用大模型自动定位骨骼关键点,让手术臂自主精准对准
Autonomous Skeletal Landmark Localization towards Agentic C-Arm Control

- 用多模态大模型细调,从X光片中自动找骨骼标志点
- 在真实与合成数据上表现媲美传统深度学习方法
- 能通过推理纠错并逐步引导机械臂移动,适合临床协同
目的:自动化C臂定位可保障急诊介入治疗的及时性。当传统深度学习方法失效时,医生需手动操作,导致额外延误。因此,基于多模态大语言模型(MLLM)的智能型C臂控制框架极具价值,能结合医生反馈并利用推理实现更精准定位。骨骼标志点定位是C臂控制的关键,本文研究将MLLM应用于自主标志点定位。方法:使用标注的合成X射线数据集和真实X射线数据集,每个图像配有多组骨骼标志点。对两个MLLM进行微调,并任务其从每张图像中检索最近的标志点。定量评估了标志点定位性能,并与领先深度学习方法对比。进一步开展定性实验,展示:(1) MLLM如何通过推理纠正初始错误预测,(2) MLLM如何逐步引导C臂到达目标位置。结果:在两个数据集上,微调后的MLLM在所有定位任务中表现均与深度学习方法相当。定性实验表明,MLLM具备推理能力和空间感知能力。结论:本研究证明,微调后的MLLM可实现准确的骨骼标志点定位,有望用于智能自主式C臂控制。代码已公开于https://github.com/marszzibros/C-arm-localization-LLMs.git。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Purpose: Automated C-arm positioning ensures timely treatment in patients requiring emergent interventions. When a conventional Deep Learning (DL) approach for C-arm control fails, clinicians must revert to manual operation, resulting in additional delays. Consequently, an agentic C-arm control framework based on multimodal large language models (MLLMs) is highly desirable, as it can incorporate clinician feedback and use reasoning to make adjustments toward more accurate positioning. Skeletal landmark localization is essential for C-arm control, and we investigate adapting MLLMs for autonomous landmark localization. Methods: We used an annotated synthetic X-ray dataset and a real X-ray dataset. Each X-ray in both datasets is paired with several skeletal landmarks. We fine-tuned two MLLMs and tasked them with retrieving the closest landmarks from each X-ray. Quantitative evaluations of landmark localization were performed and compared against a leading DL approach. We further conducted qualitative experiments demonstrating: (1) how an MLLM can correct an initially incorrect prediction through reasoning, and (2) how the MLLM can sequentially navigate the C-arm toward a target location. Results: On both datasets, fine-tuned MLLMs demonstrate competitive performance across all localization tasks when compared with the DL approach. In the qualitative experiments, the MLLMs provide evidence of reasoning and spatial awareness. Conclusion: This study shows that fine-tuned MLLMs achieve accurate skeletal landmark localization and hold promise for agentic autonomous C-arm control. Our code is available athttps://github.com/marszzibros/C-arm-localization-LLMs.git
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