用物理模型+数据驱动,精准预测胶质母细胞瘤扩散范围。
Physics-Regularized Multi-Modal Image Assimilation for Brain Tumor Localization
- 在动态离散网格上直接参数化解,模拟肿瘤与脑组织的复杂生物力学行为。
- 通过物理方程符合度作为正则项,提升对患者数据的适应性与预测精度。
- 适用于临床治疗规划,尤其适合难以成像的低浓度肿瘤扩散区域建模。
偏微分方程形式的物理模型是许多欠约束问题的重要先验知识。在肿瘤治疗规划中,准确估计肿瘤细胞在患者解剖结构中的空间分布至关重要。医学影像可检测肿瘤主体,但无法捕捉其全部扩散范围,尤其是胶质母细胞瘤中低浓度肿瘤细胞常被遗漏。现有机器学习方法因缺乏合适训练数据而难以完整估计肿瘤分布。因此,多数方法依赖物理仿真生成解剖与生理上合理的估计,但这些方法面临初始条件复杂未知、物理模型过刚等挑战。本文提出一种新方法,融合数据驱动与物理基成本函数,类似物理信息神经网络(PINNs),但将解直接参数化于动态离散网格,有效建模复杂生物力学行为。具体提出一种独特离散化方案,量化学习到的肿瘤与脑组织时空分布对生长和弹性方程的符合程度,该量化结果作为正则项,显著提升灵活性与患者数据融合能力。基于真实患者队列数据,实验显示本方法能更好覆盖肿瘤复发区域,凸显其在临床治疗规划中的潜力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Physical models in the form of partial differential equations serve as important priors for many under-constrained problems. One such application is tumor treatment planning, which relies on accurately estimating the spatial distribution of tumor cells within a patient's anatomy. While medical imaging can detect the bulk of a tumor, it cannot capture the full extent of its spread, as low-concentration tumor cells often remain undetectable, particularly in glioblastoma, the most common primary brain tumor. Machine learning approaches struggle to estimate the complete tumor cell distribution due to a lack of appropriate training data. Consequently, most existing methods rely on physics-based simulations to generate anatomically and physiologically plausible estimations. However, these approaches face challenges with complex and unknown initial conditions and are constrained by overly rigid physical models. In this work, we introduce a novel method that integrates data-driven and physics-based cost functions, akin to Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs). However, our approach parametrizes the solution directly on a dynamic discrete mesh, allowing for the effective modeling of complex biomechanical behaviors. Specifically, we propose a unique discretization scheme that quantifies how well the learned spatiotemporal distributions of tumor and brain tissues adhere to their respective growth and elasticity equations. This quantification acts as a regularization term, offering greater flexibility and improved integration of patient data compared to existing models. We demonstrate enhanced coverage of tumor recurrence areas using real-world data from a patient cohort, highlighting the potential of our method to improve model-driven treatment planning for glioblastoma in clinical practice.
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