Using spatial-temporal ensembles of convolutional neural networks for lumen segmentation in ureteroscopy

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2104.01985v1
• Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2021 16:24:32 GMT
• Title: Using spatial-temporal ensembles of convolutional neural networks for lumen segmentation in ureteroscopy
• Authors: Jorge F. Lazo, Aldo Marzullo, Sara Moccia, Michele Catellani, Benoit Rosa, Michel de Mathelin, Elena De Momi
• Abstract summary: This paper presents an automatic method based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) The proposed method is based on an ensemble of 4 parallel CNNs to simultaneously process single and multi-frame information.
• Score: 11.457020223521605
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Purpose: Ureteroscopy is an efficient endoscopic minimally invasive technique for the diagnosis and treatment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC). During ureteroscopy, the automatic segmentation of the hollow lumen is of primary importance, since it indicates the path that the endoscope should follow. In order to obtain an accurate segmentation of the hollow lumen, this paper presents an automatic method based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Methods: The proposed method is based on an ensemble of 4 parallel CNNs to simultaneously process single and multi-frame information. Of these, two architectures are taken as core-models, namely U-Net based in residual blocks($m_1$) and Mask-RCNN($m_2$), which are fed with single still-frames $I(t)$. The other two models ($M_1$, $M_2$) are modifications of the former ones consisting on the addition of a stage which makes use of 3D Convolutions to process temporal information. $M_1$, $M_2$ are fed with triplets of frames ($I(t-1)$, $I(t)$, $I(t+1)$) to produce the segmentation for $I(t)$. Results: The proposed method was evaluated using a custom dataset of 11 videos (2,673 frames) which were collected and manually annotated from 6 patients. We obtain a Dice similarity coefficient of 0.80, outperforming previous state-of-the-art methods. Conclusion: The obtained results show that spatial-temporal information can be effectively exploited by the ensemble model to improve hollow lumen segmentation in ureteroscopic images. The method is effective also in presence of poor visibility, occasional bleeding, or specular reflections.

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