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Kidney Segmentation in 3-D Ultrasound Images Using a Fast Phase-Based Approach
IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control ( IF 3.0 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-19 , DOI: 10.1109/tuffc.2020.3039334
Helena R. Torres , Sandro Queiros , Pedro Morais , Bruno Oliveira , Joao Gomes-Fonseca , Paulo Mota , Estevao Lima , Jan Dhooge , Jaime C. Fonseca , Joao L. Vilaca

Renal ultrasound (US) imaging is the primary imaging modality for the assessment of the kidney’s condition and is essential for diagnosis, treatment and surgical intervention planning, and follow-up. In this regard, kidney delineation in 3-D US images represents a relevant and challenging task in clinical practice. In this article, a novel framework is proposed to accurately segment the kidney in 3-D US images. The proposed framework can be divided into two stages: 1) initialization of the segmentation method and 2) kidney segmentation. Within the initialization stage, a phase-based feature detection method is used to detect edge points at kidney boundaries, from which the segmentation is automatically initialized. In the segmentation stage, the B-spline explicit active surface framework is adapted to obtain the final kidney contour. Here, a novel hybrid energy functional that combines localized region- and edge-based terms is used during segmentation. For the edge term, a fast-signed phase-based detection approach is applied. The proposed framework was validated in two distinct data sets: 1) 15 3-D challenging poor-quality US images used for experimental development, parameters assessment, and evaluation and 2) 42 3-D US images (both healthy and pathologic kidneys) used to unbiasedly assess its accuracy. Overall, the proposed method achieved a Dice overlap around 81% and an average point-to-surface error of ~2.8 mm. These results demonstrate the potential of the proposed method for clinical usage.

中文翻译:

使用基于快速相位的方法在3D超声图像中进行肾脏分割

肾脏超声(US)成像是评估肾脏状况的主要成像方式,对于诊断,治疗和手术干预计划以及随访至关重要。在这方面,在3D US图像中进行肾脏描绘是临床实践中一项相关且具有挑战性的任务。在本文中,提出了一种新颖的框架来准确分割3D US图像中的肾脏。所提出的框架可以分为两个阶段:1)分割方法的初始化和2)肾脏分割。在初始化阶段,使用基于阶段的特征检测方法来检测肾脏边界处的边缘点,从该边缘点开始自动进行分割。在分割阶段,B样条显式活动表面框架适用于获得最终的肾脏轮廓。这里,在分割过程中使用了一种新颖的混合能源功能,将局部区域和基于边缘的术语结合在一起。对于边缘项,应用了基于快速签名相位的检测方法。在两个不同的数据集中验证了所提出的框架:1)使用15张3D具有挑战性的劣质US图像进行实验开发,参数评估和评估,以及2)使用42张3D US图像(健康肾脏和病理肾脏)公正地评估其准确性。总体而言,所提出的方法实现了约81%的Dice重叠率和〜2.8 mm的平均点到表面误差。这些结果证明了所提出的方法在临床上的潜力。在两个不同的数据集中验证了所提出的框架:1)使用15张3D具有挑战性的劣质US图像进行实验开发,参数评估和评估,以及2)使用42张3D US图像(健康肾脏和病理肾脏)公正地评估其准确性。总体而言,所提出的方法实现了约81%的Dice重叠率和〜2.8 mm的平均点对面误差。这些结果证明了所提出的方法在临床上的潜力。在两个不同的数据集中验证了所提出的框架:1)使用15张3D具有挑战性的劣质US图像进行实验开发,参数评估和评估,以及2)使用42张3D US图像(健康肾脏和病理肾脏)公正地评估其准确性。总体而言,所提出的方法实现了约81%的Dice重叠率和〜2.8 mm的平均点对面误差。这些结果证明了所提出的方法在临床上的潜力。所提出的方法实现了约81%的Dice重叠,平均点对表面误差约为2.8 mm。这些结果证明了所提出的方法在临床上的潜力。所提出的方法实现了约81%的Dice重叠,平均点对表面误差约为2.8 mm。这些结果证明了所提出的方法在临床上的潜力。
更新日期:2020-11-19
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