提出CASR-Net模型,精准分割冠脉造影图像中的狭窄血管。
CASR-Net: An Image Processing-focused Deep Learning-based Coronary Artery Segmentation and Refinement Network for X-ray Coronary Angiogram
- 三阶段流程:预处理+UNet-DenseNet121分割+自组织神经网络精修
- 在公开数据集上达61.43% IoU、76.10% DSC,优于当前主流方法
- 特别适合处理低质量图像中的细小狭窄血管,辅助临床诊断
早期发现冠心病对降低死亡率和优化治疗方案至关重要。尽管基于X线的血管造影是识别心脏异常(包括狭窄冠脉)的常用且经济的方法,但图像质量差会严重阻碍临床诊断。本文提出冠脉分割与精修网络(CASR-Net),采用三阶段流程:图像预处理、分割和精修。创新性地结合CLAHE与改进的Ben Graham方法进行多通道预处理,在独立使用时提升Dice评分系数(DSC)0.31–0.89%,交并比(IoU)0.40–1.16%。核心为基于DenseNet121编码器与自组织操作神经网络(Self-ONN)解码器的UNet结构,有效保持细窄及狭窄血管分支的连续性。最后的轮廓精修模块进一步抑制误检。在两个公开数据集(含健康与狭窄血管)的5折交叉验证中,CASR-Net达到61.43% IoU、76.10% DSC与79.36% clDice,显著优于多个先进模型,证明其在自动化冠脉分割上的鲁棒性,可为临床诊断与治疗规划提供有力支持。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Early detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) is critical for reducing mortality and improving patient treatment planning. While angiographic image analysis from X-rays is a common and cost-effective method for identifying cardiac abnormalities, including stenotic coronary arteries, poor image quality can significantly impede clinical diagnosis. We present the Coronary Artery Segmentation and Refinement Network (CASR-Net), a three-stage pipeline comprising image preprocessing, segmentation, and refinement. A novel multichannel preprocessing strategy combining CLAHE and an improved Ben Graham method provides incremental gains, increasing Dice Score Coefficient (DSC) by 0.31-0.89% and Intersection over Union (IoU) by 0.40-1.16% compared with using the techniques individually. The core innovation is a segmentation network built on a UNet with a DenseNet121 encoder and a Self-organized Operational Neural Network (Self-ONN) based decoder, which preserves the continuity of narrow and stenotic vessel branches. A final contour refinement module further suppresses false positives. Evaluated with 5-fold cross-validation on a combination of two public datasets that contain both healthy and stenotic arteries, CASR-Net outperformed several state-of-the-art models, achieving an IoU of 61.43%, a DSC of 76.10%, and clDice of 79.36%. These results highlight a robust approach to automated coronary artery segmentation, offering a valuable tool to support clinicians in diagnosis and treatment planning.
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