arXiv:2506.18930cs.CVcs.AI2025-06

动态构建图结构,提升复杂管道中心线追踪的准确率与效率。

Dynamic Exploration on Segment-Proposal Graphs for Tubular Centerline Tracking

  • 搜索时按需构建图,边权重仅对访问过的路径计算。
  • 在视网膜血管、道路和河流数据上精度与速度均优于现有方法。
  • 适合需要高鲁棒性中心线追踪的医学影像与地理信息场景。

最优曲线方法为管状中心线追踪提供了基础框架。点级方法(如最短路径)理论上优雅,但在复杂场景中常出现捷径和短分支组合问题。非局部段级方法通过将预提取的中心线片段映射到段提案图,在抽象空间中进行优化,并从最优路径恢复目标管状中心线。在此范式中,图的构建至关重要,直接影响最终结果质量。然而,现有段级方法以静态方式构建图,要求所有边及其权重预先计算,即搜索前图必须足够完整。否则,真实路径可能不在候选空间中,导致搜索失败。为此,我们提出一种动态探索方案,用于构建段提案图,即在寻找最优路径过程中按需构建图。通过将问题建模为马尔可夫决策过程,采用Q-learning仅对已访问转移计算边权重,并在连通性不足时自适应扩展动作空间。在视网膜血管、道路和河流数据上的实验表明,该方法在准确率和效率上均持续优于当前最优方法。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Optimal curve methods provide a fundamental framework for tubular centerline tracking. Point-wise approaches, such as minimal paths, are theoretically elegant but often suffer from shortcut and short-branch combination problems in complex scenarios. Nonlocal segment-wise methods address these issues by mapping pre-extracted centerline fragments onto a segment-proposal graph, performing optimization in this abstract space, and recovering the target tubular centerline from the resulting optimal path. In this paradigm, graph construction is critical, as it directly determines the quality of the final result. However, existing segment-wise methods construct graphs in a static manner, requiring all edges and their weights to be pre-computed, i.e. the graph must be sufficiently complete prior to search. Otherwise, the true path may be absent from the candidate space, leading to search failure. To address this limitation, we propose a dynamic exploration scheme for constructing segment-proposal graphs, where the graph is built on demand during the search for optimal paths. By formulating the problem as a Markov decision process, we apply Q-learning to compute edge weights only for visited transitions and adaptively expand the action space when connectivity is insufficient. Experimental results on retinal vessels, roads, and rivers demonstrate consistent improvements over state-of-the-art methods in both accuracy and efficiency.

中心线追踪图神经网络医学图像动态搜索

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