Zero-Shot Domain Adaptation in CT Segmentation by Filtered Back Projection Augmentation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2107.08543v1
• Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2021 21:46:49 GMT
• Title: Zero-Shot Domain Adaptation in CT Segmentation by Filtered Back Projection Augmentation
• Authors: Talgat Saparov, Anvar Kurmukov, Boris Shirokih, Mikhail Belyaev
• Abstract summary: Domain shift is one of the most salient challenges in medical computer vision. We address variability in computed tomography (CT) images caused by different convolution kernels used in the reconstruction process. We propose Filtered Back-Projection Augmentation (FBPAug), a simple and surprisingly efficient approach to augment CT images in sinogram space emulating reconstruction with different kernels.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Domain shift is one of the most salient challenges in medical computer vision. Due to immense variability in scanners' parameters and imaging protocols, even images obtained from the same person and the same scanner could differ significantly. We address variability in computed tomography (CT) images caused by different convolution kernels used in the reconstruction process, the critical domain shift factor in CT. The choice of a convolution kernel affects pixels' granularity, image smoothness, and noise level. We analyze a dataset of paired CT images, where smooth and sharp images were reconstructed from the same sinograms with different kernels, thus providing identical anatomy but different style. Though identical predictions are desired, we show that the consistency, measured as the average Dice between predictions on pairs, is just 0.54. We propose Filtered Back-Projection Augmentation (FBPAug), a simple and surprisingly efficient approach to augment CT images in sinogram space emulating reconstruction with different kernels. We apply the proposed method in a zero-shot domain adaptation setup and show that the consistency boosts from 0.54 to 0.92 outperforming other augmentation approaches. Neither specific preparation of source domain data nor target domain data is required, so our publicly released FBPAug can be used as a plug-and-play module for zero-shot domain adaptation in any CT-based task.

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