arXiv:2604.23875cs.CVcs.AI2026-04中稿 · SBCAS'26被引 1

提出临床风险评估框架,提升医学图像分类在噪声标签下的安全性

Risk-Aware Robust Learning: Reducing Clinical Risk under Label Noise in Medical Image Classification

  • 引入代价敏感的全局风险评估,重点惩罚漏诊错误
  • 40%标签噪声下,现有鲁棒方法仍导致高临床风险
  • 融合代价敏感优化可显著降低风险,适合医疗诊断场景

医学图像分类中标签噪声普遍存在,源于观察者差异和诊断模糊性。尽管已有多种抗噪学习方法,但其评估多依赖准确率指标,忽视了误诊与误报的临床代价不对称问题——漏诊(假阴性)比误报(假阳性)后果更严重。本文系统评估Coteaching、DivideMix、UNICON及基于GMM的过滤方法在二值化DermaMNIST和PathMNIST数据集上的表现,对比清洁数据及20%、40%标签噪声下的性能。除平衡准确率外,引入显式惩罚假阴性的代价敏感全局风险度量。结果表明,当前先进抗噪方法虽具备鲁棒性,却无法保证临床安全;而将代价敏感优化融入抗噪训练,可在保持模型效用的同时显著降低临床风险。研究强调:医学图像抗噪学习必须从临床风险视角评估,结合代价敏感优化可有效缓解噪声标签带来的风险。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Noisy labels are a pervasive challenge in medical image classification, where annotation errors arise from inter-observer variability and diagnostic ambiguity. Although several noise-robust learning methods have been proposed, their evaluation predominantly relies on accuracy-oriented metrics, overlooking the clinical implications of asymmetric error costs. In medical diagnosis, a false negative (missed disease) carries substantially higher consequences than a false positive (false alarm), as delayed treatment can directly impact patient outcomes. In this work, we investigate whether noise-robust training methods preserve clinical safety under label noise. We conduct a systematic risk-aware evaluation of the state-of-the-art noise-robust methods Coteaching, DivideMix, UNICON, and a GMM-based filtering approach on binarized DermaMNIST and PathMNIST datasets under clean and label noise rates of 20%, and 40%. Beyond balanced accuracy, we adopt a cost-sensitive Global Risk formulation that explicitly penalizes false negatives. Our analysis reveals that the robustness of state-of-the-art methods does not guarantee clinical safety. Furthermore, we demonstrate that integrating cost-sensitive optimization into noise-robust training significantly reduces clinical risk, while mantaining model utility. These findings demonstrate that noise-robust learning must be evaluated through a clinical risk lens, and that combining robust training with cost-sensitive optimization can meaningfully reduce risk in noisy-label medical imaging scenarios.

医学图像标签噪声风险感知抗噪学习

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