提出高效模型驱动的群体配准方法,构建高保真解剖标准图谱。
An Efficient Model-Driven Groupwise Approach for Atlas Construction
- 采用坐标下降与中心性激活函数,实现无训练、可扩展的群体配准。
- 支持任意数量3D图像,避免显存溢出,生成无偏微分同胚图谱。
- 适用于单次分割与形态合成,适合医学图像分析研究者使用。
图谱构建是医学图像分析的基础,为群体水平解剖建模提供标准化空间参考。尽管数据驱动的配准方法在成对场景中表现良好,但其依赖大规模训练数据、泛化能力有限,且在群体设置中缺乏真正的推理阶段,限制了实际应用。相比之下,模型驱动方法无需训练、理论基础扎实、数据效率高,但在处理大规模3D数据时常面临可扩展性和优化挑战。本文提出DARC(基于坐标下降的微分同胚图谱配准),一种新型模型驱动的群体配准框架。DARC支持多种图像差异度量,能高效处理任意数量的3D图像,且不产生显存问题。通过坐标下降策略和中心性强化激活函数,DARC生成无偏、微分同胚的图谱,具有高解剖保真度。除图谱构建外,我们展示了两个关键应用:(1) 单次分割,仅在图谱上标注标签,通过逆形变传播至受试者,性能优于现有少样本方法;(2) 形态合成,通过合成微分同胚形变场对图谱网格进行变形,生成新的解剖变异体。总体而言,DARC提供了一种灵活、通用且资源高效的图谱构建与应用框架。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Atlas construction is fundamental to medical image analysis, offering a standardized spatial reference for tasks such as population-level anatomical modeling. While data-driven registration methods have recently shown promise in pairwise settings, their reliance on large training datasets, limited generalizability, and lack of true inference phases in groupwise contexts hinder their practical use. In contrast, model-driven methods offer training-free, theoretically grounded, and data-efficient alternatives, though they often face scalability and optimization challenges when applied to large 3D datasets. In this work, we introduce DARC (Diffeomorphic Atlas Registration via Coordinate descent), a novel model-driven groupwise registration framework for atlas construction. DARC supports a broad range of image dissimilarity metrics and efficiently handles arbitrary numbers of 3D images without incurring GPU memory issues. Through a coordinate descent strategy and a centrality-enforcing activation function, DARC produces unbiased, diffeomorphic atlases with high anatomical fidelity. Beyond atlas construction, we demonstrate two key applications: (1) One-shot segmentation, where labels annotated only on the atlas are propagated to subjects via inverse deformations, outperforming state-of-the-art few-shot methods; and (2) shape synthesis, where new anatomical variants are generated by warping the atlas mesh using synthesized diffeomorphic deformation fields. Overall, DARC offers a flexible, generalizable, and resource-efficient framework for atlas construction and applications.
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