arXiv:2409.09478eess.IVcs.AI2024-09被引 22

跨中心多示踪剂PET/CT病灶分割,性能显著优于基准模型。

From FDG to PSMA: A Hitchhiker's Guide to Multitracer, Multicenter Lesion Segmentation in PET/CT Imaging

  • 基于nnU-Net与ResEncL架构,融合多模态预训练与器官监督的多任务学习。
  • Dice达68.40,假阳性体积7.82、假阴性体积10.35,优于基线模型。
  • 适合需要高泛化能力的医学影像算法研究者和临床开发团队。

PET/CT扫描中的自动病灶分割对提升临床流程和推动癌症诊断至关重要。然而,由于生理变异、不同示踪剂使用以及各医疗中心成像协议差异,该任务极具挑战。为此,autoPET系列旨在挑战研究者开发能在多样化PET/CT环境中泛化的算法。本文介绍我们针对autoPET III挑战的解决方案,聚焦多示踪剂、跨中心泛化,采用nnU-Net框架结合ResEncL架构。关键技术包括错位数据增强及在CT、MR和PET数据集上的多模态预训练,以建立初步解剖理解。引入器官监督作为多任务策略,帮助模型区分生理性摄取与示踪剂特异性模式,尤其在无病灶情况下表现优异。相比默认nnU-Net(Dice 57.61)或更大规模的ResEncL(Dice 65.31),本模型显著提升性能,Dice达68.40,同时降低假阳性体积(FPvol: 7.82)与假阴性体积(FNvol: 10.35)。结果验证了先进网络设计、增强、预训练与多任务学习结合的有效性。在测试集评估后,本方法获模型主导类别第一名(Team LesionTracer)。代码已公开于https://github.com/MIC-DKFZ/autopet-3-submission。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Automated lesion segmentation in PET/CT scans is crucial for improving clinical workflows and advancing cancer diagnostics. However, the task is challenging due to physiological variability, different tracers used in PET imaging, and diverse imaging protocols across medical centers. To address this, the autoPET series was created to challenge researchers to develop algorithms that generalize across diverse PET/CT environments. This paper presents our solution for the autoPET III challenge, targeting multitracer, multicenter generalization using the nnU-Net framework with the ResEncL architecture. Key techniques include misalignment data augmentation and multi-modal pretraining across CT, MR, and PET datasets to provide an initial anatomical understanding. We incorporate organ supervision as a multitask approach, enabling the model to distinguish between physiological uptake and tracer-specific patterns, which is particularly beneficial in cases where no lesions are present. Compared to the default nnU-Net, which achieved a Dice score of 57.61, or the larger ResEncL (65.31) our model significantly improved performance with a Dice score of 68.40, alongside a reduction in false positive (FPvol: 7.82) and false negative (FNvol: 10.35) volumes. These results underscore the effectiveness of combining advanced network design, augmentation, pretraining, and multitask learning for PET/CT lesion segmentation. After evaluation on the test set, our approach was awarded the first place in the model-centric category (Team LesionTracer). Code is publicly available at https://github.com/MIC-DKFZ/autopet-3-submission.

PET/CT病灶分割多模态泛化

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