arXiv:2502.03783eess.IVcs.CV2025-02中稿 · Computers in Biolo…

用自动标注方法构建10万张超声骨表面数据集,提升手术辅助精度。

UltraBones100k: A reliable automated labeling method and large-scale dataset for ultrasound-based bone surface extraction

  • 通过追踪骨CT与超声图像叠加,自动生成带声影区域的精准标签
  • 建成迄今最大超声骨分割数据集UltraBones100k,含10万张图像
  • 模型在低强度区完整性提升320%,优于人工标注

基于超声的骨表面分割在计算机辅助骨科手术中至关重要。然而,超声图像存在信噪比低、声影等局限,导致解读困难。现有深度学习模型依赖昂贵的人工标注,限制了数据规模和模型泛化能力。尤其声影区域因人类难以识别,常出现标签缺失,影响模型性能。为推动超声骨分割并建立有效评估基准,亟需更大更高质量的数据集。本文提出一种自动化采集体外超声数据的方法,通过精确追踪骨CT模型与超声图像叠加生成初始标签,并考虑超声物理特性进行优化。经骨科超声专家临床评估验证标签质量。基于该数据集训练的神经网络模型在与专家手动标注对比中,各项指标均表现更优,尤其在低强度区域(距离阈值0.5mm下完整性提升320%)。采用双样本威尔科克森符号秩检验并校正多重比较,结果显示本方法显著提升骨结构对齐质量(p < 0.001)。最终构建了目前最大的已标注超声数据集UltraBones100k,包含10万张人体下肢超声图像。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Ultrasound-based bone surface segmentation is crucial in computer-assisted orthopedic surgery. However, ultrasound images have limitations, including a low signal-to-noise ratio, and acoustic shadowing, which make interpretation difficult. Existing deep learning models for bone segmentation rely primarily on costly manual labeling by experts, limiting dataset size and model generalizability. Additionally, the complexity of ultrasound physics and acoustic shadow makes the images difficult for humans to interpret, leading to incomplete labels in anechoic regions and limiting model performance. To advance ultrasound bone segmentation and establish effective model benchmarks, larger and higher-quality datasets are needed. We propose a methodology for collecting ex-vivo ultrasound datasets with automatically generated bone labels, including anechoic regions. The proposed labels are derived by accurately superimposing tracked bone CT models onto the tracked ultrasound images. These initial labels are refined to account for ultrasound physics. A clinical evaluation is conducted by an expert physician specialized on orthopedic sonography to assess the quality of the generated bone labels. A neural network for bone segmentation is trained on the collected dataset and its predictions are compared to expert manual labels, evaluating accuracy, completeness, and F1-score. We collected the largest known dataset of 100k ultrasound images of human lower limbs with bone labels, called UltraBones100k. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test with Bonferroni correction confirmed that the bone alignment after our method significantly improved the quality of bone labeling (p < 0.001). The model trained on UltraBones100k consistently outperforms manual labeling in all metrics, particularly in low-intensity regions (320% improvement in completeness at a distance threshold of 0.5 mm).

超声成像骨分割数据集自动标注

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