arXiv:2606.21463cs.CVcs.LG2026-06

在脑深部核团分割中,原生空间方法比模板空间更准,尤其适合帕金森病手术规划。

Native space based pipelines outperform template space based pipeline in subcortical segmentation

论文配图:Native space based pipelines outperform template space based pipeline in subcortical segmentation
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  • 用原生空间直接分割脑深部核团,避免模板配准带来的偏差
  • 7T数据上原生空间Dice达0.775,比模板空间高0.062,边界误差小33%
  • 适用于对解剖精度要求高的神经外科场景,如帕金森病靶点定位

准确分割皮层下区域对神经外科规划和功能研究至关重要。多数自动化方法依赖模板空间配准,可能损害个体化精度,尤其在小结构上。我们评估了原生空间方法是否具有可测量优势,聚焦于运动障碍疾病。开发了基于UNet的两个分割流程,用于帕金森病常见靶点丘脑底核(STN),以及邻近的红核(RN)和黑质(SN)。采集了来自五个公开数据集的7T与3T MRI数据。在原生空间中,使用人工标注评估流程性能,并研究模板分辨率的影响。鉴于模型在高场强下可能更好学习目标边界,测试了7T训练模型向3T临床图像的迁移能力,以及通过解耦表征学习生成的合成3T数据能否缓解域间差异。在独立7T数据上,原生空间流程始终优于模板空间:对于STN,原生空间的Dice为0.775±0.055,模板空间为0.713±0.051(1mm模板),HD95分别为0.79±0.24 mm与1.17±1.10 mm。RN与SN也呈现类似优势。提高模板分辨率并未提升精度。应用于3T图像时,所有模型性能显著下降。加入合成3T数据仅带来小幅改善,但未损害7T性能。原生空间分割更适合需患者特异性解剖保真的应用,如帕金森病手术规划。7T到3T的域间隙仍待解决,需未来针对皮层下结构设计专用域适应方法。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Accurate segmentation of subcortical regions is critical for neurosurgical planning and functional research. Most automated methods rely on template space coregistration, which may compromise patient-specific accuracy, particularly in small structures. We identify a need to evaluate whether native space approaches offer a measurable advantage, which we evaluate in the context of movement disorders. We developed two UNet-based segmentation pipelines of the Subthalamic Nucleus (STN) - a common surgical target in Parkinson's Disease - and the neighbouring Red Nucleus (RN) and Substantia Nigra (SN). We collected 7T and 3T MRI data from five public datasets. The pipelines were evaluated in the native-space against manual labels. We further investigated the effect of the template resolution. Motivated by the hypothesis that models may better learn target boundaries in higher field, we tested the transferability of 7T-trained models to 3T clinical images, and whether synthetic 3T training data - generated via a disentangled representation learning method - could help bridging this domain gap. On held-out 7T data, the native pipeline consistently outperformed the template one. For the STN, native-space Dice reached 0.775 +- 0.055 versus 0.713 +- 0.051 (1 mm template), with HD95 of 0.79 +- 0.24 mm versus 1.17 +- 1.10 mm, respectively. Similar advantages were observed for the RN and SN. Increasing template resolution did not improve accuracy. When applied to 3T images, all models showed a considerable performance drop. Adding synthetic 3T data yielded only modest improvements, though without degrading 7T performance. Native-space segmentation is preferable for applications requiring patient specific anatomical fidelity, such as the surgical planning in PD. Bridging the 7T-to-3T domain gap remains an open challenge, motivating future work on domain adaptation tailored to subcortical structures.

脑分割深度学习医学影像原生空间

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