Glo-UMF可同时量化肾小球超微结构的三项关键指标,提升病理分析效率与准确性。
Glo-UMF: A Unified Multi-model Framework for Automated Morphometry of Glomerular Ultrastructural Characterization
- 构建分割、分类、检测三模型,联合分析肾小球超微结构。
- 在9种肾病类型中,自动量化结果与病理报告高度一致,单例平均耗时4.23秒。
- 适合临床病理辅助诊断,模块化设计便于功能扩展。
为解决单一模型无法同步分析复杂肾小球超微结构的问题,我们开发了Glo-UMF——一个集成分割、分类与检测的统一多模型框架,用于系统量化关键超微结构特征。该框架通过三个专用深度模型实现任务解耦:超结构分割模型、肾小球滤过屏障(GFB)区域分类模型和电子致密沉积物(EDD)检测模型。其输出经自适应GFB裁剪与测量位置筛选的后处理流程整合,提升测量可靠性,提供全面定量结果,克服传统分级方法局限。在372张电镜图像上训练后,Glo-UMF可同步量化肾小球基底膜(GBM)厚度、足突融合程度(FPE)及EDD位置。在涵盖9种肾病类型的115个测试案例中,自动化结果与病理报告具有强一致性,单例平均处理时间仅为4.23±0.48秒(CPU环境)。模块化设计支持灵活扩展,具备良好泛化性与临床应用潜力,可作为高效辅助工具应用于肾小球病理分析。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Background and Objective: To address the inability of single-model architectures to perform simultaneous analysis of complex glomerular ultrastructures, we developed Glo-UMF, a unified multi-model framework integrating segmentation, classification, and detection to systematically quantify key ultrastructural features. Methods: Glo-UMF decouples quantification tasks by constructing three dedicated deep models: an ultrastructure segmentation model, a glomerular filtration barrier (GFB) region classification model, and an electron-dense deposits (EDD) detection model. Their outputs are integrated through a post-processing workflow with adaptive GFB cropping and measurement location screening, enhancing measurement reliability and providing comprehensive quantitative results that overcome the limitations of traditional grading. Results: Trained on 372 electron microscopy images, Glo-UMF enables simultaneous quantification of glomerular basement membrane (GBM) thickness, the degree of foot process effacement (FPE), and EDD location. In 115 test cases spanning 9 renal pathological types, the automated quantification results showed strong agreement with pathological reports, with an average processing time of 4.23$\pm$0.48 seconds per case on a CPU environment. Conclusions: The modular design of Glo-UMF allows for flexible extensibility, supporting the joint quantification of multiple features. This framework ensures robust generalization and clinical applicability, demonstrating significant potential as an efficient auxiliary tool in glomerular pathological analysis.
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