无需训练即可快速分割X射线断层图像,实现材料微观结构的自动解读。
From Reconstruction to Interpretation: Zero-Setup Multi-Phase Segmentation of X-ray Tomography Data
- 用预训练网络+通用掩码策略,不需标注或重训就能分割新数据。
- 生成背景、样品、孔隙等6类可解释掩码,分钟级完成诊断级分割。
- 适合同步辐射实验中实时质量评估,也支持后续精细调整。
X射线断层成像可无损表征材料微观结构,微米级CT成像的发展加速了体数据的获取与重建。然而,快速解析仍受限于图像分割,传统方法常需人工阈值设定、用户提示或特定材料模型训练。本文提出一种零设置框架,用于同步辐射X射线断层扫描数据的多相分割,可在无需用户输入或部署时重训的情况下,对未见过的数据生成可解释的分割掩码。该框架结合材料无关的掩码生成策略与预训练语义分割网络,将常见结构区域表示为背景、样品、亮区、深灰、浅灰及孔隙六类掩码。不同于依赖数据集特异性标注与重训的传统深度学习流程,本框架可直接应用于新扫描,重建后数分钟内生成诊断级分割结果。这使得在束线实验过程中可快速评估扫描质量、样品形貌、孔隙率及衰减变化。生成的掩码后续可手动优化,或用于训练应用特定模型以提升精度。在保留数据集的同步辐射微CT图像上评估,以及对额外数据集的定性测试均显示,该框架在不同样品与成像条件下均产生一致且物理意义明确的分割结果,显著优于传统的强度阈值法。通过连接高速重建与即时解析,该方法支持近实时束线反馈与可扩展的AI辅助科学成像工作流。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
X-ray tomography enables nondestructive characterization of material microstructures, while advances in micro-CT imaging have accelerated volumetric data acquisition and reconstruction. However, rapid interpretation remains limited by image segmentation, which often requires manual thresholding, user prompting, or material-specific model training. We present a zero-setup framework for multi-phase segmentation of synchrotron X-ray tomography data that generates interpretable masks for previously unseen datasets without user input or retraining during deployment. The framework combines a material-agnostic mask preparation strategy with a pretrained semantic segmentation network. It represents commonly occurring structural regions as background, sample, bright, dark-gray, light-gray, and porosity masks. Unlike conventional deep learning pipelines that require dataset-specific annotations and retraining, the proposed framework can be applied directly to new scans and produce diagnostic-level segmentations within minutes of reconstruction. This enables rapid assessment of scan quality, sample morphology, porosity, and attenuation variations during ongoing beamline experiments. The generated masks can later be manually refined or used to fine-tune application-specific models when greater accuracy or material-specific labeling is required. Evaluation on held-out synchrotron micro-CT images and qualitative testing on additional datasets demonstrate consistent and physically meaningful segmentations across varying samples and imaging conditions. The framework also substantially outperforms conventional intensity-based thresholding. By connecting high-speed reconstruction with immediate interpretation, the approach supports near-real-time beamline feedback and scalable AI-assisted scientific imaging workflows.
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