arXiv:2609.04454cs.CV2026-09

提出拓扑感知训练与空间诊断,提升脑连接组织切片分割精度

Topology-Aware Training and Spatial Diagnostics for Fiber Bundle Segmentation in Tracer Histology

论文配图:Topology-Aware Training and Spatial Diagnostics for Fiber Bundle Segmentation in Tracer Histology
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  • 采用拓扑感知损失函数,关注纤维束结构连通性而非仅像素重叠
  • 新诊断指标Excess32揭示传统评估忽略的过度分割问题
  • 适合神经解剖与医学图像分析研究者参考

解剖示踪研究揭示轴突束从注射点出发、分支并穿越大脑到达目标区域的路径。此类研究的组织学数据为扩散磁共振追踪提供了解剖参照。然而,人工标注耗时费力,现有自动分割方法多依赖像素重叠损失(如BCE、Dice),尚未研究拓扑感知损失。本文在冷冻DINOv3骨干网络基础上,对比BCE-Dice、clDice、Betti匹配与Topograph在猕猴示踪组织学中的纤维束分割表现。结果表明,BCE-Dice取得最高Dice值,clDice召回率最高但掩码重叠差,Topograph在Dice上接近BCE-Dice,β₀误差最低,假阳性最少。现有方法普遍使用宽松检测规则,仅需部分重叠即视为成功检测,该规则无法反映过度分割问题,且空切片可人为提高每节真阳性率。为此,本文提出Excess32空间诊断指标,衡量预测像素超出标注束32像素容忍带的数量。验证显示,结合Betti与Topograph的联合策略使稀疏束真阳性率从0.818升至0.933,但错误发现率由0.296增至0.509,Excess32由0.108增至0.466,面积比从0.94升至3.34。结果表明,仅靠检测指标不足以全面评价分割质量。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Anatomic tracer studies reveal how axon bundles project from an injection site, branch into smaller groups of axons, and course through the brain to reach their destinations. Histological data from such studies provide anatomical reference information for validating diffusion MRI tractography. However, manual annotation of the histological data is very labor-intensive, and although automated segmentation methods have been proposed, they rely mainly on pixel-overlap losses such as BCE and Dice; topology-aware loss functions have not been studied for this task. We compare BCE-Dice, clDice, Betti matching, and Topograph for fiber bundle segmentation in macaque tracer histology using a frozen DINOv3 backbone. To our knowledge, this is the first exploration of foundation-model features for this task. BCE-Dice achieved the highest Dice, while clDice achieved the highest bundle recall but poor mask overlap. Topograph had similar Dice to BCE-Dice, the lowest $\beta_0$ error, and fewer false positives than BCE-Dice and Betti matching. Fiber bundle segmentation methods are typically evaluated with a permissive rule that counts a bundle as detected given any overlap with the prediction. We show this rule does not capture oversegmentation, and that per-section TPR can be inflated by empty sections assigned perfect recall. To quantify this, we introduce Excess32, a spatial diagnostic measuring predicted pixels outside a 32-pixel tolerance band around annotated bundles. In validation, a Betti-Topograph union raises sparse-bundle TPR from 0.818 to 0.933, but worsens FDR from 0.296 to 0.509, Excess32 from 0.108 to 0.466, and area ratio from 0.94 to 3.34. These results show detection metrics alone are insufficient to characterize segmentation quality.

纤维束分割拓扑感知空间诊断

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