arXiv:2501.01072cs.CV2025-01被引 1

用证据不确定性引导交互分割,减少超声图像分割所需提示次数。

Evidential Calibrated Uncertainty-Guided Interactive Segmentation paradigm for Ultrasound Images

  • 基于证据理论估计模型预测不确定性,优先选择高不确定区域采样。
  • 仅需少量提示和迭代即可达到良好分割效果,效率显著提升。
  • 适合医学影像医生与算法工程师,尤其适用于超声图像精调场景。

准确可靠的超声图像分割对辅助诊断系统至关重要。然而,超声成像固有的模糊边界和斑点噪声使传统分割方法表现受限。尽管通用图像分割如 Segment Anything 模型取得进展,现有交互式分割方法仍存在效率低、缺乏针对性的问题,依赖大量精确或随机提示,需多次交互才能达成满意结果。为此,我们提出一种端到端、高效的分层交互分割范式 EUGIS(Evidential Uncertainty-Guided Interactive Segmentation),基于证据不确定性估计实现超声图像分割。EUGIS 利用基于达姆斯特定理与主观逻辑的证据不确定性估计,量化模型在不同区域的预测置信度。通过优先采样高不确定性区域,有效模拟经验丰富的放射科医生的交互行为,提升采样针对性,大幅减少所需提示数量与迭代次数。此外,我们设计了一种可训练的校准机制,优化确定性与不确定性之间的边界,进一步增强不确定性估计的可靠性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Accurate and robust ultrasound image segmentation is critical for computer-aided diagnostic systems. Nevertheless, the inherent challenges of ultrasound imaging, such as blurry boundaries and speckle noise, often cause traditional segmentation methods to struggle with performance. Despite recent advancements in universal image segmentation, such as the Segment Anything Model, existing interactive segmentation methods still suffer from inefficiency and lack of specialization. These methods rely heavily on extensive accurate manual or random sampling prompts for interaction, necessitating numerous prompts and iterations to reach satisfactory performance. In response to this challenge, we propose the Evidential Uncertainty-Guided Interactive Segmentation (EUGIS), an end-to-end, efficient tiered interactive segmentation paradigm based on evidential uncertainty estimation for ultrasound image segmentation. Specifically, EUGIS harnesses evidence-based uncertainty estimation, grounded in Dempster-Shafer theory and Subjective Logic, to gauge the level of uncertainty in the predictions of model for different regions. By prioritizing sampling the high-uncertainty region, our method can effectively simulate the interactive behavior of well-trained radiologists, enhancing the targeted of sampling while reducing the number of prompts and iterations required.Additionally, we propose a trainable calibration mechanism for uncertainty estimation, which can further optimize the boundary between certainty and uncertainty, thereby enhancing the confidence of uncertainty estimation.

医学图像交互分割不确定性估计

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