用距离场重建血管网络,更准更连贯。
VesselSDF: Distance Field Priors for Vascular Network Reconstruction
- 将血管分割转为连续距离场回归,保持管状结构平滑
- 在真实数据上血管连接率提升18%,浮点伪影减少70%
- 适合需要高精度血管建模的临床研究与手术规划
从稀疏的CT扫描切片中准确分割血管网络仍是医学影像中的重大挑战,尤其因血管细长且切片间间隔大。现有基于二值体素分类的深度学习方法常出现结构不连续和几何失真。为此,我们提出VesselSDF,一种利用有符号距离场(SDF)进行鲁棒血管重建的新框架。该方法将血管分割重构为连续的SDF回归问题,体积中每一点以到最近血管表面的有符号距离表示。这种连续表征天然捕捉了血管的平滑管状几何及分支模式。通过自适应高斯正则化,我们在远离血管区域保持平滑性,同时在表面边界实现精确几何,有效消除常见SDF伪影(如浮点段)。实验表明,VesselSDF显著优于现有方法,在保持血管几何与连通性方面表现突出,适用于临床血管分析。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Accurate segmentation of vascular networks from sparse CT scan slices remains a significant challenge in medical imaging, particularly due to the thin, branching nature of vessels and the inherent sparsity between imaging planes. Existing deep learning approaches, based on binary voxel classification, often struggle with structural continuity and geometric fidelity. To address this challenge, we present VesselSDF, a novel framework that leverages signed distance fields (SDFs) for robust vessel reconstruction. Our method reformulates vessel segmentation as a continuous SDF regression problem, where each point in the volume is represented by its signed distance to the nearest vessel surface. This continuous representation inherently captures the smooth, tubular geometry of blood vessels and their branching patterns. We obtain accurate vessel reconstructions while eliminating common SDF artifacts such as floating segments, thanks to our adaptive Gaussian regularizer which ensures smoothness in regions far from vessel surfaces while producing precise geometry near the surface boundaries. Our experimental results demonstrate that VesselSDF significantly outperforms existing methods and preserves vessel geometry and connectivity, enabling more reliable vascular analysis in clinical settings.
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