Paper Info
Title
Segmentation Of 4d Images Via Space-Time Neural Networks
Abstract
Medical imaging techniques currently produce 4D images that portray the dynamic behaviors and phenomena associated with internal structures. The segmentation of 4D images poses challenges different from those arising in segmenting 3D static images due to different patterns of variation of object shape and appearance in the space and time dimensions. In this paper, different network models are designed to learn the pattern of slice-to-slice change in the space and time dimensions independently. The two models then allow a gamut of strategies to actually segment the 4D image, such as segmentation following just the space or time dimension only, or following first the space dimension for one time instance and then following all time instances, or vice versa, etc. This paper investigates these strategies in the context of the obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) application and presents a unified deep learning framework to segment 4D images. Because of the sparse tubular nature of the upper airway and the surrounding low-contrast structures, inadequate contrast resolution obtainable in the magnetic resonance (MR) images leaves many challenges for effective segmentation of the dynamic airway in 4D MR images. Given that these upper airway structures are sparse, a Dice coefficient (DC) of similar to 0.88 for their segmentation based on our preferred strategy is similar to a DC of >0.95 for large non-sparse objects like liver, lungs, etc., constituting excellent accuracy.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1117/12.2549605
MEDICAL IMAGING 2020: BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS IN MOLECULAR, STRUCTURAL, AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING
DocType
Volume
ISSN
Conference
11317
1605-7422
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Changjian Sun1112.31
Jayaram K. Udupa22481322.29
Yubing Tong39322.73
Sanghun Sin4223.69
Mark Wagshul500.34
D. A. Torigian68121.68
Raanan Arens700.34