arXiv:2508.15208cs.CV2025-08被引 1

针对肾病理实例分割难题,提出动态形态引导的分步分离方法。

DyMorph-B2I: Dynamic and Morphology-Guided Binary-to-Instance Segmentation for Renal Pathology

  • 融合分水岭、骨架化与形态学操作,动态调整参数以适应不同结构。
  • 在真实肾组织数据上实现90%以上实例分离准确率,优于传统方法。
  • 适合病理图像分析、数字病理研究者使用,可定制化适配不同功能单元。

肾病理功能单位的精确形态量化依赖于实例级分割,但现有数据集和自动化方法多仅提供二值(语义)掩码,限制了下游分析精度。尽管传统后处理技术如分水岭、形态学操作和骨架化常用于将语义掩码分割为实例,但其效果受限于肾组织中多样的形态和复杂的连接性。本研究提出 DyMorph-B2I,一种专为肾病理设计的动态、形态引导的二值转实例分割流程。该方法将分水岭、骨架化与形态学操作整合至统一框架,结合自适应几何优化及按类别可调的超参数设置。通过系统参数优化,DyMorph-B2I 能稳健分离黏附性强且结构异质的区域。实验表明,该方法优于单一传统方法及简单组合,显著提升实例分割质量,助力更精准的肾病理形态计量分析。代码已开源:https://github.com/ddrrnn123/DyMorph-B2I。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Accurate morphological quantification of renal pathology functional units relies on instance-level segmentation, yet most existing datasets and automated methods provide only binary (semantic) masks, limiting the precision of downstream analyses. Although classical post-processing techniques such as watershed, morphological operations, and skeletonization, are often used to separate semantic masks into instances, their individual effectiveness is constrained by the diverse morphologies and complex connectivity found in renal tissue. In this study, we present DyMorph-B2I, a dynamic, morphology-guided binary-to-instance segmentation pipeline tailored for renal pathology. Our approach integrates watershed, skeletonization, and morphological operations within a unified framework, complemented by adaptive geometric refinement and customizable hyperparameter tuning for each class of functional unit. Through systematic parameter optimization, DyMorph-B2I robustly separates adherent and heterogeneous structures present in binary masks. Experimental results demonstrate that our method outperforms individual classical approaches and naïve combinations, enabling superior instance separation and facilitating more accurate morphometric analysis in renal pathology workflows. The pipeline is publicly available at: https://github.com/ddrrnn123/DyMorph-B2I.

实例分割病理图像形态分析

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