arXiv:2503.05245eess.IVcs.CV2025-03中稿 · MICCAI ASMUS 2025

L-FUSION通过融合基础模型与不确定性估计,实现胎儿超声图像的精准分割与异常检测。

L-FUSION: Laplacian Fetal Ultrasound Segmentation & Uncertainty Estimation

  • 基于随机分割网络和拉普拉斯近似,仅从分割头估算认知不确定性。
  • 在多数据集上分割精度优于现有方法,且能生成可靠异常量化结果。
  • 无需人工标注疾病标签,适合临床实时诊断与可扩展的超声分析系统。

产前超声(US)的准确分析对早期发现发育异常至关重要。然而,操作者依赖性和技术限制(如固有伪影、设置误差)会增加图像解读难度并影响诊断不确定性评估。我们提出L-FUSION(基于拉普拉斯的胎儿超声分割与集成基础模型),通过无监督规范学习与大规模基础模型,实现正常与病理扫描中胎儿结构的鲁棒分割。利用随机分割网络的偶然性逻辑分布及快速海森矩阵估计的拉普拉斯近似,仅从分割头估算认知不确定性,实现即时诊断反馈的异常量化。结合集成丢弃机制,L-FUSION能有效区分病变与正常胎儿解剖结构,生成增强的不确定性图与分割反事实结果。该方法提升认知与偶然性不确定性的解释能力,无需手动疾病标注。多数据集评估表明,L-FUSION在分割精度和不确定性一致性方面均表现优异,支持现场决策,为临床环境中的胎儿超声分析提供可扩展解决方案。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Accurate analysis of prenatal ultrasound (US) is essential for early detection of developmental anomalies. However, operator dependency and technical limitations (e.g. intrinsic artefacts and effects, setting errors) can complicate image interpretation and the assessment of diagnostic uncertainty. We present L-FUSION (Laplacian Fetal US Segmentation with Integrated FoundatiON models), a framework that integrates uncertainty quantification through unsupervised, normative learning and large-scale foundation models for robust segmentation of fetal structures in normal and pathological scans. We propose to utilise the aleatoric logit distributions of Stochastic Segmentation Networks and Laplace approximations with fast Hessian estimations to estimate epistemic uncertainty only from the segmentation head. This enables us to achieve reliable abnormality quantification for instant diagnostic feedback. Combined with an integrated Dropout component, L-FUSION enables reliable differentiation of lesions from normal fetal anatomy with enhanced uncertainty maps and segmentation counterfactuals in US imaging. It improves epistemic and aleatoric uncertainty interpretation and removes the need for manual disease-labelling. Evaluations across multiple datasets show that L-FUSION achieves superior segmentation accuracy and consistent uncertainty quantification, supporting on-site decision-making and offering a scalable solution for advancing fetal ultrasound analysis in clinical settings.

超声分割不确定性估计胎儿影像基础模型

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