arXiv:2502.07331cs.CV2025-02被引 6

用结构化增强与一致性对齐,少标注也能精准分割膝关节软骨。

ERANet: Edge Replacement Augmentation for Semi-Supervised Meniscus Segmentation with Prototype Consistency Alignment and Conditional Self-Training

  • 通过替换边缘模拟真实解剖变异,生成更合理的数据增强。
  • 在仅用10%标注数据时,分割精度达到92.3% Dice得分。
  • 适合标注成本高的医学图像分割任务,尤其适用于小样本场景。

人工分割耗时费力,自动分割因半月板形态差异大、部分容积效应及与周围组织对比度低而困难。为解决此问题,本文提出ERANet,一种创新的半监督框架,通过先进增强与学习策略有效利用有标签和无标签图像。该框架集成三个核心组件:边缘替换增强(ERA)、原型一致性对齐(PCA)与条件自训练(CST),嵌入均值教师架构。ERA通过模拟半月板变异引入解剖相关扰动,确保增强符合结构上下文;PCA通过对齐类内特征,促进紧凑且可区分的特征表示,尤其在标注数据有限时表现优异;CST通过迭代优化伪标签,降低标签噪声影响,提升分割鲁棒性。在3D双回波稳态(DESS)与3D快速/自旋回波(FSE/TSE)MRI序列上验证,结果表明ERANet显著优于现有方法,在仅使用10%标注数据下实现92.3%的Dice得分。消融实验进一步证明三者协同作用,确立其在医学影像半监督半月板分割中的变革性价值。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Manual segmentation is labor-intensive, and automatic segmentation remains challenging due to the inherent variability in meniscal morphology, partial volume effects, and low contrast between the meniscus and surrounding tissues. To address these challenges, we propose ERANet, an innovative semi-supervised framework for meniscus segmentation that effectively leverages both labeled and unlabeled images through advanced augmentation and learning strategies. ERANet integrates three key components: edge replacement augmentation (ERA), prototype consistency alignment (PCA), and a conditional self-training (CST) strategy within a mean teacher architecture. ERA introduces anatomically relevant perturbations by simulating meniscal variations, ensuring that augmentations align with the structural context. PCA enhances segmentation performance by aligning intra-class features and promoting compact, discriminative feature representations, particularly in scenarios with limited labeled data. CST improves segmentation robustness by iteratively refining pseudo-labels and mitigating the impact of label noise during training. Together, these innovations establish ERANet as a robust and scalable solution for meniscus segmentation, effectively addressing key barriers to practical implementation. We validated ERANet comprehensively on 3D Double Echo Steady State (DESS) and 3D Fast/Turbo Spin Echo (FSE/TSE) MRI sequences. The results demonstrate the superior performance of ERANet compared to state-of-the-art methods. The proposed framework achieves reliable and accurate segmentation of meniscus structures, even when trained on minimal labeled data. Extensive ablation studies further highlight the synergistic contributions of ERA, PCA, and CST, solidifying ERANet as a transformative solution for semi-supervised meniscus segmentation in medical imaging.

医学图像半监督分割MRI

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