arXiv:2609.07313cs.AIcs.CV2026-09

用少量标注实现小而模糊的肾小球精准分割,大幅降低人工成本。

Weakly supervised neural network: segmentation of complex structures in X-ray microCT

论文配图:Weakly supervised neural network: segmentation of complex structures in X-ray microCT
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  • 基于稀疏点标注与少量完整标注,改进nnU-Net框架实现弱监督分割。
  • 在大鼠肾脏微CT数据上,性能接近全监督模型,能可靠定位肾小球。
  • 适合标注资源有限的生物医学图像分析,尤其对低对比度结构有效。

X射线断层成像数据中复杂结构的分割是生物医学研究的基础任务,但传统全监督方法依赖大量精确标注,成本高且难以扩展。本研究探索弱监督深度学习策略,在减少标注工作量的同时保持分割精度。采用基于nnU-Net框架的二维卷积神经网络,结合稀疏点标注与少量完整标注图像,应用于高分辨率大鼠肾脏微CT切片,目标为分割小而低对比度的肾小球。结果表明,弱监督提供有效学习信号,即使无密集标签也能可靠定位肾小球;引入少量高质量标注显著提升性能,逼近全监督模型水平。这些发现表明,弱监督学习是分析X射线断层数据中复杂结构的高效标注策略,未来针对稀疏标注设计专用损失函数或可进一步优化效果。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Segmentation of complex structures in X-ray tomographic data is a fundamental task in biomedical research, but it often requires large amounts of precisely annotated data, making fully supervised approaches costly and difficult to scale. In this study, weakly supervised deep learning is investigated as a strategy to reduce annotation effort while maintaining accurate segmentation. A two-dimensional convolutional neural network based on the nnU-Net framework was adapted to a weak supervision setting using sparse dot-based annotations, complemented by a limited number of fully segmented images. The approach was evaluated on high-resolution microCT slices of rat kidneys, targeting the segmentation of renal glomeruli, which are small, low-contrast anatomical structures. Results indicate that weak supervision provides a meaningful learning signal, enabling reliable localization of glomeruli even in the absence of dense labels. Incorporating a small set of high-quality annotations substantially improves segmentation performance, approaching that of a fully supervised model. These findings highlight the potential of weakly supervised learning as an annotation-efficient strategy for the analysis of complex structures in X-ray tomographic data, and suggest that alternative loss formulations tailored to sparse annotations may further enhance performance.

弱监督图像分割微CT肾小球

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