Multi-task Learning To Improve Semantic Segmentation Of CBCT Scans Using Image Reconstruction

Autor:	Tschuchnig, Maximilian Ernst, Coste-Marin, Julia, Steininger, Philipp, Gadermayr, Michael
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Image and Video Processing Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	Semantic segmentation is a crucial task in medical image processing, essential for segmenting organs or lesions such as tumors. In this study we aim to improve automated segmentation in CBCTs through multi-task learning. To evaluate effects on different volume qualities, a CBCT dataset is synthesised from the CT Liver Tumor Segmentation Benchmark (LiTS) dataset. To improve segmentation, two approaches are investigated. First, we perform multi-task learning to add morphology based regularization through a volume reconstruction task. Second, we use this reconstruction task to reconstruct the best quality CBCT (most similar to the original CT), facilitating denoising effects. We explore both holistic and patch-based approaches. Our findings reveal that, especially using a patch-based approach, multi-task learning improves segmentation in most cases and that these results can further be improved by our denoising approach. Comment: Accepted at German Conference on Medical Image Computing (BVM) 2024
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.12990 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv