the CT image segmentation tasks, including in the liver, kidney, and heart.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/19/6838render3D U-Netmedical imagesegmentationartificial intelligencedeep learning |
| spellingShingle | Chen Li Wei Chen Yusong Tan Point-Sampling Method Based on 3D U-Net Architecture to Reduce the Influence of False Positive and Solve Boundary Blur Problem in 3D CT Image Segmentation Applied Sciences render 3D U-Net medical image segmentation artificial intelligence deep learning |
| title | Point-Sampling Method Based on 3D U-Net Architecture to Reduce the Influence of False Positive and Solve Boundary Blur Problem in 3D CT Image Segmentation |
| title_full | Point-Sampling Method Based on 3D U-Net Architecture to Reduce the Influence of False Positive and Solve Boundary Blur Problem in 3D CT Image Segmentation |
| title_fullStr | Point-Sampling Method Based on 3D U-Net Architecture to Reduce the Influence of False Positive and Solve Boundary Blur Problem in 3D CT Image Segmentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Point-Sampling Method Based on 3D U-Net Architecture to Reduce the Influence of False Positive and Solve Boundary Blur Problem in 3D CT Image Segmentation |
| title_short | Point-Sampling Method Based on 3D U-Net Architecture to Reduce the Influence of False Positive and Solve Boundary Blur Problem in 3D CT Image Segmentation |
| title_sort | point sampling method based on 3d u net architecture to reduce the influence of false positive and solve boundary blur problem in 3d ct image segmentation |
| topic | render 3D U-Net medical image segmentation artificial intelligence deep learning |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/19/6838 |
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